Archive for the ‘General Interest’ Category
Wednesday, November 29th, 2006
Feeling overwhelmed? Is your stress level bouncing off the scale? Do you feel like you have so many things to do that you don't even know where to start? Maybe it's time to get your time under control.
Remember when you were in school and you didn't finish ...
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Monday, November 20th, 2006
There is no way to avoid it. The Christmas shopping season will begin the day after Thanksgiving with "Black Friday." Since you can't avoid buying all those gifts, at least make sure you don't get ripped off. Although a debit card is a useful financial tool, it ...
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Wednesday, November 15th, 2006
Violence in the workplace is a serious safety and health issue. In fact, it is the third-leading cause of fatal occupational injury in the United States. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), there were 639 workplace homicides in 2001 in the United States.
A ...
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Sunday, November 5th, 2006
Thank goodness that we have those folks who can see all the problems within our agencies. I don't know what we would do without their input. I wonder where they all go when it comes time to solve the problems that they are so good at identifying.
Are you ...
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Sunday, October 29th, 2006
Do you work at an agency where the organizational sport appears to be "blame shifting". In many organizations, people are so afraid of making a mistake that they end up taking the only safe road, they don't do anything.
When I was in field training, my FTO was sick one ...
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Wednesday, October 25th, 2006
Who is involved in your agency's hiring process? It's very important to select the "right" people to handle your agency's recruiting, applicant testing, background investigations and interviews. Remember first rate people look for first rate people, second rate people look for third rate people.
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Wednesday, October 25th, 2006
When we hear people talking about "thinking outside the box", we tend to envision big projects and innovative programs. However, thinking outside the box should be an attitude that permeates every aspect of the job. For example, when one of New York's leading cultural institutions was trying to ...
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Wednesday, October 25th, 2006
Most agency administrators and trainers recognize the value of conducting regular roll call training. However, the burden of preparing the lesson plans for these mini training classes usually falls on the patrol sergeant. Unfortunately, preparing roll call lesson plans is often low on the priority list during busy ...
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Sunday, October 22nd, 2006
Regardless of how good an employee is, he is going to make excuses at one time or another. Remember to focus on the task or problem and don't worry about the validity of the excuse. In fact, you may be better off ignoring the excuse completely and going straight to ...
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Saturday, October 7th, 2006
Some new supervisors think that they must make all of the important decisions because, after all, isn't that what the boss is supposed to do? Well, sort of . . . but experienced supervisors will tell you that it is also very important to push decisions down into the organization. ...
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Friday, October 6th, 2006
When Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon, what did he say? "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Right? Wrong! Armstrong has always contended that he actually said, "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind." Guess what, he was right. A ...
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Friday, September 29th, 2006
If you are taking the time to read this blog, you have probably also checked out an internet video or two on youtube.com or yahoo video. Most of these homemade videos aren't worth the electrons it took to make them, although a few are really funny. However, very few have ...
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Tuesday, September 19th, 2006
For several years, I have kept this short essay by Charles Swindoll on "attitude" posted on my refigerator so I see it every morning. When things get tough, it has a way of bringing everything back into perspective. I hope it will have the same effect on you.
The ...
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Wednesday, September 13th, 2006
My son is doing his student teaching assignment at Louisa County High School. He sent me this and I though it was cute so I wanted to pass it along. The author is unknown.
After being interviewed by the school administration, the eager teaching prospect said:
"Let me see if ...
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