Then It Must Be My Fault

I’ve gone through most of my adult life believing we have carried forward one of those great attributes of childhood where it’s never our fault, it must’ve been someone else. When I was a preschooler, my older brother and I were playing ball in the front yard. One of...

Peeling The Onion…

Did this title really bring you here?  I’m guessing it wasn’t because you thought I would teach you how to correctly peel an onion with out crying.  (Although I know how to do that as well.)  You’ve no doubt heard the expression “peeling the onion” back...

Taking One For The Team

Have you ever heard this acclamation?  Someone feels so self involved that they need to declare that their action is necessarily not their first choice, but is for the benefit of others.  Why not add “praise me” to the end of the statement?  After all,...

Hiring up

They always said the key to being a successful manager, is being smart enough to hire people smarter than I am. You have probably thought this through when hiring new people to work on your Team.  After all, the gaps that appear as we get older are pretty...