I have the blessing this week of a little getaway to Panama City Beach with my mom and dad. As I grow older, I cherish those opportunities to hang out with them. I’ve visited many beaches and truthfully, this beach town is not really different from other coastal locations in the US. Tourism is theContinue reading “Tenacious Intentionality: Lessons from the Beach”
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Do you know the pulse of your team?
We’ve all been there. The setting? Your doctor’s office. The purpose? Your annual physical. Your excitement? You would rather be ANYWHERE else. During that one hour exam, we are poked and prodded as the physician captures the information that tells him or her how your health measures up. Our heart rate, blood pressure, and otherContinue reading “Do you know the pulse of your team?”
Three Essential Steps of Process Improvement
Improving performance. It’s the name of the game for business of all types. We focus on improving how we do what we do in the hopes of achieving greater reward. But sadly, working faster or even smarter doesn’t always hit the mark we aim for. Process improvement is not an equation that works as predictablyContinue reading “Three Essential Steps of Process Improvement”
Not deciding IS deciding
Have you been there? You are a part of management team but you don’t seem to be making progress. Your meetings feel like a scene from the movie, The Groundhog Day. You discuss issues over and over but a solution is never implemented. It is a frustration that will take even the most laid backContinue reading “Not deciding IS deciding”
Safe to Hazardous in a Split Second
Snow has an interesting effect on everything. It takes every adult back to childhood with the memories of winter frolicking and it creates jubilation with children as the words “school closed” spider across television screens. It also has an impact on our travel. Middle Tennessee was in the path of a severe winter snowstorm thisContinue reading “Safe to Hazardous in a Split Second”