Chief Servant Leader, speaker
How do you make decisions? I’m not talking about whether you should eat a Mounds or a Snickers Bar. I’m talking about something of substance. What car to buy, what home to live in, where to go to college, or what to do about your career are all decisions of substance. A lot of us … More Emotional Decision Making
I don’t know about you but I have difficulty with perfect people. Maybe it’s because I’m not perfect. Maybe it’s because I’m so far from perfect it’s ridiculous. Maybe it’s because I’ve failed miserably, in view for all to see on multiple occasions. I’ve known great success and but also incredible failure. My difficulty with … More Please Fail a little
Everyday, we get a chance to bring the best of ourselves to our work. We can contribute. We can access and use the gifts and strengths which lie within each of us. We can make our organizations better. We can make our team better, and because of us bring out the best in our colleagues … More Celebrate Labor
When I grew up my grandfather lived about 2 hours a day. Back in the day, that was a drive. I got to see my grandparents perhaps two or three times a year. But whenever my Grandparents came, my Grandpa would do two things: He would almost always give me a Mounds bar—his candy bar … More A Walk and a Mounds Candy Bar
One of the single most powerful things you can do as an organization is to intentionally and deliberately build your culture. It speaks louder than anything you will ever do. It speaks to your employees and simultaneously speaks to your customers, your constituents. It can breathe life into what you are doing or cut it … More Culture Cleaning
Yesterday my wife and I were driving from a retail store in North Vegas back to our condo in Henderson. I’m still using GPS on my phone a lot because we don’t know our way around. I do have an idea of where the freeways are in relationship to our area. Anyway, I programed in … More Having GPS Failure?
You have an employee who’s struggling. You’re frustrated. You’ve tried all the usual methods to engage them, including encouragement. And your encouragement doesn’t work. What do you do? There is a secret formula to making encouragement work. Here it is…. It must be absolutely, positively, genuine. It must come from a motivation of love and … More What do you do when encouragement doesn’t work?
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