My husband and I love to go to high school sporting events. This time of year, it’s baseball, baseball, baseball! Yesterday after work, we headed to one of the local high schools and were amazed at the field improvements since last year. The principal of the high school happens to be a friend of ours. [...]
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Thank you Thursday
April 12, 2012Thank you Thursday
April 5, 2012. In honor of the start of the major league baseball season, this week’s Tuesday Tidbit post included several baseball quotes that can also be applied to the workplace. After reading the message at work, one of my team members sent me the following email: You are just a wonder, El. This one really sums up [...]
Tuesday Tidbit
April 3, 2012Last week I had the opportunity to go to a couple of Spring training games in Florida. This week is Major League Baseball’s Opening Day. Seems like the perfect time to share some baseball quotes that apply to all workplaces, not just the grassy diamond. And, by the way, let’s go Yankees! Every strike brings [...]
Tuesday Tidbit
March 13, 2012In honor of March Madness and this week’s start of the NCAA basketball tournament, here are some basketball quotes that apply just as much to the office as to the hardwood. I have missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take [...]
Sunday Service – NFL Charities
February 5, 2012Since today is Super Bowl Sunday, I thought I would share the great work done by NFL teams in their local communities. Many professional athletes have their own charitable foundations. They quietly do great work, filling a need they feel passionate about. In addition to the individual players, the National Footbal League itself views community [...]
Tuesday Tidbit
January 31, 2012In honor of this week’s Super Bowl, where the New York Giants and New England Patriots will battle it out on the gridiron for the Lombardi Trophy, here are some quotes by the trophy’s namesake and legendary football coach, Vince Lombardi. They certainly apply to workplaces beyond the football field! Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. [...]
Sunday Service – Souper Bowl of Caring
January 29, 2012It’s Super Bowl week! And, it’s Souper Bowl Week! In 1990, a seminary intern delivered this simple prayer: “Lord, even as we enjoy the Super Bowl football game, help us be mindful of those who are without a bowl of soup to eat.” Out of that prayer, Souper Bowl of Caring was born. The idea was [...]
Newslink: Leadership
November 12, 2011Leadership lessons from Penn State Much has already been written about the current scandal involving former Penn State football coaches; the sexual abuse of young boys by one, and the subsequent failure to report and/or take morally appropriate action by other coaches and university leaders. But, what lessons can we learn about leadership? Here are links to [...]
Sunday Service – The Fugee Family
October 30, 2011You know when something catches your eye, and you’re not quite sure why, but you’re just drawn to it? That’s what happened to me last week. I saw this tweet from @MargieClayman: What a lofty goal, one person trying to get 400,000 people to donate to anything! And, vowing not to blog until that goal [...]
Tuesday Tidbit
September 27, 2011I went to see Moneyball on Sunday, Brad Pitt‘s newest movie. It’s a well-acted, interesting (though slow-moving) story of how Oakland A’s General Manager Billy Beane (Pitt) used statistical analysis to put players on the field who could get on base and score runs. This was counter to the usual goal of going after the [...]
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