Posts Tagged: Td Magazine
Engagement
I was going through back issues of T+D Magazine and came upon an article by Paula Ketter, "What's The Big Deal (About Employee Engagement)" . In it, Ketter states: "Engagement is all about creating a culture where people do not feel misused, overused, …
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Declarative, Imperative, Interrogative and Exclamatory
I was helping my oldest daughter with her English homework and we were having a discussion of the four kinds of sentences: declarative, imperative, interrogative and exclamatory. In light of all of the rhetoric lately on a few items, (you know, the Che…
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Qualities of a Leader
Fire Critic this morning posted on top ten desired qualities of officers. It links a lot of the ideas I have put forth to you in regard to leading and you should check it out and expound on it. Enjoy.
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Balance In Power
Right now there is an interesting discussion on Dave Statter's blog, STATter911 (in the comments) on orders given by a commissioner to remove a flag sticker from a locker. Despite the conversation outlining the age-old struggle between being too harsh …
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Congratulations!
Well, it appears that Dave and Chris have pulled off another amazing venture. I just spent the better part of an hour (with work waiting patiently on my desk) checking out the new FireEMSBlogs.com site with direct links to some of my favorite bloggers…
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Eating Our Young
It's not going to require much reading to see why the fire service can't get enough of it's collective s*** together to provide a united front on anything. Check it out at Dave Statter's blog at STAT911. You can skip the video (for my purposes) and g…
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Science Is Your Friend
While taking Honora to school a few days ago, Bob Edwards was speaking on NPR Radio with Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum, the authors of the book, “Unscientific America”. While the book apparently discusses “scientific illiteracy”, some of …
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Turtles, Circumstances, and Change
Just this week, not only on our relatively quiet haven of Hilton Head Island, but right here in the community in which I live (Palmetto Dunes), comes a story which has become national news. Before I knew it would be on CNN and everywhere else, I read i…
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Ambition
At Mass today there was a reading from the Letter of St. James that got me thinking: “Where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every foul practice.” It goes on to say, “Where do the conflicts among you come from? Is it n…
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Tribes
I've been pretty busy lately so I haven't been able to post. Something about the end of summer, doing deliveries and computer stuff for my wife's company, doing the initial planning and contacts for our annual Down Syndrome Buddy Walk, and of course, g…
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