With Day 3 being extremely long, having the first day at sea is just what the doctor would order, rest and relaxation. It was a lazy day. On this trip, we were blessed with 4 at sea days. Many would argue that four days is too much. For me, I wanted to get to rest [...]
Posts Tagged ‘goals’
Sabbatical Has Begun
June 4th, 2010 
Steve It is now time for the 9+weeks off to begin! I have been a manager too long, because I can not just sit back. I have to have goals to accomplish for this time off. So, here are the list of goals that I have set for myself. Couple of vacations! Everyone needs a break. During [...]
Beaten Down – Up Leveled
May 18th, 2010 Steve My last post made me think that I needed to look at this from a management standpoint as well. If you enjoyed that one, looking at yourself. This one, will look at it from an organization or management standpoint. You may say, “Hey, I know that organization.” Mediocrity is key to starting the ball rolling [...]
Words That Should Be Spoken
April 20th, 2010 Steve At work a co-worker emailed me a link they felt I would find interesting. It was a post by Karen Burns on Money and Yahoo Finance, 7 Things Never to Say to Your Boss and 7 Things your Boss Should Never Say. I found both pretty good. What about the items that should be said? I think [...]
Posted in Leadership, Leading Teams, Observations 
Tags: communication, goals, Leadership, Leading Teams, managing, relationship, trust 
1 Comment »Spin-o-rama Gets a Birthday
March 21st, 2010 Steve Spin-o-rama turned one this past week! In 2009, I took some goals that were both professional and personal. I have been blogging internally now for about 3 years and have really enjoyed the experience. One goal was to kick off my external blogging and everything that goes with it. After looking back this past week, I have [...]
Taking A Little Break From Managing
March 6th, 2010 Steve Due to recent reorganizations at work, I have been asked to fill-in on a role that is an individual contributor role. I get to take a break from managing people. Well, on paper that is… I think I went through the normal reactions that people have to changing positions that they did not ask for [...]
Posted in Leadership Tags: coaching, fear, fun, goals, listening, managing, people, performance planning, relationship No Comments »You’re Out of Here
February 25th, 2010 Steve Did you play youth sports? Did your kids play youth sports? If so, this post is for you. I want to address an issue that has been around much longer than we all care to say. For me, I participated in youth sports growing up; coached youth sports for over 25 years; sat on many [...]
Posted in Observations Tags: action, coaching, education, fun, goals, people, rant, thoughts No Comments »Halfway Point
January 24th, 2010 Steve For most youth hockey teams you have reached or just past the halfway point of the season. What does that mean to you? As a coach is it time to take a short break and look back on the season: Reviewed your progress to your goals. Reset your course to set up the upcoming playoffs [...]
Judgement Error’s
January 22nd, 2010 Steve Awhile back, I wrote about the project that just never ends. The other day, I got the news that it is in hibernation and will be coming back in 2011. This got me thinking about all the time that was spent and all the time that gets spent on projects or work that amounts to [...]
Posted in Leadership, Leading Teams, Observations Tags: goals, Leadership, Leading Teams, people, performance management No Comments »Next Couple Weeks Could Define My 2010
January 11th, 2010 Steve After the holiday’s have come and gone and the first week back in the office is completed – the year gets really cracking those next two weeks. Most people I know – come back to the office refreshed and ready to go. From a work perspective, budgets for the upcoming year should be set (well, at [...]
Posted in Leading Teams, Observations Tags: challenges, communication, fun, goals, Leading Teams, people, rant 1 Comment »
