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An eLearning Initiative: Bringing the Conversation to the Enterprise Level

The beginning of our journey with eLearning has kicked off and we are already off to a great start. In the beginning of 2015, we were contacted by Chris Edwards, Assistant Vice President for eLearning Technology, to partner in designing the…
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Lessons From Our Four Legged Co-Worker

When you walk into M E Clarke Consulting you will initially be greeted by our four legged co-worker Ziva. Ziva, a rescue from the Highland County Humane Society, is a valued member of the team and never fails to provide us with little reminders…
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The Servant Leader is Inclusive

From Guest Author Jim Brown Over the course of 30 years assisting organizations and groups as an organizational development consultant I have on occasion heard this from leaders: “Everybody wants to be in on the decision. The group…
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Is Anger a Call to Action?

“I have learnt….to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmuted into energy, even so our anger controlled can be transmuted into a power which can move the world.”  – Mahatma Gandhi Anger is an interesting thing in our…
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Portrait of a Peacemaker: Fannie Lou Hamer

“I am sick and tired of being sick and tired,” is Fannie Lou Hamer’s famous response after being asked by a reporter why she kept pushing for equal rights for African Americans after the Democratic Party refused to sit black delegates…
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Workplace Flexibility

Would you rather have a successful personal life or a successful professional life? You may not have to choose. The workplace is changing, along with employee’s expectations. Discussions on flexibility in the workplace are trending, and for…
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The Blue Eyes-Brown Eyes Exercise

On April 4, 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated while fighting a world fraught with inequality and discrimination. One day later a 3rd grade Iowa teacher, Jane Elliott, decided to teach her students a lesson they would not soon forget;…
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Portrait of a Peacemaker: Frances Hesselbein

“Leadership is a matter of how to be…not how to do.” “To serve is to live” is the motto of one of the most highly respected experts in the field of contemporary leadership development, Frances Hesselbein. Her extraordinary accomplishments…
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Servant Leadership

    From Guest Author Jim Brown Legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden once wrote: “I worry that businessleaders are more interested in material gain than they are in having the patience to build up a strong organization,…
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Advocacy and Community Reconciliation: The Long View of Transition

The purpose of this overview is to outline the key role that advocacy plays in community reconciliation and the long view of transitions in large-scale social change efforts. The following is an effort to overlay Adam Curle’s work in the early…
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Unexpected Lessons From the Journey

My time here at M E Clarke Consulting is coming to a close as another semester has flown by. As I prepare for my next obstacle on the horizon, the final semester of college, I am taking this moment to remember my time as the Community…
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New Year, New Office: We Share Our Tips for Creating a Fun and Productive Workspace

It’s the New Year, you have new resolutions, new goals to accomplish. You return to work after the holiday season greeted by your same boring desk. Immediately you are reminded of previous deadlines, stress from many years past. You’re creativity…