Taking It to Work: Ocean blue. To me there is no other color more beautiful. Something magical happens to that water at about thirty miles offshore in the Atlantic. It’s a deep blue like no other. Absolutely my favorite. Here’s what makes it magical though. What color is water? Easy answer right? Water has no color. Pure water, and even Read more
Taking It to Work: I make a fairly poor joke about my memory every once in awhile. I hold up my phone and I say, “This phone is my memory!” Unfortunately, over the years, that has become true. Appointments, meetings, and every phone number is in my phone, not my head; in a way it has helped me, but in Read more
Taking It to Work: “He who dies with the most toys wins.” That quote is attributed to Malcolm Forbes. Some estimates say he was worth a billion dollars when he died in 1990, and he was obsessed with collecting motorcycles, hot air balloons, helicopters and FabergĂ© eggs. Money, and the spending of his money, was center stage, especially in the Read more
Taking It to Work: Pastors sometimes get offended when the church is referred to as an organization. I can understand why, for it so much more than the average company or business. It is the working Body of Christ on earth, so I understand the objections. But serving in my career, leading both in the corporate world and in the Read more
Taking It to Work: When I have status meetings, I like to keep them fairly upbeat. I think it’s good for the staff, the company as a whole, and frankly, it’s good for me as well. I like to start off with accomplishments, accolades, and discussions around what is going right, good stuff that’s around the corner, and maybe the Read more
Taking It to Work: I heard a story years ago, and I think I heard it is a true story, of a high school boy who was known for his ability to eat. At parties, friend’s homes, and out on the town, this boy amazed everyone with the amount of food he could put down. Extremely overweight, and secretly shunned, Read more
Taking It to Work: Are you a glass half-empty, or a glass half-full type person? I tend to be halfway between the two. Here’s why. If I listen to too much news, either the fake variety or the true variety, it tends to drag me down (both of them), then my view of the world becomes half-empty. But if I Read more
Taking It to Work: Safety first! We hear it all the time, and 99% of the time, it’s good advice. Thousands of employees get hurt every year because they don’t always follow the guidelines that would keep them safe. It hurts the productivity of the workplace, and it makes those already ridiculous Worker’s Comp rates skyrocket. If you’re a business Read more
Taking It to Work: In September of 2013, inside a six-hour window, we went from business-as-usual, to a four-foot wall of water hitting the west side of our 50,000 sq.’ building in Longmont, CO. When the west wall finally gave way, millions of gallons of mud, water and sludge coursed through our building for two, solid days. Twenty-plus molding and Read more
Taking It to Work: Facebook. Instagram. They don’t help. Seeing others only at their best, looking at their new car, new home or all the fun they are having on vacation; although it keeps us up to date, it also can keep us in a constant state of comparison. It happens at work as well. We may compare ourselves to Read more