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Are you there?
Time for a meeting — Are you there? East coast time comes early for a Pacific North Westerner. My first meeting was at 8:30 am ET, 5:30 PT. Oh boy. No problem, I woke up at 6 am ET, went for a walk, got breakfast and went to the first meeting only to find breakfast...
One step at a time
As we turned the corner the logging road led out of the green woods into a Tim Burton like desolate forest with all the bark and the needles stripped off the gnarly looking trees. We entered into year-old forest fire area. Forest fires were actively burning not far...
Values, 20 dollars and silent rants
What do values, 20 dollars and silent rants have in common? Joe and I were sitting in a meeting together listening to the speakers work their way through the agenda. I could sense Joe's aggravation grow the more the meeting dragged on. The discussions around agenda...
Impatient? — then you're the time waster
Are you the time waster? "I'm too impatient! I don't have time for this. I have a big decision to make. The problem is that my key staff argues with me and each other and simply doesn't do what I want." Jason runs a small manufacturing shop. He is facing some big...
Calmness during chaos takes practice and planning–Leadership at it's best
Calmness during chaos Get this image in your mind. As your speed increases and the snow, trees, terrain rips past you, your lower body, legs, ankles, feet, skis are bouncing around in the chaos yet holding the direction you planned and practiced. Your upper body,...
I'm late. What's time got to do with it?
"I'm late, I'm very late for a very important date." "Time is what we want most, but what we use worst." —William Penn iDoneThisBlog author Janet Choi says it with clarity, "Since how you think about time affects the reality of how you spend it, the ability to...
Essential practices of smart goals and planning
Essential practices of smart goals. A checklist for effective planning. The dos: Trust the process. Go through the planning process. Use it. It's a skill so it takes practice and discipline. Be crisp. Everyone around you will appreciate your conciseness in what you...
I know everything–5 attitudes that devastate leadership
Have you ever encountered a situation in which the conversation on the other side includes "I know" and "let me tell you?" meaning I know everything. I certainly have. And disappointingly, it has included me. Ironically, it was through a systematic use of 5 (I know...
5 steps to save yourself headaches from poor planning
"I'm a doer not a planner." "I get things done, I don't waste time with this planning stuff." "I'm too busy to plan." What do you make of these statements? Would you hire someone to run your business, project, P&L, product line, or build your home who doesn't...
5 reasons small companies struggle to find skilled workers
Ken Madden, VP Madden Industrial, spoke at Workforce Oregon Forum 2015 asking a key question, "Why are companies complaining about a shortage of workers?" "Why do manufacturing companies struggle to find skilled workers?" Ken and other on the panel pointed out that...
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