Category: Initiative
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Serving Others…Without the Exchange
One of the keys to being a servant leader is serving others by putting their needs ahead of yours. A great example of this is being a parent. When you raise a family, you learn that the needs of your children naturally come before yours. Children do not have the ability to take care of…
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Make Them Great!
I was having dinner with a site supervisor a while back and he shared his frustration with motivating one of his team members on site. He was convinced that this person was just lazy and could not visualize what was needed on the construction site. He voiced his frustration with this persons inability to think…
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Twenty Questions
One of the most common management practices is to enter the office of your report and after a few little icebreakers, begin to fire off the questions: Is the project on schedule? Have you handled the budget overrun? Were you able to engage a vendor yet? Did you fix the issue with the client? And…
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The Hero and the Villain
A good action movie or a novel generally has these roles. The villian is the dark and scheming character who is struggling to get what he wants in an unscrupulous way. The hero is the character who is on the right side of things. The hero struggles with the villain and his schemes and works…
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The Real Reason We Haven’t Cured Cancer
I am sure that you have been touched by the tragic effects of cancer. My mother passed away at the age of 49 from lung cancer. This was certainly one of the low times of my life. I couldn’t understand how it could happen. She wasn’t able to see her grandchildren grow up or be…
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Are Your Best Employees About To Leave?
I don’t typically post articles but here is a great article from Inc. Magazine. I could relate to most of these at one time or another in my career. This may be a great time for you to examine the conditions in your company and reflect on the value of your key employees! Most companies…
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Power Shortage
“Nobody will ever love you quite the way you want them to. You just have to let them do their best.” I saw this quote on Reddit the other day and it really hit me hard. We really are selfish in everything- even in the way we are loved by others! Why would I…
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Smile Power
My daughter was born with a smile on her face. She was, and still is, always smiling. When she was a baby we would get comments about what a happy little girl she was. Her smile was contagious and helped her make friends quickly. When our kids were young we would frequently go camping and,…
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Brown Shoes- Black Pants
Ok fashion police! Lock me up! While packing for a trip to a wedding, I made a decision that I would wear brown shoes with black dress slacks so I would not have to pack and carry black shoes for only one event. I can tell you that it certainly will not match and it…
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Living the Adventure
Last Sunday night, my wife and I went to a party at a friends house. It was a cool night, at least by North Florida standards. The house had a great outdoor patio with brick walls and garden areas. In one corner of the patio was a firepit that turned out to be a very…
Leading by Serving 