From Managers To Leaders

There is a certain satisfaction of watching someone grow and develop into what they were hoping for. When you’ve worked hard to help the person reach their potential and they have taken your help and advice and applied it wisely. The pride you feel for them when they have reached their main goal is amazing [...]

I’d like to take a moment to tell you about a friend of mine. I’ve named him Wally and he is a Walnut Tree. This walnut tree grows a small distance away from where my deck is. Now Wally is an old tree and one that I thought was dead. Seriously it was no longer [...]

When you give managers 15 goals, which one are they to focus on? I’ve talked to many people at seminars, friends, family, co-workers and all at one time or another have said something along the lines of “well, I think this is what we are focusing on now.” What is wrong with this statement?
It’s [...]

The other day, I had an employee come over and sit down next to me. It was not big deal they just sat down and said “Hi”. I asked how I could help them and they mentioned they were just stopping by because they had not seen me in a while. We had light small [...]

I saw this quote the other day and it got me thinking:
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
-George S. Patton
At first I was nodding along with the idea that he was right, we should let people surprise us with how they [...]