rules – Colonel Mickey Addison

31 March 201617 March 2016Mickeys Rules, Throwback Thursday

#TBT Mickey’s Rule #7: The Other Team is Not the Enemy

Note: As we’re in the throws of a bitterly fought election year, Rule #7 takes on greater urgency. Try not to look at somone who thinks or believes differently than you as the “enemy.” Rather, begin by assuming your neighbor is a person of good will trying their best to do what they believe is […]

28 January 201620 January 2016Mickeys Rules, Throwback Thursday

#TBT Mickey’s Rules

For years I kept General Colin Powell’s “Rules” on a worn, type-written sheet of paper somewhere on my desk. His Rules had been published in a news magazine article, and I thought they were fabulous, so I typed them up and added a few of my own to the bottom. Over the years, I developed […]

20 October 2013Practical Leadership, Technique Only

5 Tips For Drama-Free Email

I came of age before email, so although I’m very comfortable with technology I’m also very careful with it. Rather than being a medium that replaced the hand-written or typed memo, email seems to have morphed into a combo of IM and a telephone conversation. I treat email just like I treat all written communication, […]