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The Christian Wedding A Handbook for Couples Easthampton Congregational Church United Church of Christ Easthampton, Massachusetts Revised: September 2005 Easthampton Congregational Church United Church of Christ CHURCH OFFICE: 112 Main Street Easthampton, MA 01027 (413) 527-4790 email@example.com www.easthamptonucc.org Monday - Friday 9am-3pm HOURS: OFFICE HOURS: CHURCH STAFF: Pastor: Rev. Audrey Walker (cell phone ~ 413-530-1447) Organist: Ellen Cogen (home phone ~ 413-582-0441) Secretary: Linda Kennedy Sexton: Aileen D'Ambrosia TABLE OF CONTENTS Church Information Table of Contents Introduction The Date Guest Ministers Premarital Counseling Planning the Ceremony Music Marriage License Rehearsal Photography Arrivals After the Wedding General Considerations Expenses Questions? 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 6 7 7 8 9 1 INTRODUCTION Congratulations on your decision to be married and to solemnize your vows here at Easthampton Congregational Church. The essence of marriage is a covenanted commitment that has its foundation in the faithfulness of God's love. The marriage ceremony is a glad occasion on which two people unite as husband and wife in the mutual exchange of covenant promises. The church wishes to provide you with an atmosphere of worship for your wedding ceremony and the continuing support of a community of faith for your new family. This handbook has been prepared in order to assist you in making your wedding plans. It is an expression of our pastoral concern and part of our ministry to those who are married at Easthampton Congregational Church. A wedding brings with it many details for you to consider: we have tried here to deal with the questions, which arise most frequently. The purpose of this handbook is to be helpful to you, and all of its suggestions are designed to assist in making your wedding day a joyous and spiritually meaningful time for you, your families, and your guests. THE DATE It is important that you clear the desired wedding date with the pastor and the church secretary as far in advance as possible. At this time you may also make arrangements for the first premarital counseling session. No weddings will ordinarily be scheduled during Holy Week, especially the day before Easter, due to the increased special worship services and the placing of Easter floral decorations. Weddings during the Christmas season will also be limited due to special activities and decorations. Although weddings are sometimes held on Sundays, the regularly scheduled uses of the church for that day have complete priority. Often it is difficult to find sufficient time to prepare the church and other rooms for a Sunday wedding. If, due to unusual circumstances, the wedding must be held on a Sunday, it should begin no earlier than 3pm unless there are special circumstances that require an earlier wedding. 2 GUEST MINISTERS If you should wish to have another minister participate in your marriage ceremony, the invitation should come from the pastor of this church. It is church policy that the pastor must participate in all weddings held at this church unless special circumstances arise. PREMARITAL COUNSELING The marriage ceremony is one of life's most significant occasions. Therefore, unhurried and careful planning is essential. This is true whether one anticipates a small service with only a few relatives and friends in attendance, or a large service with several hundred present. Because of the importance of planning and the church's concern for the seriousness of marriage, each couple married at Easthampton Congregational Church is required to meet with the pastor for a minimum of three premarital counseling sessions. The first session will involve introductions and preliminary conversation about the marriage service and to introduce some of the various tools that will be used to facilitate the counseling process. The second session will provide the opportunity to discuss marriage issues in greater depth. The final session will continue the discussion of marriage issues and then finalize details of the marriage service. PLANNING THE WEDDING CEREMONY We believe that weddings are, to an extent, personal and may rightly be individualized in style and format. During the third premarital counseling session, your wedding service will be planned in detail. You are encouraged to give serious thought to the wedding ceremony that would best express your love and faith. Many couples desire to choose special scripture readings, provide special music, or create original vows. You will be given a copy of the wedding service, which allows for a choice of prayers. The wedding ceremony is, of course, a service of worship. The pastor acts as an official representative of the church and gives the marriage the church's blessing. The congregation joins in affirming