How Do You Decide?

Mary Ann Skipper • 2005• Leadership Tips

Over the last several weeks I have marveled at the number of life altering decisions about the future that my…

How Do You Stand Out?

Mary Ann Skipper • 2005• Leadership Tips

What possesses someone to get up at 5:30am on a Sunday to stand in a two block line waiting to…

Do You Go With the Flow?

Mary Ann Skipper • 2005• Leadership Tips

Recently I have been wanting to have a meeting with someone. I asked several people if they could make an…

Does Your Physical Environment Support You?

Mary Ann Skipper • 2005• Leadership Tips

This morning I awoke to clean, clutter free closets. It was like a breath of fresh air when I opened…

Does Your Communication Frustrate You?

Mary Ann Skipper • 2005• Leadership Tips

Last week I had to have a difficult conversation with someone I knew would be disappointed by its outcome. I…

Can Opportunity Exist in Crisis?

Mary Ann Skipper • 2005• Leadership Tips

Hurricane Katrina and 9/11 bring to mind the word crisis. The Chinese character for crisis is danger and opportunity. This…

Labor Day Honors the Workforce

Mary Ann Skipper • 2005• Leadership Tips

The Labor Day holiday honors the workforce. It is a good time to stop and think about what you do.…

Thoughts on Power

Mary Ann Skipper • 2005• Leadership Tips

My family evacuated from New Orleans yesterday to escape the hurricane. It’s a category 5 storm with winds up to…

New Food for Thought

Mary Ann Skipper • 2005• Leadership Tips

How open are you to new ideas or different perspectives? Last week at a Best of Baltimore party I had…

What Creates a Team?

Mary Ann Skipper • 2005• Leadership Tips

How quickly can you create a team? It doesn’t have to take days, weeks, months or even years. I witnessed…