“A study of airline flight crews showed that 73% of in-flight incidents occur on the first day the crew works together.” There is an “I” in Teams That nugget of information has great implication for us and plant safety. We deal with a lot of “firsts” in our operation. We have a good bit of […]

In his book “The Road to Character”, David Brooks offered up an interesting contrast. He notes that as we live our lives, we do so with “resume” values and “eulogy” values. As you might imagine, “resume” values are oriented toward achieving success in the world. Wealth accumulated. Titles and positions achieved. Success in developing job […]

I was visiting with a friend who trains coaches. He said he asks three questions: Why do you coach? Why do you coach the way you do? What does it feel like to be coached by you? I regard coach to be interchangeable with leader. And leader to be interchangeable with teacher. So, you could […]

“It takes every member of a team to give a team it’s life.” When you are in a leadership role, it’s your job to assess whether every member on your team is contributing at the expected level. If a team isn’t performing, there’s a member holding back. The ways one holds back are many. Not […]