These are my reflections on work, leadership, and life in general. I hope they inspire you to think and engage in thoughtful dialogue. All artwork is done by my sister, Mary strong.
September 2017 There are times throughout one’s life that something happens, something so horrendously impactful that it forces one to simply stop in their tracks and reflect on what just happened. For most, the event is a tragedy or crisis where one feels a significant loss – it could be a life or lives, a […]
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July 16, 2017 My Dearest Leaders, I cannot express how deeply saddened I am to see you all go over the next few months. I should be accustomed to it by now, I work for the Navy after all and it is par for the course. During my 6 years at NCDOC, I have served […]
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June 30, 2017 I have had the honor to work at Navy Cyber Defense Operations Command (NCDOC) over the last 6 years – a Navy command that strives to operate as a Learning Organization (Senge, 1990). We have a designated team of NCDOC facilitators who are passionate about helping our teammates think more critically, solve […]
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May 31, 2017 In my last blog post, I wrote about the lessons I learned during my mission trip to the Philippines. The following weekend, I shared the lessons I wrote about including my feelings of being a stranger with our church group. Afterwards, one of the ladies approached me, and told me that I was […]
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May 5, 2017 I recently returned from a two week medical mission trip in the Philippines with 6 members of my church and a total of 80 members of the Asian Relief Mission Services (ARMS). It was a remarkable experience! This trip had a special significance because it was my first time back to the […]
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April 1, 2017 Over the last two blog posts, I have discussed the plagues of loneliness and boredom in the nursing home and how it might look like in the workplace. In this post, I discuss the plague of helplessness. These three plagues are what Dr. Bill Thomas identified as the “true killers” of nursing home […]
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March 11, 2017 In my last blog post, I introduced Dr. Bill Thomas’ claim that the majority of suffering in nursing homes occur from three plagues of loneliness, boredom and helplessness. In this post, I focus on the plague of boredom. Boredom in the Nursing Home One of many critiques from residents about their own […]
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February 05, 2017 Loneliness in Nursing Homes During my days of working in a nursing home, it was not unusual to observe elders experience and talk about loneliness. Bill Thomas (1999) identified loneliness as one of three plagues (as well as helplessness and boredom, forthcoming blogs) suffered by elders, and that these are the “true […]
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December 31, 2016 It’s that time of year when we reflect about all the things, both good and bad, that have happened this past year and then create resolutions for the new year. I spent the last few weeks incubating the various ideas on how to frame my last blog entry of the year. I decided to reflect on the […]
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December 15, 2016 It is not often I get upset over something trivial. During this past week I got very irritated at work because someone had done something to a piece of equipment I “donated” for everyone to use in our “gym” area. They did not break it or do something that could not be undone, However, […]
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These are my reflections on work, leadership, and life in general. I hope they inspire you to think and engage in thoughtful dialogue. All artwork is done by my sister, Mary strong.
These are my reflections on work, leadership, and life in general. I hope they inspire you to think and engage in thoughtful dialogue. All artwork is done by my sister, Mary strong.
These are my reflections on work, leadership, and life in general. I hope they inspire you to think and engage in thoughtful dialogue. All artwork is done by my sister, Mary strong.
