A few weeks ago, I mentioned Stephanie and I went on a sales call together. During that call, the Chief Operating Officer asked us “How has the process failed?” It was an interesting question and I thought about it as I was doing yard work over the weekend. I have a LOT of trees so […]
Some lessons are learned the hard way. That’s kind of stating the obvious, I know. Today I want to share some experiences around the topic of Succession Planning. How Compression Planning can help with Succession Planning One of the applications I’ve heard many people use Compression Planning to address is the topic of Succession Planning. […]
BrainTrain: September 2016 The kids are back in school in their new district and are adapting as well as we could have hoped. I still remember when I found out Steph was pregnant with twins as it was day 2 of one of our Institutes. Fast-forward almost 11 years and they are now in 5th […]
Something we used to teach in our Institutes was “pre/post concept.” For some reason we stopped doing it maybe 15-20 years ago. It is something that has come up three times in the past two weeks so I figured what better way to process it than through sharing through a BrainTrain/Blog post. Basically, to me, […]
I’ve noticed something lately with my three-year old son Blake. It’s about his outlook on life. When one of us asks Blake how he is doing, he always yells “GREAT!” We didn’t teach him that. He is just kind of wired that way and it puts a smile on my face every time I ask […]
Strategic planning is answering core questions. I was coaching a friend about a CP session she was leading with a cattleman’s association. We got into a subject I wish I’d recorded and had transcribed, because it would make an interesting special report or e-book. The subject of the conversation was about vision and mission statements, […]
Is there anyone out there who doesn’t love a magic trick? Young or old, innocent or cynic, there’s something just plain fun about the ridiculous joy of being deluded into believing that rabbits really DO come out of the hat, or the coin really DOES come out of an ear, or the girl in the […]
The 7 Steps I Followed To Design The 2-Day Retreat For Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Retired Navy Captain Ed Nicholson’s stay at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in 2005 presented him with a close look at the returning wounded from the conflict in Iraq (and later Afghanistan). His desire to offer fly fishing to […]
The Reverend Doctor Kendall Cowing Charlotte, North Carolina Passed away on February 4, 2013 Married to high school sweetheart Della Father of 5 children, 16 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren I’d like to share four items about Ken and his impact on Compression Planning and leading groups: How he mentored me His advice about groups with […]
It was a “mountain top” session As a Compression Planner, you know every session is different. We frequently get asked “How do you evaluate a session?” Evaluating how a session goes is sometimes tricky. At some point in the future, you have to ask “Did that time we spent together make a difference?” There are […]
