How Do You Know When You’re All Grown Up and Stuff

by | May 17, 2013 | Blog

I only know this story because my parents variously repeated it with the same effect: I was responsible for shortening their life span. We lived in the wide-open prairies of Kansas that had been sawn in two by Highway 54.  Our house had been a considerable distance...

5 Things I Can’t-Live-Without for my Mobile Office

by | May 14, 2013 | Blog

I have no main office for myself; however, I have a hundred offices. I prefer desks, but my lap works fine.  I prefer office chairs, but picnic tables and recliners work, too. Here are a few locations from which I work: Man cave – Potwin, KS Hotel Room – Anywhere in...

Leadership Lessons I Learned from a Growly Trucker

by | May 9, 2013 | Blog

I was dressed in a suit when I got the call to offload a semi truck in our new distribution center. The trucker arrived 3 days earlier than expected and our warehouse man was in the hospital. I went back to the hotel and changed into old tennis shoes, a ratty pair of...