The problem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred. ~ George Bernard Shaw Ah, communication. The first thing to fail and the first thing to be blamed for the team’s troubles. Yes, of course, Response Leaders must be good communicators but what does that actually mean? All too often communication training is built
Personally I am always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught. ~ Winston ChurchillOur language is a fragile thang, er I mean thing. In the epitomous 21 Reasons Why the English Language is Hard to Learn we are reminded that it is a small miracle that we can ever convey even the simplest
A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic. ~ Joseph StalinInteresting quote from a man who was best known for his “purging” of all non-Russian’s back in the 1930’s. But like anybody, anywhere we can still learn something from them. In November 2013, Typhoon Haiyan, one of the largest storms in recorded history decimated the Philippines
“I believe that rendering of useful service is the common duty of mankind and that only in the purifying fire of sacrifice is the dross of selfishness consumed and the greatness of the human soul set free.” ~John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (Service is #8 of his family’s 10 principles that he shared with the United
All great leaders have a few things in common. One is that long before they were referred to as “great leaders”, they were referred to as “future leaders“. We all have to start somewhere, right? Â Despite the 140-character, sound-byte world we live in, leaders don’t just eat a bowl of magic cereal to become great.