Pick your favorite sport and you’ll find a record fellow athletes strive to break. For example in baseball, Cal Ripken Jr’s streak of 2,362 consecutive games played is the most in major league baseball history. And the NHL’s Wayne Gretzky had 1,963 career assists, which equals more total points than any other player has accumulatedContinue reading “3 reasons broken records are only good in sports”
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Character Counts: How does mine add up?
Have you been watching television lately? If so, you’ve seen them. It’s political season. That’s right, candidates are beginning to make his/her case for local offices. It’s always interesting to see what those political ads say. Does the candidate speak about his/her values and actions? Or do they attack the lack of values and actionsContinue reading “Character Counts: How does mine add up?”
3 Feedback Tips that Propel your Team
Let’s face it. The job of a leader is a tough one. Days are filled to the brim with tasks; the emergency of the moment must be resolved; and someone needs your help them in some way. Given the high demands of the day, your team’s most important need from you is often left undoneContinue reading “3 Feedback Tips that Propel your Team”
Is your leadership scary?
It’s Halloween season and that means many children – young and old alike – are anticipating a night of costumes and candy. This season also ushers in haunted houses, jack o’lanterns and scary movies. There is an allure by many folks (albeit not me) to scary movies. In fact, this site rates the top 50Continue reading “Is your leadership scary?”
Three leadership lessons from Truett Cathy
“Eat mor chikin” has become the symbol for the highly successful Chick-fil-A restaurant. And this week Truett Cathy, the family’s patriarch who started the company in 1967, passed away at the age of 93. Cathy was often quoted as saying: “I’d like to be remembered as one who kept my priorities in the right order.Continue reading “Three leadership lessons from Truett Cathy”