Make a Positive Impact!
Each team member impacts the culture of an organization (positively or negatively) because emotions pass from person to person. Fifteen years ago, I was working for a particularly mean-spirited manager….
Want Innovation? Just give the order!
“Sometimes, Chip, all you can do is just give an order.” the Admiral said as he gave me his best piece of advice before I shipped off to Officer Candidate…
Unconventional Rewards (and Fun)!
I could hear him running down the passageway as the clock ticked down to the end of one minute. 55…56…57…and then, Lonnie broke the threshold of my door and dove…
Make Fear Your Bitch!
I’m not afraid of the boogie man but I have watched enough episodes of “Snapped” on The Oxygen Channel to make me a tad fearful when my wife, Gwen, gives…
Unconventional Team Connection
Growing up, my ol’ man had a nickname for everyone. I don’t know if it was because he couldn’t remember anyone’s name or because he thought it was funny. Whatever…
6 Tips For Managing Your Time
The only thing I can figure is that I used to have a LOT of time. Way before children, responsibilities and work, I must have had oodles and oodles of…
No Place to Go!
I walked into my Division Officer’s office and said (quite emotionally), “I’m not going to work for that a$$hole another day!” This wasn’t the first time my first line supervisor…
Are You Okay?
“Are you okay?” were the first words that came out of my Dad’s mouth when I told him I wrecked his truck. Followed by, “We’ll talk about it when I…
Take a BIG BITE!
No matter what path we follow in life, there are times when we are going to get served “The Sandwich.” Now, I’m not talking about a yummy sandwich where the…
Go Free Range!
“I’d like to thank my parents for ignoring me as a child!” I said, gleefully, as I held the trophy over my head in triumph. Yes, I had won the…