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Time management can be a way of avoiding the obvious. No one can manage time. Time just is. It flows like a river. But unlike a river, you can’t stop it or store it up. There is no dam to stop or store time. We live in a time/space continuum. Which means that time = life. Time and your life are one in the same....Read More

Tough times? Every organization goes through them. More attention is being paid to the bottom line. That being the case, equally as much attention should be paid to the frontline—the team members that produce the results. In the earlier posts in this series (part I & part II), I said we need to Staff By Strengths and Appoint By Passion, Let Them Lead, Build From...Read More

I’ve learned a lot of lessons from coaching volunteers. These principles are just as important for our hourly or salaried employees. When money is tight we can either get pessimistic or productive. The tendency is to avoid people. They need the leader’s attention more than ever during challenging times. In my last post I said we need to Staff By Strengths and Appoint By Passion…...Read More

It’s a very common scenario—times are tough and there’s a budget squeeze. So what’s a great team leader supposed to do? THE ANSWER – take a lesson from nonprofits and use the tools they have developed for motivating and rewarding volunteers. There are many lessons I’ve learned from coaching and leading volunteers. Here are some tips from my 30 years of experience…Read More