I find that there are many ways to learn. I hope to provide some insight on the ways that I learn, share knowledge, and be a great community citizen to the web.

THE CALL IS NOT PRIVATE

I am in hot water with my conscience. Don’t ever think that you are just talking to a single person over Skype, Lync, or other online meeting communications and that the conversation is private. As a matter of fact don’t even think that an email is private. I am doing a lot of reflecting on this today, as I participated as a listener in a call without being announced. My conscience bothered me all night and honestly, I didn’t measure up to the ethics and morals that I strongly believe in. Here is some of the damage that listening in did for me:

EMPOWERMENT DURING CHANGE SERIES: LEADING BY SERVING

Everyone must serve somebody, even if it is yourself. As employees, we server our managers or company. As a husband I serve my family.

EMPOWERMENT DURING CHANGE SERIES: LEADING BY LIBERATING

It is almost a certainty that you and the company that you work for will go through a major change. With every change comes fear, doubt, tension, uncertainty, and anxiety.

EMBRACING CULTURE CHANGE IS A CHOICE: LEADERS CAN MAKE IT EASIER

Did you get that memo about shifting the way we work? Have you heard about how the company is focusing in on one mission in the halls? Are you all in to make a difference for a better workplace? Is your answer maybe, or I’ll believe it when I see it? If so you are not alone. Changing a culture is a monumental effort that takes the very essence of what we are today and breaks us with the intent of rebuilding. Leaders must ensure that breaking existing culture is done with care while reshaping and molding the brighter future.

LEADERS CREATE A HARBOR

The storms of work are always around us and can flare up at any time from any direction. In our jobs, hopefully there are sunny warm days with only a few scattered showers. Every so often though we hear the call for “man overboard” or feel the waves filled with pressure crashing in on us. We become overwhelmed, distraught, anxious, and stressed over our work situation. It is times like this when we need our leaders to create a safe harbor for us to reside in.

YOU NEGOTIATED THE PRICE

I hate to admit that I often have felt treated unfairly by my leaders and management. Recently, another person was chosen to attend a meeting that I was clearly entitled to be at, because of course I was the best person to represent. Why would my manager do this to me? Doesn’t she know the value that I could have provided the best insight and value? Pretty arrogant right? I had to swallow my pride and ask for forgiveness.