“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
I heard a speech by Heather Larson made at the Willow Creek Church where she was underscoring the impact of inspiring others. It seems to me we each have choices: I will attempt to be an inspiration to others or I won’t. Simple. I can understand either choice. Some folks like to stay within themselves. Remain private. They don’t think it’s their role to engage others. So, they don’t. But, in my mind, there are
I heard about a book on Andy Stanley’s leadership podcast called “How to Lead When You’re Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority” by Clay Scroggins. I haven’t read the book but it sounds like it could be a guide for “happening to the world.” If you are committed to “happening to the world,” you will most frequently be trying to improve things without authority. Influence is your only tool. Before I was
Ambition: a strong desire to do or to achieve something, typically requiring determination and hard work I recently was interviewing candidates for a job. We asked them: “What is your ambition?” Some answered with a blank stare and asked what we meant. When you have ambition, you intend to do something or achieve something. It can range over many topics. Want to be a great dad or spouse? That’s ambition Climb a mountain or run
Our Human Resources Director at Sunbelt sends out a daily safety note. Today’s concerned drowning risk: Stay Safe in the Water The Problem Every day, about ten people die from unintentional drowning. Of these, two are children aged 14 or younger. Drowning ranks fifth among the leading causes of unintentional injury death in the United States. What factors influence drowning risk? The main factors that affect drowning risk are the lack of swimming ability, lack
John Kelly is the new Chief of Staff for President Trump. Kelly has had a successful military career and is known for his organizational ability and decisive leadership. Many are hopeful he will alter the direction of President Trump’s administration Here’s what appeared about General Kelly’s leadership: Leading up: ask three questions? What does boss need? What does team need? What can I do to serve boss & team? What does the boss need? Being
One of our IT team members, sends me quotes he gleans from his reading. Here’s one from today: Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. Robert Louis Stevenson, writer Harvests are frequently subject to factors that are out of our control. You can plow the field. Sow the seeds. Spread the fertilizer. Diligently weed and water. But, you can impact the weather or the rainfall. Winds
Struck today by this quote that showed up in my email today: For me, I’m driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you. Neil deGrasse Tyson Two things: Learn more. Serve more. I’m flabbergasted with the pace of change and the development of resources which can cause us to learn. Recently, our management team
This is a blatant cut and paste job on my part of a post by educator Danny Steele. I’ve adopted a couple of thoughts gleaned from reading about Teach for America, an innovative teacher training program that recruits non-traditional candidates to teach underserved students in impoverished areas. The thoughts are: “Teaching is leadership.” This idea that the teacher is committed to leading students to a better learning experience. “If the student hasn’t learned, the teacher
In you follow professional sports, you will notice players who have long careers because they were “good” in the locker room. What that means is, though they are past their prime as athletes, the contribution they make to the team as a high character person is worth keeping them around. Last year on the Chicago Cubs, David Ross was one of those guys. He was the backup catcher who caught about every fourth game but
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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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