Thoughts, devotions, and more from Jeffrey K. Ross, author of "Next Step Devotions"
My company - Humana Inc. - began today an internal challenge among employees called the 100 Day Dash. Any of the 40,000 employees who want to participate are welcome to do so, both individually and as a member of teams. The challenge is all about how many steps you take daily as measured by the …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #150: Competition Can Be Good For Your Health
I went through one of the most grueling physical experiences I've ever attempted yesterday. Two of my coworkers, their spouses and a friend joined together to form a team to complete the Muddy Fanatic race in Sellersburg, Indiana. It's a 5K (3.1 mile) muddy obstacle course on a farm that took us about two hours …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #133: Exhaustion Can Hurt So Good
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 …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #117: Humor Can Be an Indicator of a Healthy Team
Once a month the four of us on my team at work spend the whole day together on Friday away from our desks. We may still be on the premises somewhere, but at least we're away from our desk phones and the routine interruptions that tend to sprinkle the day with good and bad flavors. …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #94: Work Teams Bond By Having Fun Together
At age 55 I have been on a lot of teams in various places of work. More often than not I have been fortunate to work with teams that liked each other, cooperated and worked together reasonably well. Occasionally there was a snafu of personality conflicts or bad fits for roles or personal drama that …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #58: True Teamwork Is a Joy
