The Perks of Being a Role Model
If you have been a long time “individual contributor” you may wonder why you should accept the un-requested “promotion” to role model within your organization. […]
Gear Talk With Chuck
Reluctant Role Models
It has become commonplace for athletes and celebrities to insist that they do not want to be role models. They say this even when announcing […]
Role Models
“Who’ll be my role model now that my role model is gone? [You Can Call Me Al, by Paul Simon] We have started a new […]
Year in Review
This will be my last blog posting for 2019. Our holidays fall on Tuesdays and Wednesdays this year so office hours are somewhat irregular. Back […]
Listen Up!
Did you struggle to stay awake on New Year’s Eve as a child, expecting something exciting to happen at midnight? When you got older did […]
Communication and Keywords
I used to be a Boy Scout leader. One of the important components of the “Trail to Eagle” is the Communications merit badge. In our […]
Little Misunderstanding
My far better half’s difficulties with getting her “circle” of church women to embrace modern communications is a cautionary tale for the workplace. Her circle […]
Words to Avoid this Time of Year
Continuing from my previous post… Perhaps I should have started this weeks’ blogs with these thoughts. But that may have allowed some of you engineers […]
A Sprint to the Finish?
You take your eyes off the calendar for a moment and find yourself with only a short count of days before 2019 comes to an […]
An Attitude of Gratitude
I apologize to our international readers if you find this posting a bit “North American”- centered. Americans are celebrating our annual Thanksgiving holiday; Canada gets […]