Listen in to my interview with Brandon Burton, Founder of ChamberChat Podcast, regarding my own leadership journey. The link to the episode is at the conclusion of this post: “Lindsay Keisler brings her experience into our discussion this week to share how sometimes thinking like a rookie although on the surface seems like a bigContinue reading “Lead Like A Rookie”
Category Archives: Community
Law of Reciprocity
Have you ever felt compelled to do something for someone who has helped you along the way – even if they’ve never asked anything of you in return? This innate urge is not just a guilty tug on the conscience, but social psychologists call this most powerful law of human nature the “Law of Reciprocity.” It’sContinue reading “Law of Reciprocity”
Understand and respect those who have served the USA
I hope when you discover that a person you meet served in the military you always thank them for their service. But then what do you say? Like anything in which you associate yourself, it has a unique culture – ideals, standards, rituals, and even language – the military is no different. For those of us who haveContinue reading “Understand and respect those who have served the USA”
“You were made for such a time as this.”
“You were made for such a time as this.” is a statement that I play repeatedly in my mind as I push forward and lead my team, our organization and the business community in these unprecedented times. I find the most irony in the fact that the military term, “VUCA” (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity),Continue reading ““You were made for such a time as this.””
Lifting the anchor is crucial
The words, equally beautiful and potent, found in the Declaration of Independence, came to represent a moral standard to which the United States should strive. “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, andContinue reading “Lifting the anchor is crucial”
Lives or Livelihoods? Both.
The dichotomy between public health and economic health, I believe, will go down in history as the most divisive debate of the century. Restarting the economy to protect livelihoods is being placed in direct competition with protecting lives from this highly contagious and at times, fatal disease. Coronavirus-19 has wreaked havoc and caused major damage, someContinue reading “Lives or Livelihoods? Both.”
An Open Letter to Business
The past three weeks have been nothing short of unbelievable and that adjective doesn’t even seem adequate. The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly challenged us — our leaders, businesses, workers and economy. The severity of the very fluid situation changed hourly, shifting to daily. In a short period of time, the way we learn, conduct business and live ourContinue reading “An Open Letter to Business”
What can I do about it?
This week, I attended the NCIDEA Foundation Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Conference in Raleigh with over 400 other leaders from communities across our great state that are passionate about fostering vibrant ecosystems of support for our innovators, job creators and heroes of main street. The agenda was packed full of thought leaders from across the country on entrepreneurship,Continue reading “What can I do about it?”
A Story of Action
“The story of the Hickory Chamber of Commerce* is a story of action. A story of people working together to get things done for the good of their community.” I proudly smiled as I read these opening lines of a true gem that I discovered this week contained in a book that was published to commemorateContinue reading “A Story of Action”
A gift of nostalgia I received
Several weeks back, Pam Manfredi, to whom I affectionately refer as our “work family’s rock solid anchor”, formally known as our Director of Office Administration, came in my office carrying something. “I was looking through my desk, and thought you’d like to see this”, she said, as she handed me what appeared to be a vintage novelContinue reading “A gift of nostalgia I received”
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