LINDA LATTIMORE

Recently, I’ve been hearing the word recalibrate used a lot as people are dislodged from their comfort zones into complete uncertainty.  It’s been going on for months, long before COVID-19 but, much of it concerned topics that many had no personal experience with.  And...

And here we are again - talking about readiness, reviewing our ability to weather unpredictable challenges that show up, generally from external sources.  They could be weather related (floods, fires, hurricanes), lawsuits (unhappy shareholders, injury), or … unwanted,...

I don’t wig out very often but generally it’s a scene out of The Titanic, and I don’t mean the ship capsizing scene.  Nope, I’m talking about the scene when Rose looks at herself in the recovered mirror from yesteryear and says “the reflection has changed a bit...”

I’m...

Last day of the year and this is what the rumble in the jungle sounds like on many fronts:

“Good riddance – 2019 was just the pits!”

“Worked my butt off but did not reach my goals … sigh...”

“Thank goodness 2020 arrives in hours – another chance to do it right.”

Pressure o...

Entrepreneurship is not for everyone.  It can be lonely as you dance to your own music on the fringes of what appears to be a symphony at larger companies with a broad reach, adequate headcounts with attractive benefits and deep pockets.  As enthusiastic as you may be...

Many years ago, while working in Madrid as a young lawyer I was quizzed by a Spanish co-worker, “Peelgrim, what’s a peelgrim?”  At that moment, I found myself trying to describe the outerwear of the women and the ultimate demise of the native Americans who, with genero...

Discrimination comes in many forms.  Our focus on discrimination is often geared to sexual orientation and race but there is a tiger in the house that is growing by the day – age discrimination.

Younger people have often felt discriminated against when they aren’t hired...

I have always been a builder bee, digger, remodeler, re-formatter, condenser, get to the point, big picture kind of gal.  Sometimes I feel a little bit like Shaun Murphy on The Good Doctor, staring into space, moving things around in my mind until they are “just right....

Recently I met with a former chief financial officer interested in exploring new opportunities.  I asked him what he thought his brand was and his face wrinkled up with a little bit of disdain.  He told me that he thought branding himself had an ick factor, that he did...

CEOs are stepping into our world of humanity - some warily, some with conviction.  It’s a growing trend thanks to you - employees, consumers and impact investors who are using your voices and your budgets to mold the future of business.  Personally, I’m letting out a h...