We have growth targets, stretch goals, corporate initiatives, and improvement plans. If we achieve all this but it comes at the expense of our health, what do we really have? When we have our health, we can forget we have it and take it for granted. We forget we can......
Before a design can be accused of having too much material and labor costs, it must be able to meet its functional specifications. Before that is accomplished, it’s likely there’s not enough material and labor in the design and more must be added to meet the functional specifications. In that......
When you want to make a difference, put your whole self out there. When you want to make a difference, tell your truth. When you want to make a difference, invest in people. When you want to make a difference, play the long game. When you want to make a......
Finishing a project is usually associated with completing all the deliverables. But in the real world there are other flavors of finishing that come when there is no reason or ability to complete all the deliverables or completing them will take too long. Everyone’s favorite flavor of finishing is when......
If you give a person the tools, time, and training, you’ve empowered them. They know what to do, they have supporting materials, and they have the permission to spend the time they need to get it done. If you give a person the tools and the time but not the......
What does your team do when you’re not there? Do they make decisions or wait for you to come back so you can make them? If your team makes an important decision while you’re out of the office, do you support or criticize them? Which response helps them stand taller?......
When planning the projects for next year, how do you decide which projects are a go and which are a no? One straightforward way is to say yes to projects when there are resources lined up to get them done and no to all others. Sure, the projects must have......
When you have something special but don’t know it, the Universe is there to take it away from you so you can appreciate what you no longer have. Seems backward, but the Universe knows how to be a good teacher. When someone asks you to help them, but you know......
New ways to work are new because they have not been done before. How many new ways to work have you demonstrated over the last year? New customer value is new when it has not been shown before. What new customer value have you demonstrated over the last year? New......
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