Seen and Heard

I am traveling this week, doing five presentations in DC and Vermont. Here are a couple observations from the airport in Seattle:

Looking out the window from my plane seat I saw an airline worker driving one of those baggage carts, with three bag carts attached, while text messaging. Scary. Dumb. As an aside, when I am driving behind a car that is going too slow and holding up traffic, I have found that it is almost certain they are talking on their cell phone or texting.

There was a couple sitting in first class. Very well dressed, he wore a Rolex. They were arguing about whether they should have paid for first class and how they were going to pay for their American Express card bill that is due Friday.

The current issue of Leader to Leader is a good one - I read it on the plane.They don't have the new issue on the website yet, but check out the dead tree version from your local bookstore - the focus for the issue is on leadership development. There is a great article from Ram Charan based on his latest book Leaders at All Levels (which I have on my stack to review but have not yet read).