So You’re on the Conference Committee….? | February 25th, 2013

It usually goes some thing like this: Your department (division, group, area, etc.) is having an offsite (conference, retreat, summit, forum, annual meeting, etc.) and guess what? As well as you’re regular job, you are now on the event committee.

Sparks of Inspiration | September 9th, 2011

The sparks of inspiration need to find the fuel, and be fanned.

Coming Back to the Sparks | August 17th, 2011

Ideas and inspirations seem to spring up randomly for me, popping into consciousness with a “look at me” and hopefully getting recognition. There seems to be a tough row to hoe in tracking them somehow, evaluating which I should put my energy into, and then acting on them in a focused and powerful way. How is it for you?

FTM in Unconscious Bias Forum — Report from Miami | July 18th, 2011

A division of a major consulting organization decided to cross the boundaries of the known, and take two days to explore how their unconscious biases were impacting their business. Though they have already done quite a bit of work in the diversity and inclusion area, the leadership listened to their people and made this investment [...]

The Mask | April 11th, 2011

The Mask is the persona we adopt as we step into our workplace. It is a mask in as far as it is different from who we are at other times. The mask may include things like different use of language, dress, manners, political correctness, internal filters on expression (especially expression with emotional content), excess use of buzzwords and jargon, spin-ology, and in general, a manufacturing of a different person that one feels will be compatible with the socio-cultural system of the organization or industry.

Music | February 28th, 2011

While hanging around with the clients in the afterglow of an event last week, I was enjoying the festive atmosphere and the long goodbyes, and started thinking about what just happened here. A group of high-ranking aerospace engineers (yes, this was rocket science) just had an extraordinary experience together. When we are working on getting [...]

Leadership Development | February 18th, 2011

Global companies are taking the need to develop leaders at all levels seriously. They start identifying their high-potential leaders at the college new hire level, and are offering programs to develop these leaders that have different foci depending on the level in the organization, experience, the industry, and the business context. There is an understanding [...]

Face The Music Fox News Story | October 14th, 2010

Face The Music worked a blues interactive songwriting program at Southern Connecticut State University. Fox News was on hand.

ODN—New Orleans—Face The Music | October 8th, 2010

The Organizational Development Network conference organizers have asked Face The Music to add some “musical spice” to the upcoming ODN conference (10/17-20) in New Orleans. On Sunday I’ll be closing out Michael Arena’s “NOLA (New Orleans, LA) in the aftermath: Emerging Leadership, Resiliency, and Responsiveness” with a couple of musical surprises. If you’re going to [...]

Website Review Contest Winner | August 3rd, 2010

… a Brilliant way to draw people to your site and I love the multilayer way you inform the readers of what you do.

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