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Louisville’s Coach Pitino a Lesson in Humility

So, this March Madness season has been humbling for me. As a “self proclaimed” basketball expert, it pains me to say all my selections were eliminated from the tournament before the Final Four. I will finish in the lowest 10 percent of all participating. I bow to you all. It’s been a great tournament filled with stories and thrills. I am fascinated by the coaches. I like both coaches tonight. Louisville’s Rick Pitino is a

Howe Q. Wallace April 8, 2013

Safety is Not Silent

Tom Lucas sells treated lumber to export customers and he shared a safety note he saw when visiting a shipping company, Crowley Transport, in Jacksonville, Florida. The port operations manager, Doug Walker, has this on the back of his business card: Safety: It’s Not Silent. I wish I had thought of it. I can imagine the ways that statement supports a comprehensive safety effort. It reminds leadership that safety needs to be a matter of

Howe Q. Wallace April 5, 2013

The Bank of Time

One of our colleagues, Doug McLaulin, shared this with me: “Imagine that you had won the following prize in a contest: Each morning your bank would deposit $86,400.00 in your private account for your use. However, this prize has rules, just as any game has certain rules. The first set of rules would be: Everything that you didn’t spend during each day would be taken away from you. You may not simply transfer money into

Howe Q. Wallace April 4, 2013

Avoid Acting in the Heat of the Moment

In the heat of the moment! If you made a list of the profoundly regrettable actions you have taken, how many of them came “in the heat of the moment?” I was reading an article on “self control” yesterday and the simple advice provided by the author Randy Conley was to avoid acting “in the heat of the moment.” Think about it: if you dig deep to recall what was going on in your regrettable

Howe Q. Wallace April 3, 2013

To be Known as Responsive

I’ve started a list of words. The words describe how I would like our company to be known. One of the words is: responsive. When I receive complaints about our company, many times it is because we weren’t responsive to a concern or a complaint from a customer or a colleague. Suppose you make a suggestion about a way to do something better and no one gives you any feedback. The lack of response would

Howe Q. Wallace April 1, 2013

Keys to Responsibility

Are you responsible? Chris Avery, a leadership consultant, teaches how one can be responsible. According to Avery, responsibility isn’t a character trait. It is a learned mental process operating identically in everyone. You know responsibility when you see it. You can teach it, study it and practice it. If you are willing, you can choose to become more responsible. Avery says that responsibility is best achieved when individuals choose to pursue it as compared to

Howe Q. Wallace March 28, 2013

Don’t Let the Fear of Failure Sideline Passion or Action

I heard an interesting speaker today. John Rivers is an entrepreneur from Orlando. He’s had two careers. The first was a high-profile career in pharmaceutical sales. He grew to be a CEO of a company with more than $2.5 billion in sales. He retired as a young man because he realized he was working more for money as compared to working because of any particular joy he was deriving from his job. What he discovered

Howe Q. Wallace March 25, 2013

Toxic Words That Can Damage Relationships

Mark Merrill writes a blog about being a better husband and father. His topic Friday was on “toxic words.” You can read it here >> He advised there are five kinds of words that will poison your marriage. They are: Sarcastic words Unsupportive words Disrespectful words Comparing words Selfish words No question the use of such words is bad for marriages. As I read them, the images that came to mind were of managers I’ve

Howe Q. Wallace March 20, 2013

The Challenge of Leadership

Nick Saban, the Alabama football coach, dismissed four players from his football team last week. He made an interesting comment: “Some people learn by listening. Some people learn by consequences. Some never get it.” Saban’s words are a good description of the challenge of leadership. On one hand, we like to think if we teach it at orientation or show it to someone else that the learning is done. But it doesn’t always work that

Howe Q. Wallace March 7, 2013

A Well-Defined Safety Program and Culture

At the National Wooden Pallet and Container Association (NWPCA) meeting, I listened to a presentation by an attorney who specializes in working with OSHA and businesses like ours. In her presentation, she describes the enforcement activities of OSHA and describes a variety of horror stories associated with those violations. As she described the various engagements she has had, it gratified me to know that, while OSHA has visited many of our plants in recent years,

Howe Q. Wallace February 21, 2013

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Articles About Leadership

THE JUICE IS WORTH THE SQUEEZE

“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

Howe Q. Wallace March 25, 2024

HAPPENING TO THE WORLD – A SATISFYING WAY TO LIVE

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

Howe Q. Wallace March 25, 2024

SUFFERING AND CHALLENGES

“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

Howe Q. Wallace March 22, 2024

Recent Articles

Louisville’s Coach Pitino a Lesson in Humility

Safety is Not Silent

The Bank of Time

Avoid Acting in the Heat of the Moment

To be Known as Responsive

Keys to Responsibility

Don’t Let the Fear of Failure Sideline Passion or Action

Toxic Words That Can Damage Relationships

The Challenge of Leadership

A Well-Defined Safety Program and Culture

Talk To The Leader in PT Lumber. Request A Quote for Pallets.

Articles About Leadership

THE JUICE IS WORTH THE SQUEEZE

HAPPENING TO THE WORLD – A SATISFYING WAY TO LIVE

SUFFERING AND CHALLENGES

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