People, Process, Progress

There's a benefit in knowing how to respond to traumas, fires and other emergencies in this world. This is particularly true if you are a parent. As Mr. Jitsu says, your kids will break the glass in an emergency and expect you to be there behind it.

Sharing a writing from my 10 year old on how we, adults and kids, can be kind, how being kind is hard and why it's a good thing to be kind to others.

Whether we're leading a project, coaching kids on a sports team or the Section Chief for a special event, we as leaders need to always remember that our team sees us. It's up to us to provide the best example and support for them that we can.

Sharing the combined four decades of my and my wife's professional experience and guidance from industry leaders on how to make your resume stand out and stay evergreen in 2021.

Under a clear night sky and with crickets in the background I share the lyrics to The White Buffalo's “I Got You” that capture the reality of couples making it through relationships.

Sharing 10 things (5 from my wife, 5 from me) we felt helped us make through the first 20 years of our marriage.

Inspired bye beautiful sunrise, cool mountain air and a quote from Jhiess Krieg. Through little things we can help make someone else stay better and intern our own.

Sharing my two cents on a key tenant my wife and I have practiced and are now two decades of marriage.

In addition to the myriad of body weight exercises, in this episode I share 5 items that are accessible, relatively cheap and mostly mobile that will help you kick off your home exercise journey.

Sharing how Jocko Willink's "Good" helps frame my mindset during hard times and how we can all benefit from accepting hardship and looking for the "Good" that comes from it.

A poem to pay homage to all that contributed to America and the hardships that lead us to Labor Day.

When considering our communications strategies we should think about what we want to push to people, what we want to set up as a pull of information that people can go to and look at how we are interacting with folks virtually and in person.

Finishing out the 'Foundational 5' series with a definition of 'communication', importance of vertical and horizontal comms, the C.U.D.C. concept, active listening tips and guidance for IMTs and Project Teams.

Reminders of the concepts of resource Kinds, Types and CSALTT for resource ordering. Resources to help U.S. Military families and our Afghan allies. Taps to honor the fallen.

Sharing tips on how to effectively request, coordinate, care for and release resources for Incident Management Teams (IMT), Project Teams and more!

Without the logistical planning for stuff, facilities and transportation, none of our plans can be realized.

Whether functional, geographic based or a combination of both, pulling together a working organizational structure is key to meet program objectives and ensure alignment with leader's intent.

Sharing how goals are good to set, but we must be SMART when we provide our teams actionable objectives.

Sharing background, guidance and tips to create S.M.A.R.T. objectives for response, special events or projects

Pulling out three key elements of Leaders Intent from NWCG discussed in PPP81.

From Commander's Intent in the U.S. Military to Leader's Intent applied by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group and Lean teams, this first of the 'Foundational Five' is the key to setting teams in the right direction to accomplish the mission.

Just as Superman faces his enemies when they have his weakness kryptonite as a weapon, we as normal people can face our own weaknesses every day.

Sharing 5 lessons learned from a family trip to Mt. Rogers, Virginia that can be applied to the professional world.

The benefits of getting into nature and disconnecting from work and technology for a bit are many. In this week's episode I share my feedback on my opportunity to have done just that.

Our children, our fire engine crews and our project teams are filled with people that have various strengths. As leaders we have opportunity to leverage the best in each of these people and build cohesion amongst them.

Inspired by the movie “Glory”. Sometimes as parents and as project managers we need to let our people face a little bit of adversity so they can come out better on the other side.

We can follow a process and plan all day long, but we cannot control all the variables. So let's embrace the "Butterfly Effect" and lessen the impact of potential disaster in the later stages of a project.

Whether you are briefing a team to go into the field or a project team that's deploying new software, let them know up front the reality of the situations they may face.

Using the 'Foundational Five' structure to share intent, objectives, organization, resources and communications to help brand new Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) intro students through BJJ White Belts on the cusp of earning their Blue Belt to survive.

Contingency planning is important for projects, special events and even in our personal lives. The (P)rimary (A)lternate (C)ontingency (E)mergency is a great methodology to follow.

As leaders we should always be aware of the emotional health of our team. This will always be more important than data points and tasks.

Inspired from a recent Jiu Jitsu session as I helped some brand new folks learn about frames and shrimping, but also thinking about how we can help our teammates on projects and public safety responses

Inspired from a recent Jiu Jitsu session as I helped some brand new folks learn about frames and shrimping, but also thinking about how we can help our teammates on projects and public safety responses.

Sharing inspiration from the Netflix show 'High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America' and how we as Project Managers need to keep our plans and planning dynamic just as African Americans did with their foods in the 1800s-1900s.

Sharing the devastating loss of life of American Servicemen and Servicewomen and some advancements that came from the terribleness of war. Pause and remember them on May 31, 2021 at 1500. Godspeed all.

Sharing a sentiment from Simon Sinek's 'Leader's Eat Last' about the importance of giving our attention and being present, not locked into the world of our smartphones.

With some inspiration from The Cranberries I share my $.02 on our ability to look at how we can create salvation for our spiritual, physical and mental selves.

Sharing the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ), business and leadership experience of BJJ Black Belts and authors Andrew Smith and Daniel Frank of Revolution BJJ in Richmond, Virginia.

Sharing considerations for leaders and teams who are making changes to systems and processes in their organizations

Sharing quick tips on leveraging existing time reserved with our teams and how to help relieve the pressure for our folks who have been "on" so much over the past year.

Compromise has benefited me in both my personal and professional life and I think it's an attribute we should all consider as we make our way through life.

Like wandering Ronin move from mission to mission, Project Managers move from project to project. Listen to hear the 5 ways I feel Project Managers can leverage this regular movement between teams.

If we hit 99.8% of our goal, that's great. But what impact does the .2% we miss have on our people and organizations?

Taking the listeners down memory lane as I share snippets from the early days of my podcasting career.

Tough times call for tough people. Over the past year or so we've all had opportunity to sharpen ourselves through adversity.

Sharing Debra Woog's (like "Vogue") over 30 years of experience as a leadership researcher, executive, advisor and now "Crisis Navigation Partner" as the Founder of Connect 2.

The Friday before Easter is celebrated by Christians, Jews and Muslims alike. In addition to these religious practices, let's Remember Everyone Deployed (R.E.D.) each Friday and appreciate the sacrifice of those that came before us.

Sharing the "Foundational 5" for how Public Health and America as a whole can be more prepared for the next pandemic.

Sharing a bit of Hal Elrod's inspiring story and the S.A.V.E.R.S. actions from his book "The Miracle Morning". Also check out the Miracle Morning movie on Amazon.com.

Yes, it's another of my re-interpretations of Rudyard Kipling's masterpiece "If", with focus on Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) Players.

Yes, it's another of my re-interpretations of Rudyard Kipling's masterpiece "If", with focus on Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) Players.