Here is the rule for making a sandwich with Swiss cheese: There is a two-slice minimum. The second slice must be rotated into such a position that there is no exposed gap from a hole beneath it in another layer. To do otherwise would degrade the flavor experience of enjoying the taste of Swiss cheese with every bite and adversely impact the quality of the sandwich-eating experience. Ridiculous? I have written before about my low… Read More »HR and Made-up Rules
The fear of ghosts can definitely change behavior. For example, a few years ago we were awakened at 2:00 AM from the deepest slumber to the sound of a TV blaring in another part of the house. I first suspected our resident ghost that steals socks, hides spoons and sometimes makes those little creaky noises in the middle of the night. On closer inspection there appeared to be a more rational explanation. The solution to… Read More »Ghosts In The House
As I sit down to write this, I have tears in my eyes. No, they are not tears of sadness. They are not tears of joy either. They are tears of cat allergy! My wife and I had added a clause to our marriage contract that we were done with pets in the house…until our daughter moved to Australia and couldn’t take her cats with her. The basic contract of “Until death do us part  Read More »A Tale of Two Kitties
Leadership works because it is taught to those who would be in charge and there are not any courses given for followership. From universities to the military, the topic of how to lead has been dissected, defined, detailed and decrypted ad nauseam. I know what it means to lead. You know what it means to lead. There is a high probability that my concept of leadership and yours are entirely different. When asked how to… Read More »Power, Authority, Impact and Influence
It is easy, right? The self-help section of any bookstore is filled with shelf after shelf of expert knowledge on how to deal with stress. The topic of stress is found in over 32,000 books on Amazon.com. If this were not such a serious problem in our lives, there could be humor found in the stressful search for stress relief. I will defer to those with more than a few graduate courses in psychology to… Read More »The Myth of Being Stress Free At Work