I came across a quote on Pinterest I related to. I even made a few copies and gave it out to people at my work. Most could relate, but there was a friend of mine who disagreed with a part of it. For this I am thankful. I appreciate it when people speak their minds… Read More
Finding Reflections of Ourselves
Last week we spoke of balancing the shadow and light within ourselves. Our ego-centric view is a tool. Like all tools we need to use our ego to the extent it’s useful. Being in the center of the universe can get in the way of our continual improvement and integration with our environment and the… Read More
Balancing the Shadow and Light
As mentioned last time our egos can get in the way of the progress we seek. We may want to improve. We may want to follow the lead of someone trying to help us. However, our egos hold us in the center of the universe. When we are at the center, we fail to see the… Read More
Gaining Perspective
I had the opportunity to visit a key supplier for our company this week along with a few other folks I work with. The intent of the meeting was to share our performance measurements with them in comparison with other unidentified suppliers. As a key supplier who we’ve been working with for over 20 years,… Read More
Who’s Your Leader?
I had the opportunity to attend a Situational Leadership Training course through work this week. The situational leadership model is a leadership theory by Paul Hersey and Ken Blanchard. Their theory combines recognition of individuals competence and commitment through four distinct cycles with a task based approach to helping people maximize their potential. The information… Read More
What is a Learning Organization?
The idea of a learning organization is typically associated with companies that continuously transform and adapt to remain competitive in business. Peter Senge coined the idea from his research of systems at the MIT Sloan School of Management and work with colleagues. A learning organization has five main features: systems thinking, personal mastery, mental models,… Read More
What the Balance of your TnR Account?
Did you know you have a Trust and Respect account? I didn’t until this last week when a discussion with HR and an employee brought it into my mind. We were discussing being a team instead of a working group and the difficulties of dealing with different people. Our actions affect the accounts we hold… Read More
What’s your event horizon?
In a meeting recently, I queried a program manager(PM) about the plan to get something done in a month. The PM indicated he couldn’t answer as his event horizon was at best a week from now. We both laughed as it was excellent nerdy humor within a company that builds spacecraft systems and components that… Read More
Managing the Post Business (take a poll)
A couple of followers of this post have talked to me about how often a post would be useful. A few others have talked to me about the posts and how they like to think about the ideas for a couple of days before reading more. This leaves me with questions about how many times… Read More
Passion’s Puzzle
The next step after beginning to learn from environment is to fill in the puzzle of how to become what we want to be. If the gap between what is and what we want is large so is the puzzle. More pieces require more researching. More information will need gathering. The plan will need many… Read More
Business of You 