May 22nd Coaching Tip: Our High School Class.
Thanks to some of the gals from our 1982 graduating class, they have created a group for our class on Facebook. Not only do they keep us up to date on our classmates and their parents, but they also post positive and uplifting messages. Our class was special in high school from 1978 to 1982…and still is special. Even when we were teenagers, we bonded together. I don’t remember fighting; I remember support, fun times, community involvement, fellowship and Christian activities, high achievers, and academic as well as athletic accomplishments. If you are in touch with your high school classmates, good for you. Keep it rolling! If not, can YOU be the one that brings the classmates back together? Our high school class continues on our tradition of caring…4 to 5 decades later.
May 23rd Coaching Tip: Know Your Boss.
As an employee, it’s to your benefit to understand and know your boss. Of course, you’re already thinking that “no, it’s their responsibility to know and get me!” For the relationship to work, it should actually be both ways. For example, my boss mentioned to me that she appreciates how I email her a summary of what’s going on during our monthly one-on-one. Now I do that summary email the day before we meet, so that she can quickly read it before our one-on-one. Plus, she remembers it better, too. And during our one-on-one, since it goes quicker, it gives me time to ask her what she needs me to do for her and the team. This two-way share is important to us both; we’re on the same page. Take time to get to know your boss and how they operate.
May 24th Coaching Tip: 112th Birthday Wishes.
Today would have been my grandmother’s 112th birthday. Although she passed in 2003, some 22 years ago, we had sweet memories of her today that my brothers and I shared with our mom. Our grandmother was a stunning gal, married a dapper guy from East Chicago Emerson and Univ. of Michigan. She was a stay at home mother with two kids, also was a substitute teacher, got involved in local politics, the Red Cross, had some real estate holdings, and was widowed at 50 years old. She didn’t stop. She kept right on going and gave us three grandkids one on one time that we were reminiscing about today. It was a sweet share to say a happy, heavenly birthday to our grandmother.