A slightly screwy take on the world
My daughter is fairly new in the workforce; she’s working a couple of part-time jobs as she finishes college. It’s been interesting to watch how the atmosphere of the company and it’s culture impact her decision to remain there or find something else. Generations X, Y and Z get a bad rap for being lazy…
If you read my first three posts about camping with the Girl Scouts, you know a couple of things about me. One is that I am not a fan of camping, ticks or mice. Another is that this particular weekend camping with my daughter’s troop presented a plethora of leadership lessons for me. I still…
You can learn leadership lessons anywhere if you pay attention. I learned so many that one weekend at Girl Scout Camp. I’m surprised to this day how many things went wrong, which meant there were so many things to be learned. So back to the story. Feel free to read lessons one and two. We…
Man, that camping trip was endless. And unfortunately, the tick incident (lesson #1) was within the first 90 minutes. So many more opportunities to learn about leadership were too be had. Endless opportunities. Endless. Opportunities. After our walk through the woods and subsequent hour of tick extraction, we settled into camp. Actually, the arrangements were…
I didn’t last long as a girl scout when I was a kid. But I was involved with my daughter’s troop for several years. I learned a lot and these lessons have translated into my work life. Most of the time, my work with the girls was uneventful. Boring even. But, there were times when…