Category: Culture

  • Memorial Day & Lincoln on Leadership

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    “May we never forget our fallen comrades. Freedom isn’t free.” – Sgt. Major Bill Paxton Hi Everyone,    Happy Friday! I figured it’s not a bad idea to remind everyone of what day of the week it is! We are headed into a holiday weekend, Memorial Day. Often considered the start of the summer season for many of…

  • When was the last time you guys talked?

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     “Be well, do good work, and keep in touch”  –  Garrison Keillor  Hi Everyone,  “When is the last time you guys talked?”  I think about my old friends from time to time, I wonder what they are up to and how they are doing. Of course, there is the social media portrait of someone’s life…

  • Gratitude and May Day

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    “When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears.”  –  Anthony Robbins  Hi Everyone,  Depending on where you live in the country, states are easing the stay at home orders. In Washington State they are opening the state parks, some public places and I’ll even be able to play golf. I had this feeling of excitement and…

  • Quarantine Photo Challenge

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    “What is important is to keep learning, to enjoy challenge, and to tolerate ambiguity. In the end there are no certain answers.”  – Matina Horner  Hi Everyone,   Many of us have reached or passed 40 days of quarantine. How are you doing? Write to me and let me know if I can help in any way.  I…

  • Spreading Optimism while Practicing Social Distancing

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    “Be the light in the dark, be the calm in the storm and be at peace while at war.”  – Mike Dolan  Hello everyone,   As I mentioned in previous Desks of Brad, I was supposed to be doing my cross country BBQ drive this week, my how much things have changed in such a short period of time.…

  • Who Do You Want to Work With?

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    “You can’t teach employees to smile. They have to smile before you hire them.”   – Arte Nathan  Do they give you energy? I know we’ve been interviewing a lot of people lately. I was thinking about our clients and how helping them change corporate culture is hard. It’s not just that we invent strategies and implement systems,…

  • Get Involved and Just Make Sure You Vote!

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    “In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.”  – Thomas Jefferson  I’ve intentionally made the Desk of Brad an apolitical forum. Living and working in D.C. over the last 20+ years has given me a perspective about how the government…

  • Making Connections through Literature, Let’s Get Our Read On!

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    “Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.” – Aesop  There is an old saying that “the difference between people is the books they’ve read and the people they’ve met”. As most of you know I enjoy reading very much. I still consider it reading if you listen to a book on Audible etc., (just to…

  • For Those Who Love To Teach

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    Let’s get excited.    Do you remember when you were in your early twenties looking for a job? What were you thinking about at that time…? What’s my future going to be… will I be successful, fall in love, buy a house, have children, be rich… You had lots of unknowns during that time and a…

  • 9 Years!

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    “Values can set a company apart from the competition by clarifying its identity and serving as a rallying point for employees. But coming up with strong values – and sticking to them – requires real guts.”  -Patrick Lencioni  Happy Anniversary, Tahzoo!   Nine years… What a pleasure spending time with each and every one of you today! We get…