The topic for this month is how core values of individuals and organizations set the right positive expectations as leaders. It has been my pleasure to hear this month’s featured author several times speak on this topic. In "Good to the Core", John Blumberg gets right to the heart of the matter when he speaks to “Building Value with Values”. Each chapter in the book has a core challenge to engage the reader in their own value-based journey.

My favorite story is one he tells in his keynote addresses and motivational speeches. It is a story about enjoying the Hawaiian beach and surf aboard a raft with several of his friends. Without realizing it, they drifted far beyond the buoys marking the safe place to enjoy the surf. Eventually, they had to be brought back to shore with the assistance of the lifeguard on duty. This story, like his others in the book, makes a point about our values. In this case, it is about the effect of drifting away from our core values such that one day we wake up and realize how far adrift we really are from them!

Enjoy the Book!