From time to time I am asked how do I know when to decide one way or the other? Sure we would love to have all the necessary data to decide which way to go. Sometimes that just is not possible. Where data is missing – something kicks in. We all have our own special [...]
Posts Tagged ‘relationship’
Life Changing Decisions – What to do?
July 7th, 2010 
Steve Everyone has moments in their life that could be called life changing. Comes with the territory of life. What do you do? How do you come to your decision? For me, I am now at one of those cross-roads that I need to make a decision. My employer has offered to some employee’s early retirement. [...]
Posted in Observations 
Tags: challenges, change, Decision making, fear, reflections, relationship, thoughts 
2 Comments »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 »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 »What’s Next?
February 17th, 2010 Steve After 27 years of managing teams, shifts, departments and such – I am now leading one, myself. I still have focal and other things to close up, but for the most part the day to day coaching, assisting and helping manage people is no more. Not sure why I wanted to write a blog post [...]
Posted in Leadership, Leading Teams Tags: change, coaching, Leadership, Leading Teams, managing, people, relationship, thoughts No Comments »Positive Leaders And Their Examples
February 2nd, 2010 Steve I am only a few months away from 28 years with my current employer. That is one long time. When I started back in 1982, I would have never thought that I would be here for that long. When I look back over those years, I have been blessed with a couple of items. First, I [...]
Should Loyalty Matter?
January 30th, 2010 Steve Should loyalty matter? Do you have a favorite grocery store, restaurant or service station? Do you have certain leaders that you will follow? Why are they your favorites? For me, I do have many of those items that I am loyal to for various reasons, but the common theme is relationships. When I look at [...]
Posted in Leadership, Leading Teams Tags: Leadership, Leading Teams, people, relationship 2 Comments »
