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The American Planning Association's California Chapter, Orange Section is hosting Chief Leadership's Charlie Celano for a Zoom keynote next month. As part of their August Lunch Program they're featuring Charlie's presentation of Career Lessons Learned: Surviving and Thriving in Today's World. From the oc-apa.org website: In today’s...

Charlie is back with another Two-Minute Takeaway! In life, do you follow your big dreams and take a risk or do you play it safer by staying home and tending to your flock? This is the essential dilemma the main character faces in The Alchemist by...

There is no question that today we are more polarized than ever. Social media has "given" everyone a platform and a voice, but it has created this need for everyone to always be right. This phenomenon has transcended into our personal lives, making it difficult...

5265 emails!?! Just looking at that number next to the email icon on my wife’s phone gives me some serious anxiety. “Are you sure you don’t want me to clean that up babe?” “No, like I told you before babe, I am fine with it” was her...

In this excerpt from a recent leadership training, Charlie relays a personal story showing first hand how easy it is to get caught in a negative feedback loop. Just a few things don't go your way and bam, your judgement is cloudy and your emotions...

In his latest Moment of Clarity, Chief Leadership Founder, Charles Celano, pays tribute to his late friend Del Pickney and a valuable leadership lesson he passed along. He called it "The FTO Quarter Step" and for those who don't know FTO stands for Field Training...

"I.Q. gets you into the dance, but E.Q. gets you on the dance floor." In his latest Moment of Clarity, Chief Leadership Founder, Charlie Celano, reflects on what's more important your I.Q. or your E.Q.? You need both, but how does your E.Q. impact the leader...

You may have heard the phrase, "ignorance is not bliss," and this is especially true when it comes to your health. In his latest, Moment of Clarity segment, Chief Leadership Founder, Charles Celano, gives personal insight gained from his own health challenges. The "I'd rather...

“Sir, can you please grab that last package for me? I can’t reach it.” This sweet little woman in her mid-70’s, clad in her house dress and slippers, stood a foot shorter than me. Clearly, she was not used to braving the crowds at Walmart...

In his latest Moment of Clarity, Charlie examines and reflects on the phrase "you gotta cultivate some grit" in your life. What does this mean and how is this reflected? Charlie relates that the key to creating grit is, in a word, persistence. No matter the...