Alan Feirer My first boss was fond of saying this: “Most days, we have fun around here.” The first time I heard him say this was in my job interview. He followed it up with “…and you can’t say that about most jobs.” It was my first job, so I took his word for it. He was … Read more
Recently, I ate breakfast at the Starbucks on 86th in Johnston (Iowa) on my way to a leadership workshop with the Waukee High School Warrior Wrestling program. As I drank my coffee and prepared the workshop, I would occasionally look off into space. You know, to think. But there was a display of funky-cool travel cups … Read more
In a Group Dynamic workshop, we devote a lot of time to the value of modeling — behaving the way we want members of the team to behave. We also talk about the value of delegation. There are two big benefits to delegation of tasks: If we are supposed to model behaviors that we want … Read more