I've been home most of the past two days sick which has not been fun. Today, however, I did go to work briefly with the primary intent of getting an essay entitled "The Servant as Leader" that I need to have read by tomorrow. I find it fascinating to read about servant leadership … [Read more...] about Servant Leadership
Work
Annual Performance Evaluation
This afternoon was my annual performance evaluation. This is my third at this organization and I didn't really care for the first two. They were silly and rather useless. You sit with your boss going through this evaluation. He/she may tell you a few areas you can work on, … [Read more...] about Annual Performance Evaluation
Organizational Change
The non-profit I work for is over 100 years old and I think some of its practices date back about that far. In the past year, a lot of steps have been taken to restructure how we work both here in the US and in the nearly 40 countries we work in around the world. It's been … [Read more...] about Organizational Change
Is no news good news?
On November 9th, I wrote a post about job transition. Since then, I've heard next to nothing about a new role for me. In the meantime, I keep plugging away at odds and ends that need to be wrapped up. And I frequently get asked what the status of my job is. The best I can do … [Read more...] about Is no news good news?
Transition
For the past 15+ months I have been designing a volunteer program for a faith-based non-profit. They have had a few volunteers throughout their long history but no infrastructure with which to support them. So they asked me to design a program which would be international in … [Read more...] about Transition