by Alex Ramsey | Oct 30, 2018 | Leadership
After months of thought, it felt great to vote early. Even though I had a peculiar reaction myself, I hope you’ll join me and get to the polls early. My reaction included a flood of powerful emotions when I stepped into the morning air from the polling spot. Tears...
by Alex Ramsey | Oct 11, 2018 | Leadership
At a recent conference, several otherwise charming speakers, blew it by teleprompter. In front of 6,000 people. Management thought a teleprompter would rescue their group from poor speaking skills. Unfortunately, speaking by teleprompter is just as deadly to an...
by Alex Ramsey | Jul 12, 2018 | Leadership
Jeremy is a genius at motivation. His gift is one we can all take to heart: Lighten up. Three times a week, during an early morning YMCA Pilates class, he inspires me and about 40 people of all ages. And he’s been doing it for more than 15 years. No one ever wants to...
by Alex Ramsey | Jun 14, 2018 | Leadership
My ideal Saturday night includes one dinner guest who stirs a copper pot of fresh seafood on “the Beast.” That’s my ancient, restaurant-retrieved gas oven. It is so old no one will even repair it any longer. It is so battered I’ve developed a pioneer-woman knack for...
by Alex Ramsey | May 24, 2018 | Leadership
“Turn left,” I said. “No, right. No, left. Oh, goodness, I’ve lost the GPS. ” That’s when my son said, “Try again, and search for Café Nuts. It’s a famous place there.” From my passenger seat, I looked at him with raised eyebrows. We were driving the heavily forested,...
by Alex Ramsey | May 10, 2018 | Leadership
Normally, eye contact connects us to other people, but the couple in this famous portrait aren’t looking out at you or me. Oddly, they aren’t looking at each other or at any distant object. Instead, they are deep in their own individual thoughts, yet also connected to...
