by Mark C. Crowley | Jan 15, 2012 | Heart Leadership In Practice, Leadership, Life Lessons
Here’s a quick story my son, Ryan, once told me about how our words and gestures can have a really destructive or constructive effect on the people we lead. As a young manager of a high-end art gallery following college, Ryan found himself way behind schedule in...
by Mark C. Crowley | Jan 4, 2012 | Heart Leadership In Practice, Leadership, Life Lessons
On my most recent birthday, I got a call from a former employee, Lucas. Now a very successful bank manager, Lucas was a brand-new teller when I first met him fifteen years ago in my role as Regional Manager. After being seriously injured in a helicopter crash, he’d...
by Mark C. Crowley | Nov 9, 2011 | Heart Leadership In Practice, Leadership, Life Lessons, Wisdom From Other Authors
During the eulogy he gave for his father, Senator Ted Kennedy, Teddy Kennedy, Jr. recalled a day shortly after losing a leg to cancer when his dad invited him to go sledding on their steep, snow-covered driveway. Following his first reluctant ride down the...
