How Do I Handle This Challenge?
Mind your helm… Personally and professionally, we all face challenges. My greatest professional challenge came when I was put in charge of the Navy’s Security Forces in Washington, DC. There,…
How Do I Cope With A Sucky Job?
Work sucks more when your attitude sucks. This job sucks!” I muttered as I shuffled back to my desk. Barely had the words left my mouth when a co-worker happily…
How Do You Deal With The Bad Apple?
Behavior modification made easy… Let’s face it, we can pick our nose but we can’t all pick our teams. It would be great to be able to “Kingdom Build” (as…
Laugh Lines: The ROI Of Fun At Work
I’ve worked with some major league a**holes in my life. The kind of people that made the working environment not just bad, they made it suck (that’s a technical term). …
Hard Work Without Enthusiasm Is Just Hard Work
“Hard work without enthusiasm is just that…..hard work!’ -Rocky Romanella Do you love a success story? ME TOO! This week’s guest is not only a success story but also the…
Don’t Wear Out Your Best Team Member
The Gunnery Sergeant assigned to my class during Officer Candidate School (OCS) was big, mean and made Lou Gossett Jr. (from an “Officer and a Gentleman”) look like a kitty…
Your Presentation Matters
In Navy, “Salty Dog” language, I was a big soup sandwich. I was consistently late to work, was always in need of a hair cut, and my uniforms looked like…
Stop Doing Nothing! With Patrick Almond
Need a kick in the pants? I know that sometimes I do! What I need most of the time is someone like Rocky’s trainer, Mick, who jazzes me up and…
What’s The Point?
“ARE YOU SERIOUS!?” I thought to myself as I got off the phone with my supervisor. This was the fourth time I had reworked this report – each time having…
A Team That Plays Together, Stays Together! With Erica Swiatek
Did you know that there are 98 days between Memorial Day and Labor Day? That’s the “official” Summer season here in the United States (I’m making sure I clarify that…