Wardie Sanders taught history at Hartsville High School for years. Her class in traditional Thanksgiving dinner etiquette caught the eye of the New York Times. She was the kind of teacher that students remember decades later. People live life differently because of her. Teachers and leaders have a lot in common. One of » Read More
Category: Leadership
Boss’s Tip of the Week: If you mess up, fess up and fix it
When you’re the boss it’s easy to get away without having to go through the painful process of admitting you’re wrong. It’s easy to get by without fixing your mistakes. Resist those temptations. If you mess up, fess up. Part of being human is making mistakes. It’s also part of setting the » Read More
Boss’s Tip of the Week: Maintain your standards
You need standards for work quality, timeliness, and cooperation. You need to communicate those standards. And you need to maintain them. It’s easy to make an exception for this and then an exception for that and another exception for something else. It seems like a good idea at the time. But if you do that too often » Read More
The Agincourt Technology Rules
In 1346, an English army of 16,000 defeated more than 35,000 French at Crecy. Ten years later, 7,000 English defeated 20,000 French at Poitiers. And, in 1415, in a battle immortalized by Shakespeare, 6,000 English repeated the feat against 30,000 French at Agincourt. The English did not have better soldiers. And, at » Read More
The Bear Bryant Test
Paul “Bear” Bryant was a legendary football coach. In 38 years of coaching, he only had a single losing season. In 25 years at the University of Alabama, he coached the Crimson Tide to 24 straight bowl appearances and six National Championships. He got the nickname “Bear” in his teens when he agreed » Read More