by Jim Struck | Sep 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
As much as I talk about leadership and personal development, there is one subject that I don’t write much about – humor. It has been an integral part of my life and my work. I have found that a well-timed humorous comment can often be just what the situation needs to...
by Jim Struck | May 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
“In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Day Today is Memorial Day – the day we honor the men and women who have died serving the U.S. Military. My father was a product...
by Jim Struck | Feb 19, 2018 | The Coach Is In Blog, Uncategorized
We are conditioned to think mostly about what we should be ‘doing.’ Certainly, most jobs reward based on what we do. I understand this. I have found over time that there is a subtler, and often more powerful, action that is of more value – the act of stopping...
by Jim Struck | Dec 4, 2017 | Communication, Leadership Effectiveness, Uncategorized
I learned some time ago that leadership is really about relationship; that the by-product of that relationship is influence. Recently, that led me back to the book, Influencer, by Patterson, Grenny, Maxfield, McMillan, and Switzler. It had been a while since I had...
by Jim Struck | Nov 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
“It isn’t the changes that do you in, it’s the transitions.” William Bridges, Author of Managing Transitions I am in the process of ‘transitioning’ from full time work to something else. A general description of ‘something else’ is a state where I play more than I...
by Jim Struck | Oct 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
My wife and I just returned from two weeks in Italy, Slovenia, and Croatia. It was an incredible trip; a trip of a lifetime. Every day I found myself overwhelmed by either the art, the architecture, nature, the people, food, or all five! Each day involved some...
