Either we learn, grow and adapt or we deteriorate and die. It’s everyone’s individual choice. Read More
Quality of Life Emerges Out of Our Decisions
Recently, an auditor evaluated the company I work for to approve us to perform work to their workmanship processes. During the close out session, the auditor made a comment the struck a chord. “I let go of the quality in my life 15 years ago.” He went on to talk about working overtime and dedicating… Read More
Embracing Confrontation
My wife and I were discussing having leadership roles at work. Confrontation is unavoidable. Trust issues come up. People want to be seen as powerful or experienced and thus show themselves like a bird of paradise or peacock. When issues and confrontations do arise, the leader has a choice to make. As in the wild,… Read More
Embracing Our Wiggle Worm
Watching my four and eight year old attend a martial arts class, I remembered what I’ve seen at work from technicians to executive management. There are times we all lack focus and become less effective. We get distracted by personal things. We get lost in our vision to the point of forgetting to interact with our… Read More
Poor Timing
Timing our actions to address deficiencies as soon as they are perceived is more effective than waiting until we think a problem exists. The difficulty is in the perceptions of those that lead, including our leadership of our own lives. Today, I had an executive “help” me with the backlog we have in inspection. This… Read More
Business of You 