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One of the common communication problems in construction involves the problem of workers getting quiet at the wrong time. Those with lower rank are often reluctant to speak up, especially when it comes to safety.  Most have heard the safety leader or the boss say...

Have you ever had a work situation where someone’s rank changed substantially, or someone messed up?  How did those involved handle that situation?  Did everyone impacted use their status in a way that contributed to the good of the company?  Or did some people act...

The Grinch had taken everything, all their floofloovers all their tartookas. He snatched every whohooper and gardooka.  He stole the roast beast. He left nothing, not even a crumb for that mouse.   Then he horsewhipped poor Max his dog, and that giant sled of toys, up...

My wife Kristen had a car accident recently.  In our driveway.  It was not the first time.  She expected me to blow up and shower her with blame.  I did neither.  Why not?   Because I “accused myself” first, as recommended by the Persian poet Rumi: When something goes...

Do you ever find yourself wanting to blame others for a painful situation?  Are others habitually blaming you? When something goes bad at work or at home do you want to point the finger at another person?  “Not my fault!”   “I had nothing to do with it.”  “I think it...

Most of my coaching these days is with men in construction.  These guys are hard-working, tough, no-nonsense individuals.  They are used to navigating high stress situations.  And these days many of them are showing signs of significant stress:  drinking too much, not...

Was it real?  Did Will Smith really slap Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars?  And why? Just in case you are the only one who missed it.  Rock made a joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith’s hair.  She was present in the audience, looking beautiful and with almost no...

There I was in Chicago on a windy evening, in mid-December, and I just wanted to get home.   I had been travelling a lot and my wife called to tell me that there were tornado level winds coming up from the south and hitting Minneapolis about an hour before my plane...

Three years ago, I saw Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper in the successful remake of the movie “A Star is Born” and there was a scene toward the end which captured my attention. Spoiler alert: If you have not seen the movie, you may want to skip this. But I am guessing you...