Welcome to the Becoming a Sage podcast, hosted by Dr. Jann. Episode 6 features Dr. Jann’s conversation with Dorian (aka Dori) Mintzer, M.S.W., Ph.D. Dori Mintzer, M.S.W., Ph.D., is a Licensed Psychologist who provides Psychotherapy, Career/Life Transition Coaching, Couples Relationship Coaching, Executive Coaching and Speaking. She is a Licensed Third Age Coach and a 2Young2Retire Certified Facilitator. She facilitates workshops …
5 Tips on Creating a Healthy Corporate Culture
Creating a healthy corporate culture is one of the most important roles for leaders. Culture is the “invisible tapestry” that weaves people together and influences how people think, feel, and act. In the absence of a strong and positive culture, people are not connected and the culture can become toxic. Based on my experience and research, below are five tips …
Culture Starts at the Top
While a leadership development and change management consultant, I am a “culture person.” I believe that nothing much else matters unless the organization has a healthy culture and the tone is set at the top. So I am going to be writing several posts on how to create a culture where people want to work. Culture starts at the …
Living and Dying as a Sage
Iowa lost one of our pillars recently with the death of Joy Corning, former Lt. Governor of Iowa. Since Joy knew she had a terminal illness, she embraced her life and her mortality. Joy recognized that dying was a part of living. For example, Joy started giving away her special possessions to her three daughters and friends and sharing stories about the …
How To Lead Like A Sage (at a younger age)
People who regularly read my blog know that I am passionate about sage-ing or positive aging. After writing my book Leading with Wisdom: Sage Advice from 100 Experts, I started to weave these concepts into leadership development since the most important person to lead is yourself. One of my main conclusions in my book is that “it is hard to be …
Courage is a Skill to Practice NOW
Now is the time to practice courage. In these uncertain times, courage is an important leadership skill to practice. And just as any other skill, practice enhances most skills and usually makes them stronger. Courage is a skill we need to be practicing professionally and personally in order to do the right things. What is courage? There are a few …
Becoming a Sage Episode 5
Welcome to the Becoming a Sage podcast, hosted by Dr. Jann. Episode 5 features Dr. Jann’s conversation with Dr. Tim Ihrig. We recorded this episode on one of the biggest snows of the winter (Thank you Dr. Tim for making it despite the weather), but you can hear a snow blower in the background of the audio. The content is great, so we …
When We Need Community The Most: Where Is Everyone?
Several of my recent posts have been on the need for leaders to build community in workplaces because of the growing disease of social isolation. In fact, I was recently giving a talk at a technology conference about the importance of “disconnecting to connect.” But where is everyone when we need them most? Where is our community of people we …
Learning from Life Experience: Predicting the Future and Reflecting on the Past
In workshops, I often ask these two questions: What is the difference between getting older and becoming an elder? What are the differences between someone who is aging and someone who is becoming a sage or sage-ing? The responses usually include wisdom: someone who is wise and shares wisdom. Then I ask, “How do we become wise?” Just because we …
Vulnerability is a Leadership Strength
Vulnerability is a leadership strength. This was the title of one of the chapters in my book Leading with Wisdom: Sage Advice from 100 Experts. But the editor from my publishing company did not think that title would resonate with male leaders. So the chapter is called: Leaders Connect with Empathy and Compassion. I still believe vulnerability is a strength, yet …