9-year-old interviews 99-year-old legend, Ebby Halliday 

Ebby Halliday was the first lady of real estate and a sweet friend to our family. She died in 2015 at 104 years young.   Ebby had been selling homes (after selling hats!) for over 60 years, and her namesake company is still going strong as an affiliate of Berkshire Hathaway. Of course, this company is run…

Leading the Way

Enjoy this excerpt from our new book, Healthy Leadership. Two young men were working their way through Stanford University in the late 1890s when, during one semester, their funds got desperately low. They came up with a plan: They would invite Ignacy Paderewski, the great Polish pianist, to give a performance. After paying the concert expenses,…

Your Father’s Legacy

On March 4, 1914, my late father, Peter Colantuono was born and would soon become part of the Greatest Generation. Over 100 years later, I sit in my ergonomic office chair gazing out my window at a beautiful tree line. It’s a welcomed mental break from considering a particular client’s challenge and polishing up a…

Coach with Questions to Facilitate Engagement

Enjoy this excerpt from our new book, Healthy Leadership. A few summers ago, we enjoyed a family trip to Greece. It is a land of boundless beauty with a long history of tremendous thinkers. While touring the Acropolis of Athens, our guide mentioned that when the restoration of this prized structure was being scheduled, time was…

A Memorial to Courage

WW II Memorial

After a recent visit to Washington, D.C., it struck me that all the war memorials were really memorials about courage. Taking a stand, for anything, requires courage. Courage is knowing what’s right and then acting on it. During the Nazi occupation of his country in WWII, King Christian X of Denmark noticed a Nazi flag…

From Adversity to Victory

Most great stories of victory are, in actuality, great stories of overcoming adversity. Virtually every team and organization experiences adversity of some type: economic hardships, loss of a major customer, lack of funding, failed partnerships, natural disaster, the death of a team member, etc.  To help move through adversity and onto victory, take stock of what…