Dignity: The Power of Holding on to Your Values 

Most businesses and organizations have a mission and a vision. They are what drive the strategy and goals as the organization moves forward towards success and sustainability. If the mission and vision are the engine that drives strategy, what is it that helps an organization move forward? It is the values that powers that engine to move the organization to the goals andContinue reading “Dignity: The Power of Holding on to Your Values “

Dignity: Growing Older and Wiser with Dignity

I was reading a letter this morning that my son wrote to me last year on Senior Day. Each student writes a letter to their parents and shares it with them on the week before graduation. As I read his letter again, the sentence that stood out the most to me was the fact that he thanked meContinue reading “Dignity: Growing Older and Wiser with Dignity”

Dignity: Portrait of a Graduate and Leader

It is difficult today to get my thoughts together because it is an emotional day, but I am going to do my best.  On June 1, 2025, my son Anthony will be graduating from high school and moving on to the next journey in his life. As a father you hope that your children willContinue reading “Dignity: Portrait of a Graduate and Leader”

Dignity: Our Superpower 

The thing that is most powerful about dignity is that when we honor the dignity of others, and we connect to the dignity of others it can break down the barriers of distrust and it gives us the opportunity to have impact on another person’s life no matter their race, ethnicity, gender, or background. AsContinue reading “Dignity: Our Superpower “

Dignity: A Message to My Children 

I am sending my prayers to the families and victims of the tragedies in New Orleans, Los Vegas, and the Bronx, New York.   My children have come to me over the years with stories of people calling them the most hateful names and slurs. As a parent you wish you could have been thereContinue reading “Dignity: A Message to My Children “

Dignity: It’s a Lifelong Journey  

Hello, I wanted all of you to know my father is back home and, on the mend, and they are doing well post hurricane.  I have been writing this blog about dignity since July of 2020. I am not sure how many stories I have written but it amazes me that there are so manyContinue reading “Dignity: It’s a Lifelong Journey  “

Dignity: The Greatest Generation 

I want to take this moment to remember Quartermaster Lou Conter who is the last survivor of USS Arizona which currently sits at the bottom Pearl Harbor. 1100 sailors and marines were lost on that ship on that day of June 6, 1941. Quartermaster Conter died this week at the age of 102. You mayContinue reading “Dignity: The Greatest Generation “

Dignity: The Journey Starts with Forgiveness 

I started reading and listening to a book that was written by Nobel Peace Prize award winner the Bishop Desmond Tutu and his daughter Mpho Tutu. The book is called “The Book of Forgiving”. I believe that my next journey on this dignity path is that I needed to learn to forgive past hurts thenContinue reading “Dignity: The Journey Starts with Forgiveness “