“All change isn’t progress. But there’s no progress without change.” – John Wooden, greatest college basketball coach ever What’s your change makeup? My experience is that most people resist it. They naturally seek patterns and order. They build habits around those patterns. For the most part, the habitual stuff works. So an attitude forms: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” There are others at the far extreme. They change so often that it appears

Are you someone who “shows up?” I visited with a group of pallet plant owners this week at the NWPCA meeting. One of their largest concerns is getting people to come to work every day. Each manager talked about the problems of missing people: Missed production Disruption to smooth production processes Breakdown in team cohesion Injuries and quality mistakes due to people trying to substitute in an unfamiliar job Attendance ends up being one of

A friend of mine, Pat Hamner, teaches business graduate students. We share an interest in seeing others develop their leadership ability. He shared an article with me where author Bob Buford reflects on the advice of a consultant, Dan Sullivan. Sullivan says that success in the marketplace calls on developing four habits that contribute to your “referability.” Here are the habits: Show up on time. I get asked all the time what I wished schools

Five birds are on a wire. One decides to fly away. How many birds are left? It’s a trick question. Five remain. Why? There’s a difference between deciding to do something and doing something. Until the bird flies, there are still five on the wire. Decisions can be easy. Decisions can be hard. But, very little progress occurs until someone decides to do something and sets it in motion. Effective organizations seek to make good