There’s an old adage that you can’t love another until you love yourself. The same principle is true for leadership. Becoming a leader begins with you. Once Upon a Time… As a young manager, I approached my general manager with the idea of promoting a member of my team. My general manager listened patiently and [...]
A friend and I were recently discussing working in vs. working on his business, working in defined as doing the work, and working on defined as growing the business and shaping it's direction. I’ve always thought of it as the difference between an actor and a director. Eventually, leaders that only work in the business [...]
How to take disciplinary action is a lot more than completing a form an having an employee sign it. Sound familiar. Yep, I've done that too. And when sit and sign was my system usually the only thing I accomplished was animosity from the employee. The action didn't lead to improvement. Just the opposite. How [...]
How to appreciate your way to a healthier you isn't easy this year. 2020 has been a challenging year for many. I'm one of the luckier ones. Life is good, but that's how I choose to see it. We all have a choice in how we look at the world. More than 2000 years ago, [...]
Social media holiday etiquette is always important. However, this year it might be more critical than ever. As we near the end 2020 we can all agree it's been a demanding year. COVID, racism, and the election have divided America. Unfortunately, too many people use social media to vent, berate, and hold forth. Here's the [...]
Yesterday, I received an invitation to our homeowner's association annual meeting. I have not attended for three years. The last meeting I attended was a budget meeting. The word "budget" was spelled "buget." Maybe it's French, as in, "boo – jeh." The board spent over an hour discussing where to get the funds for snow [...]
I work from home. I manage several social media accounts, and I write four or five blogs a week, various case studies, workbooks, web copy, and some fiction. I have a system. I'm organized. I get stuff done. But today, Tuesday 11/11/20, the internet's down. Noooooo! The Internet's down! What about my Smartphone? Well, yes, technically, [...]
Leaders go to bat for their people. They don’t confuse project management with leadership. Projects are managed—people are led. Leaders lead people. It’s that simple. And it’s that complicated. To lead people, one must care about people. To care about people you have to know people. Do you know your people? 3 Ways Leaders Go [...]
All my life, I’ve looked for ways to overcome obstacles, find a method to improve something I didn’t like, to save waste, or save money, or both. Today, we know these as hacks. I, like many, have been hacking for a long time. My recent hacks have mostly been driven by COVID-19. Here are a [...]
So, what's your low hanging fruit? What are you reaching past while attempting to reach a higher branch? When you ignore your low hanging fruit, you miss one of your best opportunities. A Seminar Last summer, I conducted a seminar with a group of healthcare administrators. A member of the group had acquired my book How [...]
