The Latest from BEC
August 7, 2020
By Dave Bushy I learn from every client. One lesson in particular that comes to mind came from a young leader with whom I recently worked. My client was extremely curious about how others saw her. She worked hard at becoming aware of her own well-developed sides and those she discerned might be less developed. […]
July 22, 2020
By Lisa McNeill We often talk about a business in terms of building its health: strengthening leadership to guide the organization; developing core competencies so the business and employees can grow; building operational systems and structures to effectively carry the organization into a new phase of development. But we rarely talk about developing skills such […]
July 10, 2020
By Dave Bushy In everything from soldering circuit boards to dissipating the thermal energy created by computer server farms, the technological world appreciates the value of a “heat sink.” Without heat sinks, we would have far more component hiccups or even outright failures. Heat sinks serve a vital purpose in dissipating energy and allowing a […]
July 1, 2020
by Dave Bushy It seems like a lifetime ago that I was sitting with another G.I., commenting about my commander in the military. The animated discussion I was engaged in was with a non-commissioned officer – a “NCO” – commiserating about actions my commander had taken and how I wish he could somehow be different. […]
May 9, 2020
By Dave Bushy In the past two months, I have had the opportunity to witness teams facing the most challenging situations they have ever experienced. It is an honor to be working with such remarkable leaders during these times, be they involved with companies, governmental groups or non-profit organizations. Daily, I learn how they regularly […]
April 15, 2020
by Allison Iantosca No time like the present. New perspective? Odd circumstances? Yup. Finding myself sitting at home with Zoom on mute more often than not. Able to engage in a strange and surreal musing over my fellow remote workers. A study that can be done because no one really knows who I am looking […]
April 7, 2020
by Dave Bushy Leaders emerge during times of crisis, formal titles or not. They provide support, strength and vision for those around them. And they give something else of themselves: vulnerability. Our presence as leaders is not only about projections or manifestations of strength. It is about being open to the concept of vulnerability – […]
March 30, 2020
by Dave Bushy Faith is a word which elicits different thoughts and emotions for each of us. For some, it is a sense of trusting others or implicitly knowing we are understood or respected. For others, it can be the feeling that we will always be encouraged by our friends, colleagues and fellow travelers, especially […]
March 17, 2020
by Dave Bushy As we face today’s challenges and uncertainties, we are all experiencing emotions and thoughts that we have seldom, if ever, confronted before. Life indeed throws challenges our way. And those challenges have varying degrees of uncertainty. The end result is a sort of disorientation that, to most of us, can be downright […]
March 4, 2020
by Allison Iantosca As a New Englander one can always relate just about anything to the seasons; especially the transition of winter to spring. And so here, at the beginning of March, I find myself, as ever, beginning to think winter is long over and any month starting with an “M” most certainly must signal […]