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The San Diego Routine
Read MoreWe have owned Genisco in San Diego for just shy of 3 years now. This means I have been traveling back and forth on a regular, almost monthly basis for a little longer than that. I’ve got many elements down to a routine. The plan is to leave OKC early in the morning. (My Oklahoma […]
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A Personal Vision for You
Read MoreEarlier in the week I shared my own personal vision. This morning I had the opportunity to share a future vision for a few of my team members. It was a lot of fun to be able to discuss their current roles, their strengths and how those can be developed so they become even more […]
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My Personal Vision
Read MoreI spend so much time on the vision for the company. Determining what I think it should be, refining it, communicating it both internally and externally, then working on strategies to make that a reality. The time I spend on crafting a vision for my own personal development is less, but still exists. I actually […]
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Bringing Questions Just Brings Stress
Read MoreWe had a meeting yesterday in which the results reported were less than desirable. This is bound to happen from time to time. What made it worse was that the information was presented as just information. The team had a ton of questions, but the presenter did not have answers. The longer the presentation went, […]
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Can I Have A Minute to Think?
Read MoreThe number one thing that stresses me out, is not knowing what to do next. Therefore, I need a plan. Anytime the world feels like it is coming at me fast or I am out of control, the best solution for me is to take a minute to think. It happened again this week. I […]
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Mistakes, The Best Educational Opportunities
Read MoreI tried to explain this concept to my 7 year old son a few weeks ago and while I think I did a pretty good job, I somehow doubt he caught very much of the message. The conversation started because he was a little upset with me because as I was coaching third base for […]
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The Perfect Week
Read MoreThis may in fact be the perfect week. It is a very busy business agenda and my schedule is full. This simply means there is a lot to do and much progress to be made. A tremendous compliment to the week is that I know exactly what needs to be accomplished. This week is all […]
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Letter to the Editor on Leadership
Read MoreI sent the following letter to the editor this week. It is actually about our local mayoral race in my hometown where our corporate headquarters is located. So why publish it here? Why is it relevant? Because it illustrates two critical concepts I believe are worth sharing: that if you have a strong leader, you […]
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Balancing Sales & Engineering Cultures
Read MoreHSI Sensing has long been an engineering company. Our founder, my grandfather, was an engineer. His son in law Bud was the next president, also an engineer. Bud was followed by my uncle Tom, then my father David, both engineers. Now I am leading the company and big surprise, am an engineer. This culture puts […]
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