Leadership and Tom Landry
Leadership is getting someone to do what they don’t want to do to achieve what they want to achieve. Tom Landry Thanksgiving has been known for many traditions. Not the …
Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation
Thanksgiving Proclamation Issued by President George Washington, at the request of Congress, on October 3, 1789 By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation. Whereas it is …
Leadership Bias
I’ve recently been conducting internal interviews for a potential project, I have been granted the opportunity to “hand pick” my team. What I have discovered is I may have a …
Manday: I’m a Good Dad!
Every father should read the lyrics to or listen to Cats in the Cradle by Harry Chapin before they put their kids to bed every night. In other words, no …
A Thankful Father I Would Be
By this time next week Thanksgiving will have come and gone. And this Fatherhood Friday I am pausing to offer thanks to my Heavenly Father for my earthly father. “Thank …
Somebody is Watching You
Somebody is watching you. Somebody is always watching every little move you make, every step you take, every vow you break. (Wow, I broke into a lyric there for a …
When Leaders Make Mistakes
I came across an article in an industry magazine that talked about how companies react when things go wrong. They cited the recent very public grief that Toyota, BP and …
Open Letter: Thankful for My Mentors!
Dear Mentors- In the past few weeks, I have noticed on social media numerous individuals stating their thankfulness for their blessings as the Thanksgiving holiday approaches. I looked back on …
Leading at Work – Leading at Home
Regardless of what you think, you really are the same person at home that you are at work. One persona may be more “masked” than the other, but you are …
Are You Being Followed?
Look behind you. Are you being followed? If the answer is yes, odds are pretty good that you’re a leader. Sure, it could just be paranoia, I suppose. But because …