In a world of hyperconnectivity, when almost any seeming “rando” can post whatever they’d like, when they’d like, how’d they like, all while remaining relatively anonymous, what is the one thing every leader fears the most and how do we overcome it? Two weeks ago, our leadership team was scrolling through survey results of a…
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It was the day of our first annual fundraising event, February 2, 2013, and we were looking to take a few hours before it to do something to calm our anxious spirits. Our keynote speaker, and now good friend, author and journalist Tim Madigan was in town, from Texas. He had never been to Hershey,…
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Our cities are indeed under rocket attacks and we periodically hear the sounds of air raid sirens. And unfortunately, I do not see the possibility of a quick settlement of this conflict. Neither side is ready to make concessions, everyone is fighting to the bitter end. Ukraine wants to return its territories and force Russia…
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Our goal each year is to get the two big leather club chairs directly in front of the massive stone fireplace. As we’ve written about many times before, it’s our annual tradition to spend several hours a few days before Christmas, in the Iberian Lounge, in the dimly-lit, beautifully-decorated room, at the Hotel Hershey, in…
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Approximately six years ago Someone To Tell It To was invited into the home of a very special ‘Someone’–her name was Terri Roberts–and she was the mother of gunman Charles Carl Roberts IV who took innocent Amish hostages, shooting ten girls (aged 6–13), killing five, before taking his own life in a schoolhouse, on October…
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I have been listening to your voice quite a lot lately, through many episodes of your excellent podcast, for which I would like to congratulate you – it is interesting, well executed, and overall inspiring and brings hope. Thank you! Listening to your podcast has also been one of the factors that have strengthened in…
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Dinner was over. The lights of the Vancouver, British Columbia, harbor twinkled outside the ballroom’s large windows. The evening’s emcee gracefully called everyone away from their conversations around the tables as the awards ceremony was about to begin. The highpoint of the International Listening Association’s annual convention, at Simon Fraser University, the ceremony was the…
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“Could I help you get your things up to the boardwalk?” He asked us that last month, as we were packing up to leave the beach late that Sunday afternoon, during our annual week in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. He’d obviously noticed us, and had been watching from his spot several yards down the beach. It…
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Our team completed a two-day compassionate listening training event, our very first in Someone To Tell It To’s history. The event was a big commitment for both the leaders and the participants, committing much of their weekends to learning, growing, and experiencing the power of listening together. We could see the exhaustion (and enthusiasm) on…
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We listen best with our eyes wide-open. Our eyes are emblematic of what’s going on inside our hearts. Focusing in with our eyes and hearts is a powerful magnet for connecting with people. —Listening 2by2: A Paradigm Shift for Leaders (That’s When the Magic Happens!) Every week, for the next six weeks, we are…
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