by Artie Isaac | Apr 11, 2014 | Coaching Topics, It happened, Living an engaged life
This is about how to turn a great relationship into an even better relationship. My mother, Jackie Isaac, of blessed memory, and I had a great relationship. Truly, we had a lot of laughs together. We traveled together. We drank Scotch together. We went to funerals. We...
by Artie Isaac | Mar 27, 2014 | Coaching Topics, Living an engaged life, New Competence
A recent blog post — "The Alternative To A Rising Career" – received an unusually large reaction from readers of Net Cotton Content. The Reaction Split Evenly By Generation.The members of the Greatest/Silent Generation and Baby Boom...
by Artie Isaac | Mar 14, 2014 | Coaching Topics, Living an engaged life
Up at Gestalt HQ, we are learning about edges and boundaries, among many other topics. I'm no expert, but here's how I understand it. Some delineations in life are really clear. Black and white. You know where something starts and something ends. For me, early...
by Artie Isaac | Mar 11, 2014 | Coaching Topics, Living an engaged life, New Competence
Many fine folks rise. Their career trajectory is upward. It can be graphed on an organizational chart. Mazel tov! Not me.Looking back on the first half of my career, that's not what has happened. Up never felt better. For me. So, every time I moved...
by Artie Isaac | Mar 8, 2014 | Coaching Topics, Living an engaged life
Last week's post, "Toward Collaboration," has inspired questions from readers of Net Cotton Content. For example, Mark Schuetz, a founding member of my first Vistage group, asks: "In what ways would our relationship need to change that...
by Artie Isaac | Mar 1, 2014 | Coaching Topics, Living an engaged life, New Competence
Who is your best collaborator? When has collaboration worked well for you? And when has it failed? I Know Failure.Failure in collaboration comes in two flavors. One: bad collaboration. Two: no collaboration. The second is harder to taste. It's not as...
