The Leading Edge

In 2006, while I was working as a corporate trainer at a multinational corporation, I started teaching in a professional development program designed for top performers in the company.  For the first time in my career, I had trainees who were, for the most part, older and more accomplished than I was. The participants in…

What I’ve learned about forging solid, long-lasting relationships with new friends in a foreign country is that it requires dedicated time, energy, determination, understanding and courage. Of the 5 characteristics I’ve shared, the most challenging one is understanding. How do you plant yourself on foreign soil, in a fresh environment and allow one to take…

Recently, I attended a meeting with representatives of our City Planning Department. There were plans to redirect a road that would affect an apartment community we manage, and I needed to understand the implications it might have on our business. Many city governments are notoriously difficult to work with. No one likes the red tape…

As a young teacher, I thought teaching was all about content.  I believed that if I knew my stuff and explained it clearly, I would be a successful educator.  However, this approach eventually failed me.  There came a time when my students couldn’t learn from me.   It was the one and only year in…

  Think back to the last time you awoke with a start from a deep sleep because of a dream you were having.  Was it a good dream or a bad dream? Did it give you a glimpse of the future? What did you do about that dream?  Did you take action, or did you…

  Four years into my doctorate degree, one of my professors asked me a question that I couldn’t answer, but it didn’t have anything to do with our class. I was in the hotel gym at 5:30 am just finishing my work-out on the third day of our residency, and he asked me how I…

  In his song, I’ve Got Dreams To Remember, late soul-singer Otis Redding, painfully croons about his lost love. At some point, Otis and his love were an item, but now, she’s moved on. Otis wails and begs for her to stay, but it is not to be. He knows that he can no longer…

By: Cornelia Steinberg As a young child growing up in the 60s in Germany, I had a dream. I saw myself living in the USA. I had no idea where that dream came from. I would go around and tell people that I would be moving to the US when I am older. Of course,…