I — along with others — have often wondered “What does it mean to be a VP at a company?” Others have felt the sentiment “That VP is doing director-level work. They are ineffective at their responsibilities.” That last one is especially concerning. But there’s also an oft-missed component of being a great VP. The roleContinueContinue reading “Being a VP. Moving from doing to transforming”
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Opportunities In The Unexpected
Summer 2017 I read this article by Michael Hyatt entitled 7 Things to Ask When Bad Things Happen. It is a terrific article, and at that time I had the thought, “man, glad everything is going well and I don’t have to use it.” The very next day, one of my managers turned in hisContinueContinue reading “Opportunities In The Unexpected”
Margin
Event to event. Hectic. Fast-paced. Schedule conflicts. Pack it all in. Tired. Running on empty. Resting. Slowing down. Contemplation. Margin. I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to have margin in my life for the last few months. I’m terrible at having margin in my life — mornings, lunch breaks, late nights, whatever. Margins wereContinueContinue reading “Margin”
Themes of Life
Do you listen to the themes playing around you? I didn’t. I’ve had an eventful few months in my personal and professional life recently. A repeating theme has been having the right priorities in place. It’s easy to have the right priorities written down, it’s another to live them out. My wife kept telling meContinueContinue reading “Themes of Life”
Learning From Weakness
You don’t learn life lessons from the happiest place on earth, you learn them through the tribulations and pains we all go through. Today, we drove through Sacramento heading to Fresno (yes, it’s hot) and it’s been about a year since we last did traveled to Fresno. Except last time we got rear ended byContinueContinue reading “Learning From Weakness”
Jeff Beaumont 