On Tuesday morning, if someone had suggested I take the bulk of the day off to stay at home, I would have given several reasons why I could not do that, including: It was only my second day back at work after eight days of vacation; There were still over 100 emails and dozens of …
Leap Year Lesson #118: Sometimes You Have To Force Yourself
Anyone who has traveled a great distance across many time zones knows the experience of jet lag. Having returned to Louisville just after midnight Friday night, my body still isn't back to a normal schedule. Since China is 12 hours ahead of Louisville, readjusting those 12 hours takes a while. I ended up sleeping much …
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Leap Year Lesson #117: Humor Can Be an Indicator of a Healthy Team
There are different ways to evaluate how well a team fits together at work. There is the obvious measure of whether they get the work done that they are expected to do. What are their goals and how successfully do they accomplish them? Without that, other means of evaluation don't matter much. In addition to …
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Leap Year Lesson #116: Everyone Has a Currency. What’s Yours?
The world is full of currencies. We see the euro in many European countries. I just spent eight days in China using the renminbi (RMB) or yuan. For a few decades, the U.S. dollar has been the world's reserve currency. No country's currency holds that status for too many decades, so I suspect we aren't …
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Leap Year Lesson #115: You Shouldn’t Need an Interpreter When You Speak the Same Language
One of the fascinating experiences of my recent China trip was speaking through an interpreter. That was a first for me. Once we were past the basic greetings, I was out of my element due to my limited Mandarin. When asked to speak to a Chinese church congregation a couple of times, the talks were, …
