I am privileged to know Skip Novakovich, commissioner of the Port of Kennewick and the 2011 Tri-Citian of the Year. Thank you, Skip, for blogging for Growing Forward Services and for your leadership in our community! A leadership position will often put you in a very lonely place. When you step out in a leadership role […]
Guest blogging today for Growing Forward Services is a Leadership Tri-Cities colleague who I have admired from across town for her excellent work at the Kennewick School District. Thanks, Lorraine! Having worked at the Kennewick School District for past ten years and marking almost 20 years since I landed my first “real” job in Communications […]
Guest blogging for Growing Forward Services today is a colleague from the Mid-Columbia Leadership Development Association: Jo Haberstock. Jo sends me a leadership article monthly, and I liked her writing so much, I asked her to contribute this week to my blog. Thanks, Jo! As I write this today, the temperature outside is near 100 […]
So, I went to the local Renaissance Faire last month with my family, and we always enjoy watching the battlefield sword-fighting and the jousting on horses with everyone in full costume. This picture was of 2 lances that were lying right in front of us in between jousts of the knight we were cheering for. […]
While hiking in central Oregon this week, I was on the coolest hike ever! (I’ll share more if you are interested!) Perfect temperature, not too challenging of an incline, waterfalls and streams the whole way. And there, in a patch of shade, a little clump of snow. It seemed odd in the middle of the […]
The title of this blogpost isn’t a put-down; it’s a fact and hopefully a stimulant to becoming a more collaborative person. What collaborative people know is that one of us isn’t as smart as all of us. They seek out the advice of trusted sources of wisdom and insight when making decisions. They bounce their ideas and […]
“A team of horses will not pull a very big load when one of the horses is lying down.” There are early adopters when it comes to change and initiative, there are those who slowly go along with it, and there are reluctant drag-ins. I would encourage you to NOT be in that last category: […]
We often do not think of artists as having leadership qualities. Their profession is not inherently based on team building and consensus. In fact, they often invert the values we traditionally assign or desire in our leaders. They do not seek to create a shared vision around a project and they do not model the […]
I was having coffee with a community leader the other day, a habit I like to do about once per month so that I can pick their brain for their secrets of success. As he told me his leadership journey and the leaders that made the biggest impact on his life, I noticed a pattern. […]
Rick Martinez of Peak Performance Systems http://www.ppstraining.com/ is a good friend and great trainer and organizational-developer. Read his inspiration on your attitude choice every day! THE CHOICE IS YOURS A positive attitude is a choice. You can choose to be happy or you can choose not to. Henry Ford was fond of saying, “Whether you think […]
