My longtime partner Gus King reads these notes and comments on them. He should. He taught me and we learned how to work effectively for a long time. He sent some advice he read that resonated with him, written by author Chuck Gallozzi: Enemies of Success Procrastination. In order to get what you want, you have to learn to do what you don’t feel like doing. Develop self-discipline. Too much planning and studying and not
As pallet manufacturers, it is important to consider the role we have in the safety of the public. Once the pallets leave our plants, our customers load them up with a great deal of weight. They ship them on trucks. They are handled with forklifts. If you visit stores like Home Depot or a Sam’s Club warehouse, you will see them suspended in racks above the heads of the buying public. Eventually they get unloaded.
Have you ever sent out an email and, as soon as you hit send, you knew you shouldn’t have done it? How about saying something that you wish you hadn’t said? What’s really frustrating is when you do or say something you regret and you know if you had just paused to consider it before you had done it, you could have saved yourself and others a great deal of grief. Leadership consultant John Maxwell
The election for President is coming fast upon us. While some folks would say that politics shouldn’t be discussed at work, I have found that many teammates are interested in what I think inside of work. Being interested in what I think doesn’t mean that I believe that you should agree with what I think. Which is a good thing – because if I counted on all of you to agree with me all the
Perspective.Priority.Practice. Breaking a habit or creating a new habit is difficult. That’s why New Year’s resolutions are so tough to create. Our “lean” manager Steve Roberts shared some psychology that he learned recently by listening to a sermon. The speaker was talking about 3 P’s: Perspective, Priority and Practice. According to the speaker, the mistake that we make is that we begin to practice before we align our thoughts. Steve explained it this way: “If
I trust you will observe Independence Day with the honor it is due. It was a day of great courage. Great Britain and King George were oppressive. Frustrated by the lack of regard, angered by the injustice and determined to rectify those matters, all the leaders in the colonies said it was time to be separated. It was a day of great unity. As today, there were a variety of issues and interests arrayed among
Here’s how lean works: I’ve been in Maine to tour our operations there and visit with the team before their annual maintenance week. Most of you haven’t seen our other facilities. If you could see all of them, you would be surprised about how different each of them is. They are distinctive by the raw materials and the formats by which we receive them. Sawing equipment may look alike but is always configured uniquely. There
The other side of knowing what to do is doing what you know. In safety, we average three accidents a week. Most occur when someone failed to follow the defined safe practice. Rare is it that the hurt employee says that he didn’t know better. Disappoint a customer with poor quality? We knew better. Disrupt the start of a productive work day by being late or not calling in? We know better. Waste wood by
As you execute your job, it’s our duty to make sure we answer the most important questions. First, what do I need to know to keep myself safe from injury? And, what do I need to know to keep from being a risk to others? Who is my customer – the person or group that will be most affected by how I perform? What exactly do they expect me to do for them? How will
As we hire new folks, many of us find ourselves in the training role. One of my heroes in coaching, basketball legend John Wooden, practiced the Five Laws of Teaching. They are: Tell them. Show them. Have them demonstrate. Correct them. Have them repeat. For the most part, most trainers get through the telling and showing part but move on before the demonstrating, correcting and repeating part. The last three steps take patience and diligence.
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Company President, Howe Q. Wallace
Since 2005, he has been sharing his thoughts on the organization, leadership, and communication in an online daily note to teammates called Daily with HQ.
“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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