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  • Church of the Saviour Transcript

    These are my speaker notes I used for a talk on Nov 25 to a group of men. It deals with stress and some of my personal struggles in the last year.

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  • Everyone Needs a Wx Day

    I understand that turning a team off or stopping production may seem counter-intuitive for an increase in productivity. But in order to retain the level of product and safety that we were known for, we needed to stop delivering a product for a day.

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  • The Weight of PTSD

    Think of your mental stress capacity as a hiking backpack. As you accumulate stress, you add weight into that pack. And as you decompress, you remove weight. PTSD is a reaction of your mind to an overwhelming amount of weight. How are you managing your teams weight? Your own weight?

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  • Bad Leaders Make Good Decisions Too

    Bad leaders can be bad because they are untrained, don’t care, incompetent, or they aren’t driving the team in a unified direction. But this article isn’t about how to turn those bad leaders into good ones. Instead, it’s how you can positively interact with those misguided leaders.

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  • Establishing Policy

    Policy isn’t sexy, but it’s critical for any organization that is on a path for success. Find out some of the key measures of a successful policy.

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  • Common Goal Leadership

    All leaders need to practice leadership styles and skills. But at its basic level, what does a leader do? This article outlines our defining belief: The Common Goal Method.

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  • The 3 Obstacles Everyone Faces

    Perhaps the greatest lesson any special operations member will tell you, is the ability to push past the three obstacles everyone must face. In this article, I’ll outline those three obstacles and show you how you will have unlimited potential once you overcome the last.

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  • Organizational Cultural Definement

    When we assess organizational culture, we are primarily looking to see if it contributes to a positive work environment that promotes our end goals or not. But perhaps the easiest way to define organizational culture is to take a look at some examples.

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