Telling A Story

Why am I an executive recruiter?  That is a question that I am frequently asked, given my background — from being a newspaper reporter and the first director of Hermann Hospital’s acclaimed Life Flight program and national marketing manager for the aircraft company,...

Holiday Time in Dallas

Retailers tell me that nothing adds energy to Christmas shopping than a blast of cold air. Apparently colder weather creates the mood for holiday giving, overcoming concerns about the economy. I am sitting at a Starbucks located in Highland Park Village. This is one...

The Adventures of Flat Stanley: Hail-Fellow, Well Met

This holiday season I have been introduced to Flat Stanley.  Flat Stanley is a character in a book written by Jeff Brown.  My grandson, Jack Henry, is reading Flat Stanley in his second grade class.   Stanley was not always flat, but one day he met up with a falling...

All Is Well

Posted  from Tyler, Texas On the day we are born, scientists tell us, we begin to die. Death at an early age is a tragedy.  The death of a baby with an irreparable defect is heart wrenching.  A teenager who dies in an accident is shocking, filling us with a consuming...