The Lost Message

This is a story about a professional big-data analyst/AI trainer, and young woman hiding as a bag lady, and a pigeon. Together they are on a mission to spread a message of great importance to humanity. The story explores several simple truths, how they have been obscured, and the impact on people’s beliefs and behaviors.

What Does It Mean To Be A Manager

After moving from a position as an informal supervisor to a formal management role, Ariel asked her father – an executive coach – “What does it mean to be a manager?” This book represents a months-long coaching dialogue on various tasks of management including goal setting, workforce capacity, delegation, communication, and performance management. Ariel’s Binder serves as a snapshot of the numerous tips and tools discussed in the book. This book is an excellent overview and training for anyone new to management as well as best-practice reminders for the most experienced managers.

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What Does It Mean To Be A Manager

This is a companion guide to What Does It Mean To Be A Manager? Five Phases of Employee Performance and Eighteen Tasks of Management. It is designed for someone new to management, an experienced manager, and HR personnel to assist in the selection or training of managers. It can be used as a stand alone set of questions and exercises, but is best used along with the book.

What Was I Thinking?

My interior life continues to be a journey in search of ultimate meaning for myself and humanity. This book is a collection of about 50 years of my writing – poetry, essays, stories and songs – since my college days beginning in 1967.

Dog’s Tale

While eating at a small café, I accidentally spilled some tea on my paper placemat. The spot was shaped like a dog, so I kept it as a pet. This story is about the many adventures we had together. That is, until tragedy hit and my spot went missing! The story is filled with numerous puns for the enjoyment of the listener and reader alike. See how many you can spot.