Sports commentators are calling it one of the greatest games in baseball history. Depending on personal opinion, it certainly ranks in the top ten games of extra-inning finales and game-ending home runs. For the 11th time in franchise history, the St. Louis Cardinals are the 2011 World Series Champions, defeating the Texas Rangers in theContinue reading “Three Leadership Lessons as American as Baseball and Apple Pie”
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Six Signs Your Workplace Is Like a Pumpkin Patch
It’s October and in Tennessee that means the fall. Leaves are a canvas of rich colors, football games from high school to the pros occupy the weekends and pumpkin patches filled with corn mazes and games can be found on the outskirts of town. And that’s where this week’s blog finds us. This past weekendContinue reading “Six Signs Your Workplace Is Like a Pumpkin Patch”
What is your Legacy?
I had the privilege recently of attending the funeral of my great aunt. She was one of my grannie’s older sisters and lived a blessed 93 years. You can learn a lot at a funeral. For example, I learned she and my great uncle married in 1934 following the Great Depression and raised 7 kidsContinue reading “What is your Legacy?”
Titans and Ravens: Three Lessons from LP Field
It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon in Nashville, Tennessee and the second week of the NFL season so I joined about 65,000 of my closest friends to watch the Titans take on the Baltimore Ravens. As opening kickoff approached, thousands of fans flooded the stadium. And in the sea of Titan blue many fans clothedContinue reading “Titans and Ravens: Three Lessons from LP Field”
Hockey Pucks and Honesty: The Rest of the Story…
Remember Paul Harvey? His weekly radio show shared interesting news stories with listeners in a way that kept them tuned in until he shared “the rest of the story.” In true Paul Harvey fashion, this week’s tells the “rest of the story” involving the 11-year old twins who switched places during a hockey game contest. OneContinue reading “Hockey Pucks and Honesty: The Rest of the Story…”