One year later! Announcing the completion of the book –“ Together We Can,” and a call to move it forward in 2012! Last year I gratefully and I must say, naively, accepted an offer from the Labor Management Project to write a book on how union and management can work together to transform the nursing [...]
READ MORE »December 20th, 2010, 06:38 pm
Winter Solstice
By LINDA PROVENZA
Lessons on Change and Transformation. Welcome to the return of the sun and the birth of a new year! In Latin, solstice means “sun standing still” and Winter Solstice is the great stillness before the sun’s strength builds and days grow longer. In the words of Molly Hall, “It’s the fruitful dark out of which [...]
READ MORE »August 10th, 2010, 03:10 pm
The Only Thing Constant is Change
By LINDA PROVENZA
Strategies for Change is moving to Sea Cliff, New York. “To build a ship, don’t herd the people together to gather wood, but teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.”
—Antoine De Sainte Exupery
May 4th, 2010, 09:00 am
Soft Skills are the New Hard Skills
By LINDA PROVENZA
Engaging the heart and humanizing the environment. HARD SKILLS [hahrd skilz] noun—The ability to carry out the technical and professional requirements of a job. SOFT SKILLS [sawft, soft skilz] noun (synonym: “people skills”)—The ability to engage and interact effectively with others, obtain acceptance, build consensus, and provide assistance, direction and leadership … If 50 is [...]
READ MORE »February 10th, 2010, 01:38 pm
Community at the 1st Avenue Coffee Shop and Beyond!
By LINDA PROVENZA
It’s just a little diner, what’s the big deal? The big deal is a very special waitress who has single-handedly built a strong and diverse community amongst its many customers: a community that has taken on a life of its own. A number of years ago I met Susie, my ‘guru at the coffee shop’ [...]
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