Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Goal Setting, Growth, Management Development, Motivation, Never Quit, Personal Mastery, Problem-Solving, Professional Development
What’s the best way to learn a new task? You can learn the background, the theory, the technical details….or you can just jump in. In the Navy, the training mantra was “See on, do one, teach one” which worked well. Military folks can do tasks that civilians need...
Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Growth, Management Development, Professional Development
Management experts drive themselves crazy trying to decipher the difference between leaders and managers. I’ve wrestled with this question, even studying it in my graduate work in Organizational Leadership. Recently I’ve grown disillusioned as I see a growing trend...
Get Better, Go Full Speed, Growth, Management Development, Motivation, Personal Mastery, Professional Development
“Geeze that person has a real attitude!” Most of us can spot a bad attitude pretty easily. We can list the voice tone, body language, and negative comments – the more important thought is around what causes the attitude. Here’s my theory: An...
Always Compete, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Growth, Management Development, Motivation, Never Quit, Personal Mastery, Professional Development
Several years ago when my kids were younger, we took a vacation down to Orlando. I didn’t have enough Southwest Rapid Reward® points so we booked a van with my National points and drove it instead. As we entered North Carolina, the we started to see signs for South...
Always Compete, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Goal Setting, Growth, Management Development, Motivation, Never Quit, Personal Mastery, Problem-Solving, Professional Development
“… there is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things. Nicolo Machiavelli – 1505 A few years ago, I spent a day helping a company...
Get Better, Goal Setting, Growth, Management Development, Motivation, Personal Mastery, Professional Development
The other day I was reminiscing about when my kids were younger and going to school in Maryland. One or the big events each year were the Maryland School Assessments (MSA). These exams included a test of reading and math achievement that met the testing requirements...
