Leading a Volunteer Team is Sometimes Like Trying to Nail Jello to a Wall

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Before I get started on the leadership lesson you need to know that someone really was interested enough to determine if you could nail Jello to a wall. After trying a number of different additives to strengthen the Jello they determined this: “Our further...

How to pick a Great Team

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You’ve been given the opportunity to put together your own team. What kind of people do you want? People with a POSITIVE ATTITUDE. Do they display a positive outlook on life? Psychologists use the term “growth mindset” to describe those whose world view is of a...

Who I Think Will Win the Super Bowl

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This Sunday is a big day for NFL fans; Super Bowl XLVIII. I was thinking last night I wonder how many fans could actually tell you what number XLVIII is, but that’s another subject for another time. In any event, if two guys burst into my house, one grabbed me, and...

The Leadership Secrets of Santa

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Have a Great Blahless Day!

Things to do before sending a team member on a one-way trip to Mars

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An article about a one-way mission to Mars published in the New York Post caught my attention. The article was based on an idea by two scientists who believe that a trip to Mars would be possible and one of their reasons was it would cost one-quarter of the price of a...