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Every year around this time I do a reflection of the past year.  What worked?  What didn’t work?  Where were good results produced?  What do I need to do better in the next year?  I strive to keep the analysis balanced between acknowledgement of success and acknowledgement of improvement.  But as I reflected on 2020,

Albert Einstein said “Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.”  But what is the truth?  How is it determined?  In this era of calling everything that doesn’t agree with your position as fake, it is important to consciously think about what you believe.  It is also important

I have worked out of my home office for nearly 20 years.  My boundaries have always been pretty good between when I work and when I do not work.  However, during this COVID-19 time, I discovered that what had helped maintain my boundaries was business travel.  Once I was home full-time and working remotely, I

Many people are exploring how to do work differently in a virtual world.  Areas of exploration and discussion include communication and relationship building.  Is it possible to build skills and relationships via a virtual format?  How do you onboard a new person?  How do you pull a team together?  All good questions.  No doubt that

As a young engineer, I was taught that there was a 3-step process for project management.  The steps included Make the Plan, Work the Plan, and Renew the Plan.  Back in early 2020, many of us made plans for how we would handle the uncertainty and changes due to COVID-19.  Most of those plans weren’t

How much of what we have learned about the past is incomplete or isn’t true?  Even the quote ‘History is written by the winners’ is incomplete.  While the quote is attributed to Winston Churchill there is little evidence that this is his original quote.  Knowing whether or not you can rely on what you learned

Disruption and change – these words seem to be everywhere right now.  The COVID-19 virus has been disruptive and a big change for most individuals and for businesses.  For some, the change has been relatively small although inconvenient.  For others the change has been huge and life altering.  So much varies with circumstances – childcare

What a rude awakening for me!  I really thought I was coping quite well with the stay-at-home order.  I have worked out of my home office for almost 20 years.  My husband and I go out for an occasional dinner or show or movie, but those aren’t frequent things that we do.  Much of my work was switched to

What a crazy time this is!  Many of us are under stay-at-home orders due to the SARS-CoV-2 virus.  We are having to do things differently, with no specific endpoint in view.  Will the order go through the end of April?  Will it extend into May?  We just don’t know.  Many are just hoping to return

My first grandchild was born just before the holidays.  With her birth, came a new role for me – that of grandmother.  I had looked forward to this new role for months – and when it actually happened, I also had to work through all of the implications of that new role.  This included everything