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Thriving in the face of adversity – Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL
Mary is on vacation – here is a re-print of one of her earliest columns – printed in the spring of 2020 – By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “What is to give light must endure burning.” – Viktor Frankl His famous book, Man’s Search for Meaning, tells the story of how Viktor Frankl survived the…
Read MoreMeet RINewsToday writer, Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL
Every Monday, Mary T. O’Sullivan, our business leadership writer, tells us about the latest information in business environments. Navigating through COVID times, and now coming out of them, Mary is a recognized authority on being a leader in the corporate world, big or small. From personal coaching to identifying trends Mary will speak and read…
Read MoreWhy we are outraged with homelessness and leaders who don’t act – Mary T. O’Sullivan
Homelessness in California and Rhode Island is a political failure. With Mary T. O’Sullivan
Read MoreWorking from Home (WFH) and keeping company culture – Mary T. O’Sullivan
by Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “Without the happenstance interactions of the office, remote and hybrid work present a number of social challenges associated with team building and company culture.” – TechRepublic Workers want remote work. They like WFH. Most companies have embraced this new post-pandemic reality and are satisfied with at least the hybrid model.…
Read MoreThe Leadership Path at WH Gore – The Goretex People – Mary T. O’Sullivan
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “Gore leaders are comfortable with, and even promote, other members of the team also leading. They do not need to be the ones who “always” make the decision, have the final call, or even know the right answer.” – Michael Pacanowsky At W.L. Gore, the chemical company most famous for…
Read MoreLet’s Enlighten Ourselves about the Enlightenment – Mary T. O’Sullivan
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “An enlightened citizenry is indispensable for the proper functioning of a republic” – Thomas Jefferson. Lately, we seem to be muddling around in oblivion about what the founding principles of our democratic republic mean. A brief revisit to the lives of our Founding Fathers, Jefferson, Adams, Hamilton, Franklin, et al,…
Read MoreWhy we need the values of The Enlightenment – Mary T. O’Sullivan
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly” Aristotle 384-322 BC The scandals of Enron, WorldCom, Lehman Brothers and the subsequent Sarbanes-Oxley laws have driven the trend in culture towards a more value-based system of ethics and…
Read MoreWhat’s an Executive Coach and what do they do? – Mary T. O’Sullivan
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “A coach is someone who tells you what you don’t want to hear, who has you see what you don’t want to see, so you can be who you always knew you could be” – Tom Landry How do people achieve greatness? Practice? Yes. Repetition? Yes. Discipline? Yes. And how…
Read MoreDealing with “Black and White”, all or nothing, thinking – Mary T. O’Sullivan
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL, contributing writer on business leadership “The problem with all-or-nothing thinking is that it stops people even taking the first steps” – Author: Michael Greger All or nothing, black or white, and nothing in between. How to work with leaders and co-workers who operate with such simple thinking? Most of us know…
Read MoreCoaching High Potential Managers for Growth – Mary T. O’Sullivan
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL – business leadership writer “One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.” – Abraham Maslow I’m often asked, what’s the best way to coach high potential growth leaders. A very important point…
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