Email. It can be the bane of our existence, but it’s necessary, right? Or is it? In the past year, I’ve diminished my email significantly. How? Here’s what I did: I took part of a Sunday and did a massive overhaul while clearing my inbox. I had to repeat this a second time because it got away from me, so…
An unenforced rule is not a rule; it’s a suggestion. Keith Cunningham If you’re a leader who desires to create a thriving culture, you must enforce consequences. With growth, we need more structure, and structure creates freedom. That’s right, when you know what the rules are, you can play the game. If you think you’re playing basketball, you’ll wear a…
40%. For whatever reason, that number feels significant. While I’m not quite halfway, I’m close and haven’t missed a day, so I believe it will happen – reaching 1,000 daily blog posts as challenged by Seth Godin. 2020 has certainly provided quite a number of topics to write about, and, the very nature of change this year offered many process changes, including to my…
You’ll get what you tolerate. At a recent QCE (Quarterly Collaborative Exchange) meeting for EOS, several people referred to this concept. There are many people this quote is attributed to including Mike Ditka and Henry Cloud. When you consider it literally, it renders you entirely responsible for how people treat you. Freedom resides in this kind of responsibility. If you’re ready for change,…
It seems as if people are searching for what they can do to affect change these days. I have these 7 Steps to Happiness printed from @happinessinyourlife.com and they seem to be a terrific beginning for us all: Think less.Feel more. Frown less. Smile more. Talk less. Listen more. Judge less.Accept more. Watch less.Do more. Complain less. Appreciate more. Fear less. Love more. Oh,…
What if your current work situation held through the end of 2021? That’s how I’m thinking these days. When I consider what would offer more possibilities for optimal options for our clients as well as opportunities to work from home, many possibilities exist to maximize success for our clients, team and each other. We are investigating redesigning our offices, removing walls and creating space. This…
How much time do you need? What if you began every endeavor with this question? Without knowing the details or being able to assess what you believe is a reasonable amount of time, how would that change the amount of time you’d allow for certain activities? When I used to work with leadership teams, I asked this question before I told the group…
@FredStokes is a Superbowl champion, an entrepreneur, a gifted speaker and an incredible human. Thanks to @ChrisWhite, he’s also my friend. One of the many gifts of learning from a diverse group of people over the course of my career has been the synthesizing of messages. You know the saying “when the student is ready the teacher appears?” Fred was presenting to one of…
There’s a Chance #394 Sometimes you read the perfect book at the perfect time. I have done so twice. I read Eat, Pray, Love by @ElizabethGilbert while I was going through my divorce and wow, did I feel like she was talking only to me. Clearly, she wasn’t as she is a profoundly gifted author who writes in a way which speaks directly into the…
Priorities Ablaze I love music. So does my husband, Kevin. We can spend hours listening to music of all genres. It’s even better if we’re toodling along on our pontoon enjoying the moments. Some of our ventures include one hit wonders, trips down memory lane or we play the “music game” with friends and family as we each choose a song to share with the group and expand…