Lessons in Living and Serving Fully [Update]
In honor of Memorial Day and in celebration of all the veterans who have and continue to serve our country I’m reposting my account of running with Ernie Andrus, a World War II Navy Veteran. At that time Ernie was 92 years old and on a mission to raise money to bring the LST 325…
You Want Engaged Employees? Ignite Mastery
Thought leaders like Daniel Pink have provided insightful analysis of research showing three key drivers of human behavior: Purpose Autonomy, and Mastery In essence, ample research shows that people will give maximal effort when they believe their effort will make a purposeful difference when they are given some level of control over the task or timeline for completing a…
Running with a 92 Year Old Man: Lessons in Living and Serving Fully
(This is the first time in which I have incorporated original content from my monthly newsletter into a blog post. Hopefully, when you you read about Ernie Andrus you will understand why!) In 1998, I remember reading Tom Brokaw’s fascinating book The Greatest Generation. Upon completion of that book, I walked away with a deeper…