Developing character should never be thought of as discipline that is developed and practiced in isolation. While not all people with character are extrovert personalities with infectious smiles, people with character will have good relationships. There are many books written on how to build good relationships, yet we often read and then forget what we […]

Several years ago, I heard a speaker who had just experienced a traumatic divorce say that his life had not turned out as he had planned.  His plans for an All-American family consisting of a wife, two kids, a dog, a mortgage, and a mini-van were replaced by bitter divorce, a daughter who hated him, […]

“What we have here is a failure to communicate,” the famous line from the movie, Cool Hand Luke, is also frequently the first line lecture supervisors give when attempting to improve organizational effectiveness. It is assumed that if we could only increase communication, we could increase productivity.
While many problems are the result of a failure […]

Every morning Emi Renov, a high school junior at Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls on Long Island, makes the same announcement over the intercom. She asks the students to refrain from engaging in gossip for one hour.  Is it working? According to a recent article in the New York Times it is.
Through gossip […]