Strange title, eh?  I was watching Memphis Belle and there was the scene early on when the navigator, Phil was thinking about the upcoming flight (their last due to a 25 flight rotation) and was thinking for sure he would die on this last flight.  And thusly, he started yelling after drinking heavily, “I don’t […]

In my last post, I spoke often about how I did this or encountered that.  That is important if for no other reason than to clarify, in some way, my son’s response to whatever will be conditioned by what I and his mother gave him in the way of perspective.  That seems like a long […]

I came of age in the 1980’s.  I think it was a Wednesday in 1985.  Her name was Casey and it isn’t what you think.  It was during a dinner with a friend I realized I could order a glass of wine legally.  We were in Fayetteville, AR.  I was in university at the time.  […]

When were you born?  Does it matter?  Yes, and for many reasons.  One of those is the reality of who you are and the characteristics you display based on the generation you now represent.  More on how I exactly feel about this later. In the workplace today we have at a maximum, four generations interacting […]

My son is 21.  He was born in 1989, which squarely places him in the middle of Generation Y, also known as Millenials and Nexters.  He and his fellow Millenials represent the fast moving, up and coming portion of our workforce.  With my dad’s generation, the Baby Boomers, now going rapidly into retirement, Generation Y […]

Bandwidth is typically associated with computing and, more specifically, the speed at which computing occurs. In the business and corporate world, it is now a word more analogously used in defining one’s ability to understand or get a job done. Even contemplating that sentence makes me go “cross-eyed”. I might be used like this… “Does […]

I was having lunch with my brother and father in law.  During that time we discussed football.  Imagine that? What else do guys do at lunch, right?  The discussion really centered on the Denver Broncos, but expanded (and rightfully so) on how do you know an athlete is the right one?  What makes him (or […]

Recently, I was with a client who is more so a trusted friend and in several ways, a peer when it comes to training managers.  We will often exchange thoughts, ideas and challenging the future in how people learn.  We were talking about Gen Y; particularly about what they need from their leader / manager […]

At what point did you realize the decision to be a manager was a good one?  Or the right one?  I was bright-eyed and had no clue what was next.  I have often said, “I did not know what I did not know”.  Then, one day, I did figure some things out and the job […]

OK.  Ready for a new moment?  What if we meet in the middle?  I work with you on the left and right and then we meet where we need to.  Make sense?  Of course not.  Here is the thing.  I have been working with clients for years and every time I implement some type of […]