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Too Good, Can Be Not So Good

This blog post was featured in the Huffington Post on June 28, 2017 Working as a consultant in many countries (58 so far) gives me an opportunity to see, first hand, how culture impacts managerial behavior. I have been writing in my blog about the culture in Russia and those countries that were under the…

Barriers to Healthy Marriage

This blog post was featured in the Huffington Post on June 21, 2017.  Partners in marriage need to talk, to share past experiences and future aspirations; to prevent emerging problems and solve pressing crisis’. Talk when? In the past, the “partners meeting” used to take place during meal time and at night when partners went…

Open vs Closed Communication

This blog post was featured in the Huffington Post on June 07, 2017. I just learned something valuable from a trainer in Israel, Esti Harlev, about open vs closed communication. I want to share it with you. Have you ever experienced the following , someone is telling you something and you kind of close up.…

On Terror

This blog post was featured in the Huffington Post on June 07, 2017. Terrorist drove a car into a pedestrian street and department store in Sweden. Many dead and wounded. People are aghast. In Norway, they discovered a bomb that luckily did not explode yet. People are shocked but this is what is happening, not…

The New Man

This blog post was featured in the Huffington Post on May 31, 2017. I recently overheard a woman’s reaction to Barak Obama’s farewell talk: “This is a real man,” she said excitedly. “That is how a man should be: Sensitive. Caring. Considerate. See how he admires his wife.” I consider Obama very (I), to use…

Where to Pray

I went to church this past Sunday. I went to church although I am Jewish. I did not open the prayer book, I just closed my eyes and meditated. Why did I go? I went because I believe that reintegrating ourselves with God in solitude does not reinforce our spirituality in the same way that…

Make America Great Again, Huh?

Here are some statistics I believe most of the people do not know. I did not. In America, people with mental illness die on average 25 years (TWENTY-FIVE YEARS) earlier than average Americans. (1) TWO MILLION Americans live with the illness of schizophrenia, but only a third of these individuals receive treatment. Disproportionate number of…

My Pain

I inherited high blood pressure from my mother. Doctor put me on blood pressure medication. No one got too concerned. Should have. No doctor, and I had several because I was moving cities, warned me that blood pressure can impact my kidneys. And the kidneys were not well. I had protein in my urine which…

A Paradigm Shift In Leadership Theory is Needed

This blog post was featured in the Huffington Post on May 02, 2017. The Existent Paradigm Western theories and practices of management are spreading around the world like wildfire. American titans of industry are putting in writing their practice of management, or leadership, as Lee Iacocca and Welsh have done, and their books are being translated…

Form Over Function: The Loss of Common Sense

I am standing at an intersection. A red light tells me not to cross. I look left and right. I can see clearly that there are no cars coming from any direction for miles. Still, I stand there and wait for the light to change. I wonder, “Who is the boss here?” Is it me,…