Tag: Personal Reflections

  • Improve Meetings

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    “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.”   – Edward Everett Hale  Hi Everyone,     As we continue to move the company to an interdisciplinary way of working, I wanted to touch on communication and the importance of equal time allocation for all team members to contribute within meetings. Google…

  • The Allegiance to Self

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    “The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn’t being said.”   – Peter F. Drucker  Hi Everyone,     Last week I wrote about the importance of authenticity in communication. Without trust in the facts, the exchange of information and collaboration within the team is going to be insufficient and left wanting. You will…

  • Communication and Truth Telling

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    “How well we communicate is not determined by how well we say things, but how well we are understood.”   – Andrew Grove  Hi Everyone,     Communication –     Several years ago, I wrote a paper and created a presentation on communication. My paper is primarily focused on truth-telling and how important it is that we…

  • Trickle Charging

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    “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”– Sir Winston Churchill Hi Everyone,  The trickle charge – I have a love of motorcycles; I’ve had many different bikes over the years. I am particularly enamored with Italian bikes. When I was a teenager I would buy old motorcycles,…

  • Traditions

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    “Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.” – Gustav Mahler Hi Everyone,  24 or 25 years ago, (this is still a matter of debate), I started hosting a holiday lunch for my buddies. We have maintained the core group the entire time; there have been some interlopers over the years and…

  • Balanced Diet

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    “You can’t control everything. Sometimes you just need to relax and have faith that things will work out. Let go a little and just let life happen.” – Kody Keplinger Hi Everyone,  I hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving.    I’ve been talking to my 13-year-old daughter about her media consumption and the importance of a…

  • Remembering the Fallen

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    Hi Everyone, Happy Memorial Day weekend! I want to take a moment to remember our fallen soldiers and give sincere gratitude to families who have sacrificed so much for this country and our freedoms. We owe all of them a tremendous debt. I hope that this weekend is a reminder to all of us that…