Life Begins When You Do
Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Laugh. Play with abandon. Practice wellness. Continue to learn. Choose with no regret. Appreciate your friends. Lead or follow a leader. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is. [...]
Still Wondering……
Has your team got you scratching your head and wondering….mmmmmmmmm……sometimes? A message from Sandy, let’s continue with more enlightenment about the possible behaviors of individuals on your team. Performers: Flamboyant and loud, jovial and entertaining, performers are often the favorite personality in the workplace. They make us laugh; they seem to roll with the punches, [...]
Wondering….
About how to improve communications with the members of your staff? A message from Sandy. Step one—learn to identify the styles of your staff members, by knowing their general styles you can optimize your interactions with them. There are eight classic styles of behavior: commander, drifter, attacker, pleaser, performer, avoider, analytical and achiever. You can [...]
Take The High Road
A message from Sandy. The high road truly is the path less traveled. John Maxwell, states this in his book Winning with People. He says this because taking the high road requires thinking and acting in ways that are not that natural or common. However, those who practice the High Road Principle become instruments of [...]
Where Are You Headed?
A message from Sandy. If you could go anywhere, where would you like to go? Not in terms of vacations, but in your life. Your answer to that question does a lot to determine whether or not you are successful. We are all on a journey, whether we know it or not. We are traveling [...]
Priorities
A message from Sandy. When we are busy, we naturally believe that we are achieving. Busyness does not equal productivity. Activity is not necessarily accomplishment. Prioritizing requires leaders to think ahead; to know what’s important, to know what’s next, to see how everything relates to the overall vision. What is required? What must I do [...]
Focus Is……
The glue that holds a goal in place. An insurance policy on your journey to success. A message from Sandy. What exactly is focus? It could be described as simply a goal in your mind’s eye of something you want. Your focus may be spelled in CAPITAL LETTERS to you, how about your team? Do [...]
Hire The Best People And Treat Them Right
A message from Sandy. Engage the hearts and minds of your employees. Think about why serving your employees well is just as important (or even more important) that serving our customers/clients or patients well. If you serve your employees well, they in turn will serve the customer well. Your company’s mission statement is about what [...]
Planting & Weeding
The other day, Sandy posted a great blog about setting goals and expectations for ourselves. In it, she compared the human mind to a farmer’s fertile field – soil that is rich but passive, leaving it up to the farmer to decide what crop to plant. Her words got me thinking about the responsibility we [...]
