by wiadmin | Jun 6, 2014 | Leadership
Someone once asked famed college football coach turned ESPN commentator Lou Holtz what he considered to be the toughest part of his job as a coach. With his typical “aw shucks” charm, he finessed the question but ultimately communicated that one of the hardest parts...
by wiadmin | Mar 14, 2014 | Leadership
Welcome to the second post in the Protégé Power series. If you missed last week, you’ll want to catch up by reading this. If you’re caught up, let’s get to it! When we left off from our last post, Sage was saying to you, the protégé. . . SAGE:...
by wiadmin | Dec 10, 2013 | Leadership
Sooner or later it happens if you decorate enough Christmas trees. At some point you discover that almost all of the ornaments are handmade or have some special meaning. Discarded are those generic, store bought ones that looked pleasing to the eye but had no short...
by wiadmin | Aug 13, 2013 | Leadership
I grew up on a farm. One of my chores in junior and senior high was milking a cow early morning and late afternoon. It was our family’s source for milk, butter and cheese. Cow milking today involves machines and computers. Cow milking—the old fashioned way—involved an...
by wiadmin | Jul 26, 2013 | Leadership
Seventy-five percent of corporate mergers fail because of conflicts in leader relationships. Over 50% of marriages end in divorce, largely due to communications. Corporate and marriage counselors will tell you, “It’s not that the parties in the union were talking and...
