Here’s some Super Bowl trivia for you. The Baltimore Ravens’ iconic player Ray Lewis was born two blocks from PalletOne headquarters in Bartow, FL. He played high school ball in nearby Lakeland. I’m impressed with the storyline of the Harbaugh brothers. Jim is head coach of the San Francisco club. John coaches the Ravens. First […]

Are you a “joy” to coach? I was reading a book this weekend about being a more effective coach. The book suggested that a good coach will adjust to his players by incorporating a style that will reach each player. Some coaches coach the same way all the time. This article suggests the good coach […]

President Obama was inaugurated yesterday. I caught the highlights and sound bytes on television last night and this morning. Much of the discussion was about whether the president can be successful at facilitating agreement between the warring political factions. It is common to believe that our government in Washington is dysfunctional. And, because of that […]

Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. I was reading and listening to his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. In a less famous portion of the speech, King addresses a word I’ve been throwing about a good bit lately: “urgency.” He was speaking about the time for racial inequality to end. Here’s what he […]