the marriage and in offering support and thanksgiving for the new family. All additions to 3 the service should be a means of enriching and making more meaningful this atmosphere of worship. The pastor encourages you to share your ideas and will strive to incorporate them into the service whenever possible. MUSIC Cogen, Ellen Cogen the organist for Easthampton Congregational Church is available to play the organ/piano and be a soloist for you wedding (413-582service. Please contact her directly (413-582-0441) to see if she is available to play at your service and to discuss your wedding music. Please be sure to contact her early in your planning so she can get your date on her calendar. If she is not available, she will be able to provide you with names of other organists, or you can consult the pastor about this issue. Ellen sets her own wedding fees. Her minimal fee is $150 (which includes a consultation to chose music), but that will vary according to your needs. There is an extra fee if a rehearsal is needed. Music sets the tone of a wedding and is an important part of making your wedding a unique and special event in the life of your relationship. However, as with the rest of the ceremony, the music should be a part of the worship of God. The music selected for your service should be appropriate to a church ceremony. Secular music needs to be chosen with great care. Please discuss your musical selections with the pastor or the organist to ensure appropriateness of content and style, and well in advance of the service. The couple is invited to arrange for special musical ensembles and soloists (at extra cost). Often family or friends are invited to perform at weddings. If a soloist is needed, please discuss this with the pastor or the organist, as there are musicians in the area who are available to provide special music (vocal, strings, guitar). Ellen is an accomplished vocal performer as well as organist and keyboardist, and is very willing to work with you to choose an appropriate vocal piece for her to sing, if you wish. Should you wish to choose an organist other than the organist of the church, an organist consultation fee of $50 is required. Pipe organs are required. very expensive and delicate instruments that require careful handling. To insure the proper handling of our organ, our organist will be 4 responsible for meeting with your chosen organist to familiarize him/her with our organ. Our organist reserves the right to deny the use of the organ by an individual if she determines that person is not sufficiently experienced with the playing of pipe organs. MARRIAGE LICENSE It is your responsibility to obtain a valid marriage license. To do so, the bride and groom must appear together at the office of the clerk in any city or town in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and file a marriage intention. (A blood test is no longer required in Massachusetts.) There is a threethree-day waiting period after filing this application. To avoid a crisis, make the application at least two weeks in advance. The license is valid for 60 days. The license becomes the legal wedding document after it is signed by the pastor and returned to the town clerk, who will, on request, then provide a copy with an official seal. The license should be in the pastor's hand ON THE NIGHT OF THE WEDDING REHEARSAL. The pastor will not conduct a marriage service without a valid license. THE REHEARSAL For all but the smallest weddings, a rehearsal will be necessary to insure a smooth and meaningful service. The rehearsals are usually held the evening prior to the service at 5pm or 7pm. ALL PARTICIPANTS in the service (Don't forget the parents of the couple) should arrive promptly as to conserve time. THE PASTOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CANCEL THE REHEARSAL IF ANY PARTICIPANT ARRIVES INTOXICATED. PHOTOGRAPHY The pastor is happy to make herself available to the wedding party for posed photography either before or after the wedding. However, wedding there are no pictures allowed during the actual wedding service itself. Pictures of the wedding party as they come down the aisle are permissible, but no flash pictures once the service has begun. (WHEN THE WEDDING PARTY ARRIVES AT THE FRONT OF THE CHURCH, THERE WILL BE A TIME WHEN THE GUESTS ARE INVITED TO 5 TAKE FLASH PICTURES TO ENSURE THAT ALL WHO DESIRE CAN GET A GOOD PICTURE OF THE WEDDING PARTY.) Exceptions: Exceptions: Natural light pictures or videotape can be taken at any time during the service, but we ask that you remain at a respectful distance from the couple. If the couple has a designated photographer to videotape the service, that person is invited to sit either in the front pew or in the balcony. After the benediction, and just before the kiss, all pictures are welcome. Photographers often choose to reenact certain parts of the service to