Teaching Your Child To Lift a CarWritten by Laura Bankston
Yesterday my husband Wade took day off (that’s one of really cool things about having your own business!). The only bad thing about yesterday is that two of kids are still sick—they have that cold with horrible cough and congestion. So, needless to say, I’ve been going a little stir crazy and was so happy for extra help. The kids were excited too. They love spending time with their Dad. In fact, on days he does work, there’s a terrible commotion when he comes home. As soon as van pulls in driveway, kids run to window and start yelling, “Daddy, Daddy, Daddy” in that familiar, excited child chant. Next, as Wade comes up sidewalk, they all scramble to get to front door—usually getting in trouble for pushing to see who gets to stand right at opening. Finally, front door opens, and everyone cries, “Daddy, you’re home!” They jump up and down while they wait for their turn to be picked up and hug. There’s nothing my kids like more than spending time with their Dad, and I hope same is true for you too! So, on Wade’s day home yesterday, he decided that he needed to get garage organized. Of course, everyone wanted to go out and help; and I was just to eager to get some breathing space. Since garage is heated, they could have a little fun without it slowing down their immune system. They were probably out there for three hours, but it seemed like only three minutes before they were back inside and desperate for something to eat. As I fixed them something, I listened to stories from garage. One that nine-year-old Nathan told me really caught my attention. Wade prefaced story with fact that he’s teaching Nathan to be a problem solver. While they had been working, he told Nathan about a problem and how it was solved.
| | Building Teams --You see it everywhereWritten by Stephanie Tuia
A college football team has it. A corporation has it. Even a growing family has it. These three organizations share a common desire to build their prospective teams. For example, a college football team continually needs to bring in new players to replace graduating players. A corporation builds its team to help it grow and meet needs of clients. A young married couple who are having children are building their own family team. Each of these results has a different outcome. In end, goal is to work together, help each other, and collectively reach a higher level of performance. Whatever team you are currently involved with, it is surprising at how much organization is needed to build a great team. Furthermore, following teams have their own equally important approach as to how they successfully build their prospective teams. First of all, let’s focus on a college football team. Unlike professional sports, coaches have roughly a four-year time period to retain their players. After that period, an athlete’s eligibility is complete due to graduation. In order to fill void left by graduated players, coaches rely heavily on recruiting new players to continue building football team. Coaches look for best athletes who have capability to surpass those athletes before them, so that they can continue a winning team. Coaches face a challenging role to rebuild their program, depending on their previous team’s success. At end of football season, coaches must take initiative to re-build their team each year to fill vacancies so their team can move forward again. During college, I interned for a public relations firm, and on my first day, my supervisor welcomed me with an e-mail that read, Welcome to team! At first, I felt that only organized athletics reserved right to use word team. On a mature level, I’ve realized companies stay healthy when they implement a team-like atmosphere in workplace. Being on a team brings out motivation and competition in employees, and also helps them to unite, identify their roles on team, and produce stronger results. I’ve attended many career sessions and with every employer I’ve met, they have emphasized their desire to hire college graduates to join their team. Like a college sports team, an employer needs to recruit prospective candidates to fulfill roles in their company.
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