Cornerstones (Blog)

Cornerstones features the writings of Jennifer StJohn and the Fusion Group editorial team. Enjoy these insightful and engaging essays for a different take on business, life and the pursuit of success and serenity.

The “Many Hats of Management”

“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts.” — William Shakespeare, As You Like It

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Setting and Re-Setting Cornerstones

I was lost, late, and frustrated on a country road in Louisiana.  I asked directions from an old gentleman, who said, “Go down the road a piece, turn left where the old oak tree used to be. Go on ‘bout five miles.  You’ll meet up with the freeway presently!”

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The Big Venue

“You’ve got to know the territory!”

The Music Man, Meredith Willson (1902–1984)

 

 

In a Big Venue, the sheer volume of space becomes a challenge. Stepping up on the riser, out of the dark, into the spotlight, then looking back out into the

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Catching the Big Idea

“Consciousness is like a flowing river. Ideas come floating by… If you fail to catch one, it disappears from view…” — Jennifer StJohn

Does a Document, a Speech,

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Intuitive Listening

“The reality of the other person lies not in what he reveals to you, but what he cannot reveal to you.

Therefore, if you would understand him, listen not to what he says, but rather to what he does not say.”

-Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese Essayist, Novelist and Poet (1883-1931)

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