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If my dad was still alive, today would be his 80th birthday; his and his identical twin brother’s birthdays. It’s been a little over 8 years since he left this world, and I still think about him all the time. I often wonder how certain things he said have changed in my mind over the [...]
Back in December I asked this question: are you ready to lose your employees? I wrote it because of a statistic that came out showing a high number of employees were thinking about leaving their jobs in 2011. At that time, it seemed like new jobs were going to be on their way, along with [...]
Leadership is the skill of knowing how to let people find their own way to greatness but being there to help them when they need it. I can’t remember where I heard that but it’s been on my mind lately as I’ve been going through the process of helping my family get things done for [...]
My wife and I had an issue. One day she asked me “How come you won’t use the dish rag when you’re cleaning up?” I responded “Because the dish rag always feels icky (yes, I said icky) because you like just leaving it in the sink with all sorts of stuff being spilled and thrown [...]
My wife does a lot of projects around the home. I don’t get to help her with almost any of them. Unfortunately, I’m not that handy with tools, and never have been. Give me a screwdriver and I’m a monster; give me anything else and there’s the possibility of disaster coming. Right now my wife [...]
I was reading a blog post of a friend of mine’s named John Dilbeck as he was talking about the topic of learning curves and how they can hinder people in their quest to make money. I thought about it because something many of us have difficulty with at times is respecting just how long [...]
“The buck stops here.” – Harry Truman Those are great words uttered by one of our former presidents, yet in a way it’s kind of unfair at the same time. I’m one of those people who believes management is responsible for a lot of how their employees behave while at work. I believe if customer [...]
