We welcome our friend Norma Shirk as a guest blogger this summer. Norma is an expert in HR systems and policy. She understands great leadership and offers her thoughts in our Summer Leadership Series. Building a successful team is never easy. Managers and business owners who hire “yes-men” tend to ride their egos and a falseContinue reading “Summer Leadership Series: Leading Under Fire”
Category Archives: Professional Growth
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?”
Three Reasons Everyone Should Give Back
I had the privilege to go skiing at Winter Park Resort recently (in fact, this visit also inspired one of our latest service success blogs). Another experience there also provided amazing inspiration. Winter Park Resort is home to the National Sports Center of the Disabled (NSCD). While there, I got to witness their incredible storyContinue reading “Three Reasons Everyone Should Give Back”
Leadership Lessons from the Ice Bucket Challenge
The Ice Bucket Challenge. Have you seen it? It’s the craze that has taken over social media sites in the last few weeks and raised over $88.5 million dollars for ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. The idea of using buckets of ice water as a platform for ALS awareness came from former BostonContinue reading “Leadership Lessons from the Ice Bucket Challenge”
30,000 ft, the Weeds, & somewhere in the Middle
Perspective. Your employees have one. And your customers have one. And as a leader, you have one too but you also have a unique role. Not only must you keep your fingers on the pulse of the employees and your customers (their perspective); but you also must be able to find the right balance ofContinue reading “30,000 ft, the Weeds, & somewhere in the Middle”