Yesterday I was honored to be recognized as one of five employees of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF) nominated for Outstanding Volunteer Services Employee of the Year. My nomination was based on my work with Bremerton Beyond Accessible Play, as we seek to bring the first accessible playground to […]
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…we frequently fail to take action in an organizational setting because we fear that the actions we take may result in our separation from others, or, in the language of Mr. Porter, because we are afraid of being tabbed as “disloyal” or being ostracized as “non-team players.” – Jerry Harvey in The Abilene Paradox It’s
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Last May, in a post called “Joy is More Powerful Than Fear” I introduced you to the power curves, that shows the powerful difference between a personal “get to” driving change commitment and a forced “have to” driving people approach. Today, it was my pleasure to present an award to a man who, when one
Sometimes life intrudes into your project plans, you lose your momentum and you grind to a halt. So what? It’s not the stopping that matters; it’s what you do after the stop. I’ve had an exhausting few weeks that have halted all forward motion, but next week I’ll be back with a few great posts
If you want to succeed at driving change, practice drawing pictures. Specifically, practice drawing pictures of either what the future looks like or what the journey to the future looks like.”- April Mills (2011) So, you might ask, “how do I draw a picture of the future?” And Laurie actually did ask that very question.
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When Seth Godin gives you a second opportunity, you take it. Join me at Cloverleaf Tavern and Pizza (1240 Hollis St, Bremerton, Washington) for worldwide-meet-the-tribe-of-Linchpins Day, Tuesday, December 7th. We’re meeting up in the back room at 5:30 pm. You can sign up for the event at Meetup.com. Whether it’s two of us or 200,
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Seth Godin has provided all of us driving change with a new rallying cry, Our normal approach is useless here!” Unite with me and let’s drive change together!
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People will often forgive you for being wrong when they are right; they will seldom forgive you for being right where they are wrong.” – Peter Kreeft, Philosophy 101 by Socrates I speak from experience when I say that it will do you no good to point out to people how foolish they’ve been by
