Archive for July 2013

There’s a lot of talk out there about risk management, and the bottom line is risk is taking a chance, making change. Risk is what got us to where we are now and risk is what will move us forward. Yet in so many ways we have become a risk averse culture. Consider how many…

It’s summer time here in our community. We have had an unprecedented amount of sun and it has induced a bad case of summer laziness. You know: sit on the deck, drink a cool one and let the day roll by. At this point my plan was to exhort you to finish up projects, make…

If you have been a follower of this blog you know that I often address the subject of leadership. Today I am going share with you a conversation I had friend last Friday. We were discussing leadership and how easy it is to do the wrong things. In particular we were analyzing the behaviour of…

Last week I wrote about delegation with some simple steps to follow to make it easier. I have had several comments from folks who readily identify the delegation issues created by others in their lives and not seeing where they had responsiblity. Well, I am here with some bad news. If you are on the…

Delegation is one of those words that comes up frequently and seems to have its own definition depending on who is saying it. The meaning of the word as defined by the free Merriam Dictionary is: :”the act of empowering to act for another” Now that’s about as clear as mud. In simple terms it…