Are Your Employees Free Range?
For the past few weeks, l've been writing about employee engagement. Although employee engagement has been on the rise for the past few years, 35% engagement isn't a number that we should consider success. My last article described a company that judged productivity...
Is Boring Beautiful?
If you have ever been to Hawaii, you know that everyone (at least those of us on vacation) makes time to watch the sunset. As the sun begins falling, people start making their way to the beach. During our honeymoon over 15 year ago, my husband and I witnessed people...
The Reward for Pushing Beyond Your “Perceived” Limits
A few weeks ago, I was lamenting that our plans to climb South Sister in July were cancelled. This is the first summer in six years that l’m not training for some adventure. I've completed Hood to Coast and Cycle Oregon, climbed Mt. St. Helens and trained for the...
United Together with a Flock Block
As you probably know, I inherited five chickens last month, two hens and three chicks. It wasn’t long before they all successfully flew the coop. Since then they have been hanging out together, free-range. But about a week ago, I noticed that they weren't all together...
Fearing or Forging the Path Forward?
I finished my chicken coop and have just a few details to wrap up before I bring the chickens home to roost (I’ve been waiting my whole life to say that). But surprisingly, behind these details has been some fear, almost paralyzing enough to keep me from finishing the...
April Showers Bring May Growth
As April comes to a close, I thought I’d share some of what I have learned in the course of the month. This month was so long, it seems I should have a lot of wisdom to impart. But, what I do know is what I have learned this month has allowed me to grow into a...