Last week I attended a retreat for a leadership development program I am participating in called Emerge. It is a great program offered by Leadership Austin. The retreat was the kick-off for the program and we’ll have six more sessions over then next 12 weeks. I’m really excited about this learning journey. As I told people […]
When I was in college I worked at The Home Depot. I was fortunate that my parents were supporting me through college. Luckily I didn’t have to work, but wanted to work. I liked the idea of earning my own money and didn’t think it was right to mooch off my parents. On my first day working at […]
Last night I went to see the legendary Garth Brooks in concert. Wow! What a show. My favorite musician of all time is Bruce Springsteen (he knows something about being the BOSS!) mostly because of his love of music, his energy and his live performances. Garth Brooks is on the same level. He rocked the house! There are a […]
Has it been as busy a couple months for you as it has for me? I am a bit over-committed right now. I am trying to get caught up. I guess you could say I am Barely Surviving. How about you? This morning it all came to a head when my alarm went off at […]
Have you ever worked with someone who can only be described as a “slacker”? Do you have any family members, perhaps brothers or sisters who you think are slackers? Or maybe they think you are? I am the youngest in my family, which makes me the baby. They say the youngest in the family gets […]
Have you ever asked someone “how are you doing?” only for the reply to come after a long, deep sigh? Or have you ever answered that way? Let me hit you with some stats: Less than one-third (31.5%) of U.S. workers were engaged in their jobs in 2014. 52% of people are “unhappy” at work. […]
There are only four more months left in 2015. Now is the time to get going! It’s time to Be the Boss and to make this year the best ever! Here are some questions to ask yourself as you begin the final four months of the year: 1. What matters most? There’s no right or […]
In my book, The Turnaround: If You Don’t Grow, You Go! we talk about the importance of the Know Factors for leaders trying to create a Development Culture within an organization. Leaders must: Know their people, Know their goals, Know what their people are doing, and they must Know their results. The Know Factors are not just for leaders trying to better know their people. […]
There are some people who just cannot work for someone else. I am one of them. When I was a young child my favorite two things to say were “you’re not the boss of me” and “i’m the boss!” This behavior style makes it difficult to work for someone as an adult so that is […]
In 1976 America was introduced to one of the greatest underdog stories of all-time. Rocky (1976) was a story of a down-on-his-luck, small-time boxer from Philadelphia, who gets the shot of a life-time when given the chance to fight Apollo Creed for the World Heavyweight Championship. In the fight, Rocky shows that he has the […]
