I recently attended a leadership event called Leadercast (formerly known as the Chick-Fil-A Leadercast). It is always a great thing to sharpen up my leadership thoughts and ideas – stuff that can make me a better person overall. During one of the sessions, Bill McDermott, the CEO of SAP (one…

I worked a good bit last week.  It was kind of a crazy week for me – lots of meetings;  There was a deadline on a project;  Several interruptions (as can always happen); New as well as re-scheduled meetings.  If you clocked in my time that I put in last…

I am sitting here writing this on a Monday morning (yes, I schedule my blog posts sometimes so don’t be alarmed!). I just had a wonderful weekend! It was filled with everything I could possibly want. The kids got along really well; my wife and I laughed and smiled; our…

I was in a rather large meeting one time and the objective was to discuss the project of a major company initiative. An initiative that would change our industry. Each person had an assigned area that they were working on. There were at least 20 people either in the room…

I talk a lot. At least that is what people tell me. Fortunately for me, in my personal life, I married someone who is a great listener. She has the patience to listen to me go on and on about a topic, sometimes repeating the same things over and over…

With all the recent ice and snow we have had lately here in the Nashville TN area, our family has had a lot more time inside the house than we normally do. Although we have gone outside more than most and played in the ice and snow for extended periods…

I’ve had my priorities out of line a little bit lately. You see I have been doing a really good job of trying too hard. I’ve been trying really hard to make sure I have been a good dad.  Spending time with the kids, making sure I have been helping…

We live in a world of gloom and doom.  Everywhere we go, there is something negative that we hear about that affects our lives.  The news media actually garners profits from bad news and bad things happening to other people (how many times have you seen them lead with a…

This last week has been a week of change for me.  Our company announced some structural changes in our leadership which led to us having a new president of our division, new marketing personnel and also a new director of the department I work in. My personality though, is one…

It is always nice to relax for a couple of days. It gives me a chance to think for a little bit  – like I have been able to the last week or so.  I unfortunately had a very rough Christmas as I got a severe case of the flu…