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Self-Nomination is a Winning Strategy

Do you have skills we don’t use but could use? Do you get to do what you’re best at doing at work? Uncovering the talents and skills of every person is a huge challenge for every enterprise. I’m sure we could be better at it. But, something I count on to help accomplish learning about […]

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The Power of a Pause

I’m fond of saying that PalletOne leaders β€œhappen to the world” rather than β€œlet the world happen to them.” What I mean by that is that we are engaged. As we join a team, we work actively to participate toward achieving the aims of the game. We can be a follower or a leader. But, […]

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The “Cone of Learning”

Heard a talk this week where the speaker was talking about the “Cone of Learning.” Here’s how it works. They say people learn 50% of what they hear. So, if you hated listening to a teacher lecture when you were in school, it was probably because you weren’t learning that much. Learning increases when you […]

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Embrace Opportunities for Change

“All change isn’t progress. But there’s no progress without change.” – John Wooden, greatest college basketball coach ever What’s your change makeup? My experience is that most people resist it. They naturally seek patterns and order. They build habits around those patterns. For the most part, the habitual stuff works. So an attitude forms: “If […]

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