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Changing The Culture: The Employee Opinion Survey
May 21, 2015 | Communication, Leadership, Trust, Uncategorized
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What You Permit, You Promote
May 15, 2015 | Communication, Leadership, Trust
"What you permit, you promote." This quote can be attributed to many different sources. However, the first time I heard it was at the "What's Right in Health Care" annual conference held by the Studer Group in 2009. Just from listening to the quote, we can infer what this means. Unwanted, but permitted attitudes/behaviors are promoted because they are not answered with negative consequence or action. Many leaders and organizations are guilty of this practice. One main reason is that the leader wants to avoid an "uncomfortable" conversation with their supervised employee but another reason may be that they don't realize that their actions promote…
A Week To Honor Teachers
May 6, 2015 | Communication, Employee Recognition, Leadership, Trust
Photo by Joanne Johnson on Flickr This week, we honor everyone that has accepted the profession/vocation/calling of being a teacher. We all probably had a teacher who made a profound effect on our lives....hopefully mostly positive effects. I was fortunate enough to have teachers such as Annette Freeman, Bill Munn, Sharon Bailey, Terry Lakes, Alan Erwin, Mike Buck, and David Tippey who not only held me accountable to the classroom work but also held me accountable to being a good citizen. This, I believe only spoke to the fact that they saw teaching as more than just a profession but also a higher calling.…
