How Gratitude Can Help Us Handle Stress – September 1, 2022
LEARN A LITTLE:How Gratitude Can Help Us Handle Stress Recently, my wife and I were returning to our home in Illinois after attending a conference in Louisiana. While on a busy stretch of Interstate 55 in Missouri, a tire on our vehicle blew out--and that was the...
The First Resort of Leadership – August 1, 2022
LEARN A LITTLE: As a Leader, What Is Your First Resort? Lots of people have talked and written about the last resort, whether it be in sports, politics, medicine, business or even marriage. It’s what we do when everything else that we have tried has failed. Let me...
When Your Load is Too Heavy – July 1, 2022
LEARN A LITTLE:When Your Load is Too Heavy This blog originated from a recent experience in which I was working to fill in a “washout” on a long gravel driveway with some fresh stone. The area was fairly large and to fill in the large low spot, I knew I would need...
Let’s Talk About Meetings, Part III of III – June 1, 2022
LEARN A LITTLE: Let’s Talk About Meetings - Part III of III Part I of this blog (shared in April) discussed the importance of organizational meetings from the human connection and relationship perspective. In May, Part II addressed the issues of meeting structure and...
Let’s Talk About Meetings, Part II of III – May 1, 2022
LEARN A LITTLE: Let’s Talk About Meetings – Part II of III Part I of this narrative was shared in the April blog that stressed the relationship and value component of meetings as well as the importance of interpersonal connections. In this part, attention will be...
Let’s Talk About Meetings, Part I of III – April 1, 2022
LEARN A LITTLE: Let’s Talk About Meetings – Part I of II I was recently reading a book written by an author, who was totally committed to the notion of getting things done, not wasting time and achieving the maximum profitability of the bottom line. While the author...
Spending Time With Staff – March 1, 2022
LEARN A LITTLE:Spending Time with Staff By now, most people have heard or read the research observation, “Employees don’t leave their companies, they leave their boss or supervisor,” or some variation on that theme. Recently, I was talking with a colleague, who...
Two Hunters – February 1, 2022
LEARN A LITTLE:Two Hunters Our recent snowfall reminded me of the following story. As recently happened, there was a very heavy snowfall. Since it was deer-hunting season, two human service CEOs decided to take the day off and test their skills in a farm field in...
The Power of Workplace Harmony – January 1, 2022
LEARN A LITTLE:The Power of Workplace Harmony I like folk and gospel music, especially the simple cord progressions and rich vocal harmonies around the melody. I was listening to such a song recently (Okay…. It was the Mamas and the Papas’ “California Dreamin’”), and...
Being an Encourager – December 1, 2021
LEARN A LITTLE:On Being an Encourager Have you ever asked yourself the question, “Am I mostly an encourager or a discourager?” I inserted “mostly” into the sentence to make the point that very few of us behave the same way all the time. How you answer the above...