June 01, 2015
You’re waiting in line for the next available agent and someone steps in front of you and takes the lead. Did you react or respond? You’re in a conversation that quickly turns from disagreeing to an argument. Did you react or respond? To some the words mean the same, but there is a difference. When… Read more
April 06, 2015
We’ve all heard the expression “it takes a community to” …. bring up children, work on a cause, build a church, so on and so on – you can easily fill in the blank. But I am going to take a bit of a different twist on this thinking. I think it takes a community… Read more
March 30, 2015
The experience of an unexpected goal came to me on Saturday. Since I do a lot of walking I decided I would walk to an appointment that I had Saturday morning. I had 1 hour and 45 minutes to walk 6 miles – could be tight but definitely doable. If I didn’t make it my… Read more
March 16, 2015
This past week decision making has been on my radar. I have been struck with those who make solid decisions that lead to success and those who continue to make the same poor decisions. What separates them ~ is it knowledge, experience, drive or luck? For the most part those who make poor decisions on a… Read more
March 08, 2015
Fourth Quarter of 2014 I made a commitment that I would write a weekly a blog. I wanted to build the habit and learn from the experience. I began and was diligent with my writing. But then the first of year came along and distractions of the winter put writing on the back burner. Bang –… Read more
January 05, 2015
Hiking to the summit, reaching the top is an experience many do not understand. After all it takes hard work, focus and drive to succeed, to attain positive results. The same drive is necessary for a team to achieve results. The purpose of building trust, facing conflict, embracing commitment and ensuring accountability is for one reason – achieving results for the… Read more
December 15, 2014
Accountability is where the rubber hits the road, it’s when you have to look yourself in the mirror and ask “did I do what I was supposed to do and if not, how come?”. If a team is going to abide by the decisions that were made, then it is up to the team to… Read more
November 30, 2014
Commitment: being bound intellectually to a course of action and to other persons. That’s the third level in the five behaviors of building a cohesive team. The foundation of the 5 behaviors of a cohesive team is trust- vulnerable trust. Build it further with conflict – ideological conflict. And next is commitment. But do not confuse commitment… Read more
November 23, 2014
The understanding of conflict has gotten a bad wrap. Great relationships need conflict in order to grow. But I am not referring to destructive conflict with anger, name calling or inability to communicate effectively. The second behavior in building a cohesive team is conflict and there needs to be productive conflict around ideas, issues or… Read more
November 16, 2014
Trust is the foundation of a relationship. Whether it is personal or in the workplace, without trust there just isn’t a strong connection. And without a strong connection to a person or organization, well it doesn’t take a master mind to know that little to no commitment will exist. The type of trust I am… Read more
