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Virtue or Value: Self Awareness, Mastery, Consistency Over Intensity One cold, rainy morning, I looked out from my apartment and decided my usual walk to work could wait.  Most days, the walk gives me a few quiet minutes before the day starts.  That morning, the rain was coming down hard, and the cold made the […]

At six o’clock, three buses pulled up outside the building. Ninety five people stepped off dressed for a company event, smiling, checking their phones, and looking for the entrance. Only problem…The event was scheduled for the next day!  Inside, Event Manager, Jessica Petrillo looked at the calendar again.  The contract said Thursday.  The confirmation said […]

A maintained table tells the guest they are seen.  A cluttered table quietly asks the guest to manage part of the experience themselves. The Story On a busy Saturday night, a couple sat in the Garden for a date they had been trying to plan for three weeks. They were not celebrating anything formal.  No […]

The week before Christmas, the floor was loud and uneven. New elves waited at stations. Two sleighs stood half packed. Finnwick moved fast, fixing misses with perfect hands. He felt useful. He felt needed. Santa watched from the rail. He called Finnwick into the office. “Tomorrow you stop building toys,” Santa said. “You will build a clock.” Finnwick frowned. “I am the […]

By Haley Ellington & Josh Rossmeisl The Leap of Lily Lily had just graduated from college and was stepping into her first “real” job. Everything felt exciting and new. She had a shiny title, business cards, a desk she could call her own, and an endless sense of possibilities. It was everything she’d worked for, […]

By Josh Rossmeisl “You have 1 year to make 100 mistakes or you’re fired!”  This was an expectation I implemented several years ago and shared at orientation with all new leaders.  I asked them to write them down so we can reflect in a year and see how much they’ve grown.  My only rules were “show […]