capture each special part. Experience has shown that any pictures taken during the service detract greatly from the dignity of the service, especially since flash pictures often temporarily blind a reader, or have been known to bring on seizures. Your ushers should make this request to wedding guests with cameras. ARRIVALS AND LENGTH OF SERVICE Ushers should be at the church 45 minutes before the wedding service to make early guests welcome. The groom and best man should be at the church 15 minutes before the appointed hour. The bride and her attendants may choose to dress in a designated room at the church and may arrange to do so. If they arrive dressed for the wedding, they may want to come exactly at the wedding hour to avoid congestion in the narthex. It is important that wedding participants are not late for the service. (REMEMBER TO ADD EXTRA TIME IF YOU NEED TO CROSS THE COOLIDGE BRIDGE AND/OR TRAVEL THROUGH DOWNTOWN NORTHAMPTON ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON!) The standard wedding service lasts about 30-35 minutes. Add to 30this, time for special music, for a receiving line, for picture posing (45-60 minutes altogether) then add travel time from the church to calculate the best time for wedding and reception. (A good rule of thumb is to have your reception scheduled 1 – 1 ½ hours after the start of your wedding service, depending upon the number of guests and the location of the reception) 6 AFTER THE WEDDING In good weather, the front of the church building provides an ideal setting for a receiving line after the service. In the event of poor weather, the narthex can become quite crowded. You may want to have your receiving line at the bottom of the stairs at the entrance of the church. A suggested order for a receiving line is as follows: Bride's mother, Groom's father, Groom's mother, Bride's father, Bride, Groom, Maid/Matron of Honor, Best Man, Other Attendants Arrangements should be made for someone in the wedding party to remove flowers and decorations after the service has ended. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS Smoking is not permitted in the church buildings. Unfortunately the Easthampton Congregational Church cannot be responsible for valuables and personal belongings during the ceremony. Members of the wedding party should make appropriate arrangements. The bride and groom will be responsible for any damage done to the building, grounds, furnishings or equipment. Confetti or rice must not be thrown in or about the church buildings because of the difficulty in cleaning for other church activities. Birdseed (instead of rice, which can be fatal to small birds) may be thrown outside the church. You may want to consider providing small bottles of bubble solution to be used as a unique alternative to birdseed. 7 EXPENSES It is not the policy of this church to look upon weddings as source of income. However, a wedding does result in extra expenses for the church and extra work time for the staff. The following fees help to defray these extra costs: Sanctuary Use of the Sanctuary $250.00* (includes rehearsal) (with PrePastor's Honorarium $300.00 (with Pre-Marital Counseling) Sexton Sexton (custodian) $100.00 (includes rehearsal) (with Organist $150.00 (with consultation ~ no rehearsal) (Non(Non-member total = $800.00 - plus any additional music fees) ) For Receptions: Use of Kitchen & Meeting Room Meeting Room (only) Kitchen & Fellowship Hall Fellowship Hall (only) $100.00* $40.00* $175.00* $125.00* *Optional Fees for church members (If you are experiencing extreme financial difficulties and these fees present an overwhelming financial burden for you, please feel free to discuss this with the pastor so an alternative fee schedule can be arranged.) Individual checks should be made out to the pastor organist and pastor, custodian by name, and for the use of the church, to Easthampton Church. Congregational Church. These fees , along with the marriage license, are required at the license, time of the rehearsal. 8 QUESTIONS? If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact the church office at 413-527-4790 or the Pastor at her cell phone at 413530-1447. Easthampton Congregational Church wants your wedding day to be a special and meaningful experience for all involved. Please view this handbook as a GUIDELINE for your wedding. If there are special concerns or circumstances, please discuss them with the pastor and every effort will be made to accommodate your special needs. We want your wedding to be as perfect as possible. NOTES 9
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The Lesson: Check Twice before Throwing It Out
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So I was rooting a Sans. leaf, for a longggggggtime & got curious, pulled the leaf out & it was a goner so I tossed it. I put the pot back w/out looking further & thought Oh Well.
