Almost every organization has annual performance reviews. The best companies and managers also have regular check-ins on their biggest, most pressing goals. Employees are coached midstream and encouraged to adapt performance based on the current status. What's leading the pack? What's coming up short? Organizations like this have good coaches, leaders, and a culture of … Continue reading On Mind Mapping and Performance Reviews
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On Brotherly Love, Part 3
This is the third and final installment of a series. To read previous posts, please use the links below. On Brotherly Love, Part 1 On Brotherly Love, Part 2 Part 3, and Final: There was one year. ONE. One year where my brother and I rooted ourselves in the same soil of the same state. … Continue reading On Brotherly Love, Part 3
On Brotherly Love, Part 2
(If you haven't read part 1, here is On Brotherly Love, Part 1.) Do you know what causes a white pine's trunk - normally stick straight with branches fanning out like the rays of the sun - to diverge about halfway up the tree? You'll notice once in a while, especially in the northern regions … Continue reading On Brotherly Love, Part 2
On the Sins of the Father
I really lost it this morning. As with all things, over something simple, yet irritating. My son is a good kid. Ten years of struggling to find his personality, his voice, his passions constantly buffeted by two strong-willed, opinionated, and sometimes overbearing parents. Two parents who are now "ex-" and "co-" and I am so … Continue reading On the Sins of the Father
On Public Failure
One of the thorny facts of my existence is that I am, and always have been, overweight. Something that merely three years ago, I wouldn't have said out loud with my mouth, but something that my body said out loud every single day. Obese, actually, according to my former BMI. After several years participating in … Continue reading On Public Failure
A Persistent Thistle 