by Shelley Row | Nov 23, 2015 | Leadership
Patience is a virtue. While there is wisdom in that cliché, I’ve also come to appreciate the value of impatience. For those of us running businesses and working toward goals, impatience is a performance driver. But if all we appreciate in impatience, we miss the...
by Shelley Row | Nov 16, 2015 | Leadership
Your expectations for the project were clear, but the staff didn’t follow them. In the blink of an eye, the voice in your head explodes and you lose your composure. The team exchanges nervous glances and shuffles out of the room silently. You know they...
by Shelley Row | Nov 9, 2015 | Leadership
The rain was steady as I waited in Starbucks. We planned to meet over coffee and talk about collaborating. As usual, I anticipated a busy day working through my to-do list – the one that stretched to infinity. Each day it felt like the list grew longer, and I...
by Shelley Row | Nov 2, 2015 | Leadership
Across the bottom of Amazon’s book page it pronounces, “New for you…” Low and behold, there is a list of books based on my past purchasing history. I follow someone new on Twitter and up pops three more Twitter feeds with the caption “You might also want to follow.”...
by Shelley Row | Oct 25, 2015 | Leadership
“I can’t go away for a long weekend,” my over-thinking brain proclaims. “You have so much to do – programs to prepare for, articles to write, follow-up calls to make.” But, I promised my husband a few days away. We planned to drive to the...
by Shelley Row | Oct 19, 2015 | Leadership
Again. It happened again. Twice in five years fire gobbled up trees, pastures, and homes outside of Smithville, Texas, my hometown. Nearly 5,000 acres and 40 structures burned, are today’s numbers. Fire trucks bearing names like Gonzales, Bryan, Sequin,...
