This is a wise list developed by a leader. She calls it a manifesto: a guide to manage by. A Manager’s Manifesto 10) Always get the full story before making a decision. 9) It’s incredibly easy to ‘flip the switch’ and start writing people off after a few bad experiences. Resist at all costs. You were bumbling once too. You made poor decisions. You learn and grow, and so does everybody else. 8) Sweep up
Read this list recently. It was composed by a German philosopher Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe. They were too good not to share. Nine keys to contentment: 1. Health enough to make work a pleasure. 2. Wealth enough to support your needs. 3. Strength enough to battle with difficulties and overcome them. 4. Grace enough to confess your sins and forsake them. 5. Patience enough to toil until some good is accomplished. 6. Charity enough to
At Leadercast, John Maxwell used mathematical terms to describe simple leadership. He says leaders “add value” every day. We are in “add value” businesses. We take lumber and cut it, split it, treat it, nail it, paint it, staple it, notch it, chamfer it into a product that people want to buy. We add further value by shipping it, delivering it on time. We make sure it isn’t contaminated. We will add tags to make
John Maxwell is a leadership speaker and writer. I heard him speak Friday on the topic called “Simply Lead.” He used a mathematical theme. To lead simply, a leader adds, subtracts, multiplies and divides. For example, Maxwell said for a leader to become more effective, she should subtract leadership landmines. Landmines are those things that you do that undermine your leadership. What are yours? Are you impatient? Is your bad temper a landmine? Are you
I pay attention to trends. When a word or idea pops up a couple of times, I take notice. Our IT Pro in North Carolina, Kenny Reavis, sent me this quote: “As a manager, you play a critical part in either perpetuating mediocrity or helping your team break free in pursuit of extraordinary.” – Art Petty, executive coach Mediocrity is a dirty word. If you are in a mediocre state, the chances are great that
I heard about the show Duck Dynasty at a softball game in New Boston, Texas, last year but I just got around to watching it on television. But, if you watch it once, you may get hooked. I was wondering to myself: “Why do I like this show?” Then it occurred to me: The people on Duck Dynasty resemble a lot of us on the PalletOne team. They like camo and wear it all they
Revisiting Plan, Do, Check and Act. Hector Peña works to support the advancement of lean efforts at PalletOne. He sent me a note thanking me for talking about PDCA and shared with me an observation. He likes the bias for action exhibited by our teams in the Plan and Do stages. He thinks we do a good job identifying issues and doing something different to address them. But, he observes that we can be better
A friend of mine, Valerie Marion, who is a sales leader in her organization, shared the following thought on Twitter. It said simply: “Strength to try anything, talent to succeed, courage enough to fail, wisdom to learn, and resilience to bounce…” Pretty much covers the gamut of achievement, doesn’t it? Try. Put your talent to work. Don’t be discouraged if it doesn’t work out because failing isn’t fatal. Just learn from it. Get up again
PDCA – Do you know what that means? I attended a staff meeting in Shipshewana last week. They reviewed a lecture on PDCA. Here’s what it means: Plan, Do, Check, and Act. Planning starts with making a clear statement of a problem to be solved. The “P” could have stood for “Problem” but I like that planning is associated with this stage. Planning means that the team is on a conscious search for problems to
Though I can be a poor listener, I value greatly those who do it well. Listening is a very powerful communication tool – maybe the most powerful. I read a blog post this week by organizational psychologist Dr. Marla Gottschalk that underscored this. You can read it here >> You must listen to learn. It’s impossible to take in knowledge when you are speaking. Cultivate the ability to listen, and you take on the ability
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“Everything you want is on the other side of ‘hard’.” – CJ McCollum, NBA player McCollum is a story of overachievement. He was undersized. Played college basketball at a non-descript school. Was a long shot to be an NBA player but worked his way to being a first-round draft pick and was a solid star in his 10th year in the league. I heard him describe his approach to the game and his development on a podcast called
PalletOne leaders “happen to the world.” What does that mean? A PalletOne leader is confident. Each situation creates an opportunity for service and contribution. We are talented and put those talents to work. We see those around us as having talent. We seek to unlock it. We realize that we can be called upon to take the initiative to improve things at any moment. We act when the situation calls for it. We inspire through
“Weep, trust, pray, think, shift, hope, grow. Ways to handle suffering.” – Tim Keller Tim Keller was a preacher from New York City. He passed away in 2023. I followed him on Twitter because he tweeted profound thoughts like the one above. You don’t exit life without tough things happening to you. It’s a fact. None of us are exempt. In specific order, Keller gave us seven verbs to consider when challenged: Weep – It’s
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