Recently my wife and I have been in a small group learning how the “HEAT” can really impact all of us when it occurs. This was the first time I heard the word “HEAT” being used to categorize the stress and uncomfortableness moments that happen in life. It is when the pressure makes us feel squeezed in life. Steve Scherer, IOL Podcast Host & VP, has described it as ge...
It was probably nine years ago when I realized I was clueless on how to give myself rest and recover from the grind of leadership. I was in my WI CEO group from the MMAC (Metropolitan Milwaukee Area Chamber), listening to owners and leaders share how they look forward to time away from the office with their family. One guy talked about how he went away, ALONE, to Colorado to recharge his mind. ...
Our aim as servant leaders is to be secure in who we are, which produces stability in those under our care, but we also need to remain open to being wrong.
It’s been several months since I wrote or posted about my 1st and 2nd grade Bronco football team. I’m not proud to say this but I didn’t want to admit that we were 0-7 going into Saturday’s game. I was asked often, “How is the coaching going? Are you having fun?” I would smile and say “Um, it’s going okay. The kids are really learning.” Of c...
The past three years have given leaders a lot of opportunity to bring creativity into the workplace. We have battled COVID, lack of inventory, transportation/logistics disasters and culture attacks. There were two options for leaders: Retreat or Reinvent.
Those that retreated gave up and probably sold their business or closed it. I am not faulting anyone who did either one because I had...
For June, July, and August, I gave up coffee. This was the most difficult because it tapped into something I didn’t expect—a straight-up drug addiction.
I fell in love with the idea of space shuttles and outer space after watching the 1986 movie SpaceCamp. The movie is about a group of kids that go to a camp dedicated to training the attendees on what it takes to be an astronaut. This movie caused me to dream about the idea of going into space. Who knows? Maybe one day I’ll get to live out that dream but not today.
At 44 years old...
