by Kare Anderson | Mar 8, 2020 | behavior, Caring, Choice, Collective Intelligence, Connecting, Friendship, Give Back, inspiration, Likeability, mutuality matters
Joe Lee was sitting at a table, rapidly counting rain jackets in a small room somewhere above the sumptuous lobby of the Jamaican hotel where I was to speak at a global corporate conference the next morning. I did not know who he was then, although he looked familiar....
by Kare Anderson | Oct 1, 2019 | behavior, Co-Create, influence, inspiration, Leadership, Likeability, mutuality matters
Rather than letting more days rush by why not practice ways to become more deeply connected in each of your encounters with others? When Showing Competence Can Cut Us Off From Others Ironically, the more successful we are in proving our competence, the greater the...
by Kare Anderson | Sep 26, 2019 | behavior, Caring, Connecting, Friendship, inspiration, Likeability, Networking, speaking
“He’s such a good, smart player and a clutch player,” said S.F. Giants manager, Bruce Bochy, in describing Marco Scutaro after last night’s pennant-winning game in the soggy rain here in S.F. What part of that praise is most memorable? Like Scutaro’s...
by Kare Anderson | Jun 9, 2019 | behavior, Caring, collaboration, Collective Intelligence, Connecting, contagion, Friendship, inspiration, Local, Networking, Play, SmartPartnering
The sweet scent of the narcissus plant wafts upstairs to me just like the lingering memory of my uphill neighbors, an always upbeat Irish couple in their early eighties. Stopping off on their daily walk, they knocked on my door early this morning to deliver the plant,...
by Kare Anderson | Apr 24, 2019 | behavior, Caring, Collective Intelligence, Connecting, Friendship, Give Back, inspiration, Likeability, mutuality matters, Networking
After being honored in a tribute at the Kennedy Center in 2013 the renowned musician, Carlos Santana, was interviewed by several eager reporters. He was often asked about the musicians he most admired, the turning points in his life and how it felt to be popular...
by Kare Anderson | May 29, 2015 | Caring, inspiration, Sharing
Why do some stories stick in our mind? Over a decade ago, a bagpiper I met at a wedding told me this tale, which I’ll re-tell in his voice: “I play at gatherings as varied as parades and resorts at sunset. Last winter a kind friend of mine who is a funeral director,...
