12/15/2021 If you are anything like me, you are now getting to the point where you have a list of things that you'd like to change. And given that we are coming up on the New Year, you may have quite a list of things that you would put in the category of “New Year’s Resolutions.”
12/8/2021 The playground of life can be a harsh teacher. The kids on the playground can be so blunt. As a result, we develop little pieces of supposed wisdom to help us through these turbulent times. Phrases like “sticks and stones may break my bones” or “I’m rubber and you’re glue.”
12/1/2021 Perhaps you've heard the expression before that experience is the best teacher? I know I have, and I would even suggest that I subscribe to it.
11/24/2021 As leaders we have all sorts of things coming at us all the time. And if we are honest with one another, the things coming at us are often not good.
11/17/2021 A few weeks ago, I shared the lesson of the rubber band. The rubber band teaches us that we need some tension in our lives to do and be our best. There is also a lesson we can learn from the chain.
11/10/2021 We need to have some mechanism to call a timeout. Some way to break the momentum of an object going in motion the wrong direction. We need some way to interrupt and break the circuit.
11/3/2021 Are you taking care of yourself, so that you can take care of others? Maybe you are, but it isn’t enough. If that's the case, find out what others are doing for self-care. You may very well need several items in your bag of tricks to take care of yourself.
10/27/2021 A topic that is coming up all the more often is burnout. As leaders, we cannot ignore it. We may even be going through burnout ourselves. As we continue this thread of leading in difficult times, let's take a few minutes to begin to wrap our arms around this subject.
10/20/2021 Ah, games. Games can be fun, but they can also be frustrating. They can be frustrating when you do not know the rules.
10/13/2021 This is the magic of the rubber band. It only works when it is stretched! Its real value is realized when it is stretched.
And you know what? The same is true for you and me. We provide more value and we become more valuable when we are stretched, just like a rubber band!
10/6/2021 So far, during my pharmacy career, I have had the privilege and honour to work in about 30 different pharmacies, visit hundreds more, and speak with thousands of pharmacists at various meetings and conferences. One thing I often run into is a resistance to change.
9/29/2021 What can we learn about leadership with handwashing, especially in challenging times? There is a very important principle that we must be sure not to overlook. It goes something like this: when you use your right hand to wash your left hand, your right hand gets clean in the process.
