If your organization was an orchestra or a mariachi group, what instrument would you play? Watch video My wife today told me that a trumpet player is loud, proud, and confident. She even threw in that a trumpet player is full of hot air. She is 100% right! You simply can’t play the trumpet the… Read More »

Would you quit your job?  Would you give up on your life? Watch video. My dad never gave up, even when he was sick or injured from work, he kept on working so that our family could have food and shelter. Today my dad is dying from pancreatic cancer, but he has not quit holding… Read More »

Have you ever stood in front of an NFL football player? I have, they make you feel small. What does an NFL football player have to do with “fairness” or “fair play” in FMV? Allow me to share a brief true story so I can explain, or you can click here to watch the video… Read More »

Today’s “Motivational Monday” LinkedIn post shares the lessons learned from a REORG (reorganization) at a City government organization when I was the Director of Finance in 2005. Watch video It was quite frustrating to me, back then, when the REORG required that I work through a new level of management. Previously I could go directly… Read More »

Chicken little yells, “the sky is falling“!  Watch video The media today thrives on Chicken Little style news reporting that sells, and that makes money for their organizations, with money sometimes having a higher value than the truth. Back in the day, we relied on Walter Cronkite, Dan Rather, Harry Reasoner, and others, to report… Read More »

I had a dream an H.R. Director turned me down for a Finance Director interview at her City.  Click to watch This was just a dream, but in my dream, I empathized with the H.R. Director as she sheepishly had to use legal means to explain why I was not a good fit for their… Read More »

Work-Life Balance: Click to watch video or listen to audio: A colleague on LinkedIn recently suggested I should speak about work-life balance and how I achieved it during the 47 years of my working life. The bottom line of this CitySpeak blog post article is that it’s all you! What does the plane stewardess tell… Read More »

Click here to watch  video for this blog post There’s much talk about the value of a college education today. NBC News has an article on YouTube titled “Growing Number of Americans Questioning the Value of College Education” posted July 31, 2022. This NBC News article is interesting, but it plays into the rhetoric about… Read More »

Project Confidence at Your New Job! Some 20 million people quit their job the second half of last year, so there’s lots of new people around our organization. If you’re one of these new employees, I challenge you to obligate yourself to success and be confident at your new job. Confidence is NOT arrogance. Having… Read More »

Hardworking productive employees, don’t worry about recession! There’s a lot of talk of another economic recession. It’s been 14 years since the Great Recession of 2008. How many of you remember it? Click here to watch my video on why I say hardworking productive people have nothing to worry about during this next economic recession.… Read More »