Leadership is all about language, and it is the words that we speak that others follow. As CEO I’ve learned it’s not just about the language that we use in…

Recently I connected with members of our Early Learning and Training teams, and learned the stories of two staff members who took the opportunity to grow in their roles. With…

Have you ever considered that the language of segregation used by those in power is the same used across all minority groups of people? Whether its race, gender, age, or…

Over the last couple months I’ve gotten to spend some time at the West Center while staff did their antigen tests. In the course of one afternoon during testing, Magda…

I took a class many years ago at the Philadelphia Friends Meeting Friends; it was three days long, and absolutely the hardest class of my life! Despite this, it was…

Patience and flexibility were not one of my original virtues. As a teenager my grandmother was stunned by my unwillingness to move on one issue or another, and my dad…

While we are on the subject of Benjamin Franklin, I learned something which provides advice on another subject — vaccination! Benjamin fathered two children, a son Francis and daughter Sarah. Francis…

I had the opportunity to walk around Boston as my husband rested before running the Boston Marathon. I often compare Boston to Philadelphia because so many of the revolutionary-era stories…

A few weeks ago I did my April required annual training in Relias. I was most impressed by one term― self-determination, and the example given was very practical. The story…

Sometimes you get caught up in what you are doing, and you forget why. Those moments can happen over little issues like you were just “too busy.” The other day…

The other week I blogged about using everyday language to define client outcomes. What about the everyday language that defines your outcomes? How are you achieving success? Right before I left for…

As I started my latest role at KenCrest I was on a committee to shape the 6400 regulations in Pennsylvania. I advocated for a competency model over a specific number…