Here’s a Super Bowl quote for you: “It is not all about talent. It’s about dependability, consistency, being coachable, and understanding what you need to do to improve” – Bill Belichick. Belichick is the future Hall of Fame coach of the New England Patriots who will be playing to regain their world champion status in the Super Bowl next week. If you follow the Patriots and Belichick, you know he’s a master at building a
PalletOne is 16 years old! When we started, we had 12 pallet manufacturing locations. Since then: We added six pallet locations. We entered the wood treating business and expanded to four locations. We added a trucking operation. We closed one location. We opened then closed another. We grew our team to 1,400 people. We have a stellar reputation with our customers, suppliers and within our industry. We are a valued employer in the communities we
“Tour ready” all the time. If I popped in your work area tomorrow with a visitor, would you be proud to show us around? Is housekeeping the way you like it? Safety rules in order? Equipment in working order? A healthy level of productivity? The whole team engaged? I learned a long time ago that you can’t fake it for a tour. If you don’t act like a tour is coming tomorrow every day, it
“What we believe in the United States: you work hard, you play by the rules, you get a fair shot.” Thomas McDonough, Chief of Staff, President Obama. Last week of the Barack Obama presidency. Media is full of a variety of exit interviews of those who participated in the administration. Despite what you may feel about their politics, their results or their beliefs, no one should deny that the willingness and courage to step into
Commitment separates those who live their dreams from those who live life regretting the opportunities they’ve squandered. – Bill Russell, Hall of Fame Basketball player and coach. It’s been said that “We are the sum of our commitments.” According to Russell, if you see someone accomplished, you can be assured that person will have a record of commitments that defined them. Perhaps you see the truth in this statement. If you are feeling satisfied with
What began as a study on strong marriages has become a lesson on strong relationships at work. A study by Dr. John Gottman at the University of Washington says that people who maintain strong performance at work avoid four relationship killers with their colleagues. Here are the four: Criticism. Some think of criticism as negative feedback. Not so. Negative feedback that instructs builds or improves is courageous. Criticism that just blames or damns is destructive.
“Excellent businesses don’t believe in excellence, only in constant improvement and constant change.” – Tom Peters, in his book “Thriving on Chaos” Being excellent is a daunting goal. Especially when you aren’t excellent at the beginning. Peters breaks this down into change and improvement. Every day. First, change. Change is the decision point. It’s a realization that the status quo won’t survive. It’s an adjustment in each person’s mind that there is something better ahead
“If you don’t get to know them, you will have no idea what scares them, what inspires them, what motivates them.” – Bo Schembechler Schembechler was a legendary coach at Michigan. By appearances, he was tough, “my way or the highway” kind of leader. This quote is an indication there was more to him than meets the eye. Old school business leaders might argue that when you come to work, you leave your personal life
Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t. -Bill Nye One of the best training experiences I ever had was taking a course from Eugene Emerson Jennings at Michigan State University. In addition to being a professor, Jennings was counsel to the stars. He was a personal coach to many of the executives who lead the massive auto industry in the Detroit of the 70s. Jennings regarded business as a complicated maze. He watched
Lee Ellis is a leadership consultant who recently put a graphic on the Internet. It was a picture of an “old time” scale and balance, the traditional image of the scales of justice. On one side of the scale was the word “Relationships” and on the other “Results”. Under “Results”, it says Leaders must achieve results to remain in business. In the middle, there’s a “but”. On the other side, under “Relationships”, it says leaders
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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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