Author: Sage
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Gallup Poll: Emotional Bonds At Work
From Harvard Business Review in the March 2006 book, they discuss a 12 question survey Gallup uses to assess the emotional bonds between workers and their companies. These are those questions: I know what is expected of me at work. I have the materials and equipment I need to do my work right. At work,…
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Leadership At SageRock
Leadership is where even the biggest companies fall down. This is because leadership has so much to do with ego and survival. Training someone for a leadership position means that you very well might be training your replacement. It also means that you might train someone that will do a better job than you. Consequently,…
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The Leadership Training Reading List
The leadership training at SageRock has got to be ongoing. Every leader at SageRock should have some base requirements and then continual training… maybe something like 2 books or two classes a year on leadership. There should also probably be SageRock Leadership meetings… possibly every other month or something. Amazon.com: Appreciative Leaders: In the Eye…
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The 10 Commandments
This is the very early stages of leadership training at SageRock. In order to instill the SageRock Core Value of Concern, Respect and Empathy for the SageRock Team into the leaders of SageRock, I’m toying with the idea of creating the 10 Commandments. These would be principles that all SageRock leaders would be required to…
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What Is Truth
One of the great things about spiritual thoughts is that you so often can make them apply to your situation. And, generally, that’s OK because that’s what the thoughts are meant to do and be… general guides for your life. Terry Pluto is talking about Pontius Pilate here: Beacon Journal | 04/08/2006 | Doing right…
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SBC Call Forwarding
I never can remember this, so I thought I’d post it here. To activate Call Forwarding, press 72# Dial the number you want to forward calls to. When the call is answered, Call Forwarding will be activated. If no one answers or the line is busy, press 72# again, redial the number and Call Forwarding…
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Gratitidue for March 24th
Sometimes I’m so proud our the SageRock team that my heart actually feels like it’s swelling. I don’t know how that works. But your “heart swelling with pride” is real and I just felt it. So, I thought I’d let you know.
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Akron Childrens Web Cast
If you are free at 5:00 today, check out this live webcast. It’s highly innovative and it’s happening right here in Northeast Ohio: Beacon Journal | 03/22/2006 | Heart-stopping webcast
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Backing Up Outlook
Did you know there is a Microsoft tool that automatically backs up your Outlook files? I didn’t. But it turns out there is. Read about it here and get backing up:Outlook Backup Tutorial
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My Salsa Recipe
!vb:vs,17490! I am somewhat of a salsa snob. I can’t seem to ever find a salsa that I really like. I have, however, put together a salsa recipe that I totally love. This is a video that goes about 10 minutes and walks you through the entire salsa-making process. If you try making it, please…
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To Do Items
There is a list of stuff in my life that I am interested in doing, actually seem worthwhile, but aren’t time sensitive. Stephen Covey calls these Quandrant 2 things… Things that if I did them would add value to my life as a whole. I’ve been trying to figure out where to put these things…
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My Vote Is… We’re Already In A Civil War
I’ve been saying over and over again how I think we are headed for civil war in Iraq. I realized that we’ve been in the middle of one for some time: Civil war – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia “A civil war is a war in which the parties within the same country or empire struggle…
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My Perfect Day
Someone recently suggested I write down my perfect day. That seems tricky to me because I can imagine many perfect days. Watching movies and playing video games all day. I suspect I would try to find some new war movies I haven’t seen yet. Maybe Jarhead. And also some old classic war movies that I…
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I’m Grateful For Rocky
Today, I’m particularly grateful for Rocky from a strategic perspective. So often, she sees things incredibly clearly. She listens more clearly than I ever can. She is a personality at a meeting that people so often like. She listens better than anyone I’ve ever known, clarifies and confirms that listening so people know she understands.…
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Gratitude 2-26-06
I knew I wasn’t going to do this every day. I have a lot to be grateful for these days. I feel like I have conquered several battles recently. I won my second Toastmaster speech. You get a sweet pen. Mostly, I was happy with my performance. I worked at it during a particularly busy…
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Empathy
This is a topic that I think about quite a bit. But the deeper I think about it, the harder I realize it is. Actually, the deeper I look at anything, I’m realizing these days, the harder I realize it is. In empathy’s case, I find truly understanding what is important to someone else is…
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I’m Giving Up Fear For Lent
I may not be Christian, Jewish or Islamic, but I know a good tradition when I see it. In spite of that grim reality or more likely because of it, the Gospel’s imperative to “fear not” is good and welcome news. The 40 days of Lent that begin Ash Wednesday are an annual spiritual journey…