July 2025 Phoenix Global Academy (PGA) Monthly Leader-Manager Blog A Structured Approach to Making Sound Choices in Complex Situations “Life is filled with difficult decisions, and winners are those who make them.”– Dan Brown Blog Set-up – This Blog has…
By Dr. Ed L. Hansen “Two Roads diverged in a yellow wood, and I…, I took the one less traveled by. And that has made all the difference.” – Robert Frost I have always been intrigued by choices and this…
A few years back, I was invited to a meeting that was promoted as the opportunity of a lifetime. Our host had gathered fourteen potential investors for a new hospital. All were sitting tall, waiting to hear what we were…
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“Nothing matters until it matters.” The first time I heard this expression I was sitting in front of a US Federal Court judge, and he was scolding me. It was more than twenty years ago. I was sitting before him…
R-E-S-P-E-C-T is Missing in Our Lives Steps to Rebuilding Self-Respect & Respect for Others As a global society, we appear to have completely lost RESPECT for ourselves and others. And, all of what we see happening in our personal, political,…
Friendship: Who needs It? How do we get it? How do we keep it? In this second part of the Friendship Series, and its presence in the workplace, we consider what it takes to create a friendship and the harder…
In less than a week two people from opposite sides of the world have called me to ask about “friendships in the work place.” In both cases, the question centered on disappointment. In two different scenarios, it seems one party…
“Wait, I Can Buy My Puppy Somewhere Else!” – How Lack of Respect Is Killing Customer Service By Dr. Ed L. Hansen A few years back, my youngest daughter and I shared back-to-back poor customer service experiences. As we were…
Act with Intention or Get Nothing Done! – New Rules for Personal and Professional Effectiveness Dr. Ed L. Hansen, PhD “Leadership is the wise use of power. Power is the capacity to translate intention into reality and sustain it.” –…