“These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.” Thomas Paine, 1776 Perhaps I’m being a bit...
If you know anything about me – you know that I love a good drama. (Specifically, other peoples' drama in real time … I’m a rubbernecker.) So, this week I’m at my annual conference in Chicago – the American College of Healthcare Executives … been going since 1988. Historically, this...
Repurpose. Reimagine. Recalibrate. Relearn. Redo. Last week I anticipated some feedback regarding my article. For those of you who didn’t read it (and I assume everyone did read it, so this is a useless remark), I questioned whether or not we really hear and tell the truth … or just...
I didn’t see the movie but I remember the line by Jack Nicholson to Tom Cruise … “You can’t handle the truth!!” My new bike was delivered this past weekend and my once first place status is now middle of the pack because I’m riding on a calibrated bike. Even...
"The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it." ~ Lou Holtz So we have been working on accountability at our house lately and I must say that Maleigha may be my downfall. She has a very creative way of...
My Peloton bike was out of calibration. I was finishing in the top 10 riders (out of thousands) consistently. A 53-year-old male, weight 230 ... in somewhat normal to decent shape doesn’t finish in the top ten consistently - so I complained. What I got was, last Friday two guys...
First to me – “Congratulations on surviving the two worst months of the year. Enjoy your favorite day – March 1st tomorrow – the furthest you can get from January and February.” Thank you and I will. I got back from skiing Utah Tuesday morning at 2am. My experience the...
We completed our 65th quarterly LDI last week. We started our Leadership Development Institute in January 2002. (I remember the first one vividly. We held it above the office of Edward Jones downtown Clarion. Part of the curriculum was to take the Myers Briggs personality test. I think it was...
We had a great day of learning and growth on Friday at our quarterly leadership meeting. We focused on the five dysfunctions of a team. We spent a lot of time working on the base layer of a solid team which is trust. The day included a lot of exercises...
My word for the week is calibration. Seems to be coming up a lot. I keep coming in at the top of the pack – in packs from 750 to 2000 riders – on my Peloton bike. (There is this “leaderboard” that tells you how fast and hard you are...