A month or so later, I picked up the pot to plant something else in it & found this:
It seems there was still a rhizome in the pot & these are baby Sans. starting to pop up (that's all that was in that pot). I'll post further as they develop; fun accident.
Did something similar with an outdoor plant that was dormant the other day. I don't know what I was thinking. I didn't even check since it lost its leaves the moment I planted it 3 months ago. Tricodesma scottii. It looked just like brown twigs sticking out of the ground so I yanked it out and started beating on the rootball to break up some of the soil before I tossed it and only then did I realize there were young dormant leaves and one of the stems was still green inside.
So dumb. I put it back in the ground but we'll see if it recovers from the indignity I put it through.
That's so cool! I see 3 pups! You must be pretty excited about that. They sure are cute.
Don't know if you remember seeing one of my pots of Sans with a Dief in its' pot, but I literally yanked the Dief out of that pot a few weeks ago and although hardly any roots came with it, it's doing well in its' own little pot. AND I noticed more Dief sprouting in the Sans yesterday. Some plants really want to live.
Yeah Clematis, the things we do to these plants, huh? Here's hoping yours recovers.
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Yes, I did see your post about the the Dief w/ Sans. pot, they sure are determined. As I said in my other post about this (at Sans. forum, I think)
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Jaime Lyn Bauer (born Norma Marvhne Bauer on March 9, 1949 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American soap opera actress.
The one time Miss Phoenix beauty contest winner is best known for her two long-running soap roles: Lorie Brooks on The Young and the Restless, which she played from 1973 to 1982 with reprises in 1984 and 2002, and Dr. Laura Spencer Horton on Days of Our Lives.[1] Replacing Rosemary Forsyth in the role, she played Laura from 1993 to 1999 with reprisals in 2003 and 2010.[2][3]
In 1983, she had a role in the short-lived NBC prime time soap opera Bare Essence.
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(CHICAGO) -- The Chicago White Sox placed first baseman Paul Konerko on the seven-day disabled list Friday.
Konerko suffered a concussion during the Sox 5-2 loss against the Kansas City Royals Tuesday, when Royals outfielder Jarrod Dyson elbowed him in the head while running to first base.
"It will be different not having a guy like Paul in there," White Sox skipper Robin Ventura said.
Konerko is hitting .316 with 18 home runs and 54 RBIs and is eligible to return to the lineup on August 17.
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I have some poor drainage in the back corner of my yard. The new house to my east is going to be pushing further water towards me so I can expect a good chunk of my yard to be under water. Also, in the back corner where most of the water goes, adjoining it is a holding pond for storm sewer overage. there is a gravel road that runs on he south side of my lot that allows access to this pond. The city said that if i wanted I could dig a trench to bury some pipe to have it drain there if i wanted.
I have the trench dug so need to bury some pipe. My questions are:
Should use burried drain tile in hopes the water will run through the soil an into the drain tile and then away from my yard? Do i need a drain at ground level to make this work?
With that gravel road back there, should i put down PVC from the back of my yard to the pond to make sure that if there are trucks coming in back there and driving on the road that the pipe will hold up to any traffic and not crumple making this worthless?
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If the city won't pay for the culvert I'd run it to the road and let it drain there. Then let the city deal with it. At least it would be away from your property.
An alternative would be to install a dry well
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No, the city wont pay for it unfortunately and to run it to the road would be difficult. where the water sits is the furthest point from my lot to the road.
I don't know if this makes a difference or not, but when I said trucks I guess i meant maybe a pickup is all. It is very rare anyone drives back there but even so, i will not be a happy camper if the next time it happens the thing collapses.
How does a dry well work? We have a lot of clay around our area. I don't know if that makes a difference or not.
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Doc Rivers' favorite quip, whenever a reporter asks him about an injured player's condition, is "You know 'Doc' is just a nickname, right?" