Musings at Altitude

Over the last decade, I’ve participated in more board meetings than I care to admit, either as an executive on a team briefing the board or as a board member.  In almost every board meeting I’ve been part of, the attitude of the board was influenced primarily by the attitude of the team both leading […]

Today was an emotional day at church.  Our Pastor, who has been with the church for 15 years, gave his last sermon at this church as he and his family move on to a new church and a new flock to shepherd.  He used this last sermon to remind us of a tremendous example of humility […]

I mentioned earlier that so many of my friends in companies across this country are going through enormous change in their organizations.  Most fully embrace the change and are champions of change.  Even so, the impacts are great, and the ability to measure success as a result of change takes an enormously long time. As […]

I greatly enjoy the few days a year I get to work at home, but my family sometimes makes it awfully hard for me to focus on the conference calls, the budget reviews and the strategic plan discussions when they are standing at the door like this: Could you be serious in your required work if […]

My 14 year old asked my wife yesterday, “why don’t you get an F-150?”  When my wife asked why, my daughter responded, “because then you can give me the free Ford Fusion or Focus”!  Apparently, one of our car dealerships here in town has a new strategy for pushing the big trucks by giving away […]