I’m proud of you! You’re awesome! You’re a heck of a guy/gal!, you’re valuable to us!, you are remarkable! Thanks for being a part of our team! See it is easy ~ words matter and people have value. Step out and tell people they are valued. Often it means more than anything. If the only […]
Clean out your closets… Practice what you preach. If order, neatness, and housekeeping are expected of your people. Hold yourself to a higher standard. We often find closets, cabinets, or storage areas to “keep” stuff or hoard. Purge your areas! A great thing I do is collect baseball caps and sample safety glasses from conferences,
Don’t ask people to do something that you wouldn’t do. In crunch times don’t make exceptions. Stay the course. #safety #lead #invest
Never be too proud to learn from others…. regardless of their age, experience, or background. I learned a long time ago, it is hard to learn with your mouth open and your mind closed. Give everyone the opportunity to share and give your people the time to respond. #safety #lead #engage #fantheflame
Wednesday’s Wisdom: Sometimes other’s pain can be lessened by simply lending your hand or your ear. #pain #serve #listen
“But I don’t have time………” Sorry, but WE make time. This is one of the most lazy excuses I hear. If it is important and is a priority you’ll make time. Don’t make excuses make obligations. #dontsettle #safety #fantheflame #invest #lead
Practice what you preach…. preach what you practice. Practice what you learn and learn what you practice. Better to have and not need than need and not have. Be a beacon to people of the right ways of all you do. Stand up when others sit down. #lead #safety #fantheflame #engage
Have the heart of a leader! Your passion should be to grow your people and develop fully developed people that will change the things they touch. How’s your heartbeat? Can your people hear it and see it? Three simple rules: Forgive people and grow. Give unselfishly. Give others a vision and support them to fail
You can’t change yesterday – you shouldn’t worry about tomorrow. Make today the best day. Go big! #lead #engage #stepup
The future is waiting to be made ~ what are you going to do to create your mark on it? Want some key words to affect your decisions? Serve, Share, Teach, and Listen. If your knowledge and experience falls in the woods and no one is there ~ will anyone hear it? Dare to share!!!!
Push your people to find an area that needs fixed, updated, or improved and make it happen. Celebrate improvement. Engage them in the process from beginning to end. They will want to help going forward. It’s both a marathon with sprints within. #engage #lead #grow
Regulations are minimums. If you’re not doing more than the regs your cheating your people. Invest in their safety. Set the bar high to protect your human capital. Don’t just care…. do! #safety #lead #fantheflame
