Rest In Peace, Dr. Kathy Cramer
It is with heavy hearts that we inform you that Dr. Kathy Cramer passed away on July 13, 2016, due to complications of cancer. Kathy was diagnosed with cancer in early 2015 but she chose to keep that information private. She seemed to be making progress with her health until relatively recently. With typical enthusiasm...
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Top 5 Ways to Lead Positive with Others
I have been spending a lot of time lately with an impressive team of strategic thinkers working on how to make the most of 2015 (more on this soon!). The sheer number of great ideas and collaborations we have come up with got me thinking about how important it is to Lead Positive in our...
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As we begin to close out the year, I’m taking the time to scan, snap, savor all that my team and I have been able to accomplish over the past year: publishing Lead Positive: What Highly Effective Leaders See, Say, and Do, launching my new website and blog, and most recently, working with an amazing...
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If my brother Jim had not died when he was 22 of a usually easy-to-survive illness called mononucleosis, I am sure I never would have written 9 books. I know I would not have founded The Stress Center at Saint Louis University. I certainly would not have dedicated my career to discovering what it takes...
ReadCourageous Conversations: The Importance Of Telling The Truth Fast
True story – I once had to tell an employee who reported to me to clean his dirty fingernails before working with our patients. I agonized for days about what to say and I secretly resented that this well-educated adult had put me in such an awkward situation. Twenty years later, thinking back on the...
ReadLet ABT Lead The Way
By the time I was four years old, I already knew that the way I looked – my mouth was scarred from being born with a cleft lip and palate – made some kids not want to play with me. Nothing awful came of being rejected, but it did hurt. I wanted to stop people...
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