Tag: excellence

• Don’t Be A Pac-Man!

  Are you getting swallowed up? Do you remember the game Pac-Man? This is going back a bunch of years, but it was one of the first video/arcade games where the Pac-Man travelled the course swallowing up all the cookies as he goes along. Never stopping. Devouring the cookies.  The cookies just go away. I used…

  Joe Passkiewicz

  November 16, 2016

  Excellence, Focus, Strategy

  careers, effort, employees, excellence, expected, focus, Games, Leadership development, management, Skill, waste

• 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…

  Joe Passkiewicz

  January 15, 2016

  Initiative, Strategy, Vision

  advice, Blogging, careers, excellence, leadership, management, relationships, twenty questions

• The Shifting Keys

  Funny how things change. You can be so sure of something, and over time, your views can be changed to something vastly different. It’s crazy. Like shifting sand.     When I was young and just entering college, I was convinced that the secret to success was knowledge. If I could just absorb a vast…

  Joe Passkiewicz

  June 9, 2014

  Attitude, Change, Excellence, Relationships

  connection, excellence, keys, leadership, leadingbyserving, love, relationship, serving

• Ambushed!

  Last week I met with a woman on our team at work.  This meeting was long overdue.  We have been very busy lately dealing with problems and putting out fires.  This was a meeting to discuss process improvement, which seems to take a back seat when you are busy doing “the work”.  I had several…

  Joe Passkiewicz

  October 8, 2013

  Attitude, Change, Vision

  business, Education and Training, excellence, focus, Leadership development, Physical exercise, Problem solving, Process improvement, servant leader, Team building

• Do The Work!

  Years back, Kathy and I visited my Grandfather when he was sick in the hospital and his health was failing.  During this visit, my Grandfather was of good energy and he shared a quick snapshot of his life and some of his best life lessons.  One thing that he shared was that he believed that…

  Joe Passkiewicz

  August 9, 2013

  Excellence, Legacy, Relationships

  Child, children, choices, consequences, Day care, excellence, Family, Home, kid’s, leadership, Learning, Parent, Parenting, schedule, social, structure

• Ask the Experts!

  Recently, Kathy and I were sitting on our back patio (lanai is the fancy realtor description) in the cool of the morning enjoying a hot cup of coffee and the fluorescent beauty of the morning.  The birds were wide awake.  We have a bird feeder and we keep it well stocked with a high quality…

  Joe Passkiewicz

  July 22, 2013

  Attitude, Change, Excellence, Strategy

  Beauty, Biology, Bird, Birdwatching, choices, Chordates, comfort, excellence, goals, leadership, leadingbyserving, North Florida, Ornithology, Recreation, Zoology

• Fight The Urge!

  I was invited to join a group of friends, just men, for a cookout tomorrow.  I have decided to go.  This sounds like an easy decision on the surface.  But really it’s not that easy. My inclination would be to stay home and relax.  See, I’ve had a difficult few weeks at work.  Traveling, problem…

  Joe Passkiewicz

  July 6, 2013

  Attitude, Relationships, Strategy

  Blogging, Divorce, excellence, Family, Fathers, Home, leadership, leadingbyserving, Parenting, relationships, religion, The Urge, United States

• Different Is Good!

  Yesterday Kathy and I went on a hike through the Cahuita National Park along the Carribean coast of Costa Rica.  We had a guide who had an amazing eye to pick out wildlife far off in the trees.  The diversity of life that we saw was remarkable, yet everything fit together and you had the…

  Joe Passkiewicz

  April 26, 2013

  Attitude, Belief, Change

  Africa, Biodiversity, Cahuita National Park, Central America, choices, comfort, connection, Costa Rica, Costa Rican, excellence, Fear, leadership, leadingbyserving, Nicaraguan, Panama, relationship

• Light the Path

  I believe that there is a desire to make a difference in the world that is woven into us at birth.  To make your mark- to put a “dent in the universe”.  Your choice is to either follow these desires and dreams or suppress them and give up.  The choice to give up is easy…

  Joe Passkiewicz

  January 14, 2013

  Belief, Legacy, Vision

  Blogging, change, church, comfort, difference, excellence, God, leadership, leadingbyserving, Lord, ministry, model, North Carolina, Rebecca, Saturday, serve, United States, Wealth

• Men: 10 Shopping Tips for Christmas!

  Ah, the Christmas season has begun!  A time for family, great food and gift giving!  One problem:  The thought of Christmas shopping makes most men cringe.  I would guess that most men would do diaper duty instead of hitting the mall!  Yet, we know we have to do it AND it’s coming up pretty quickly…

  Joe Passkiewicz

  November 30, 2012

  Excellence, Initiative, Legacy, Strategy

  Blogging, Christmas, Christmas and holiday season, Clothing, excellence, Gift, Holidays, leadership, leadingbyserving, mall, men, Opinions, relationship, Shopping, women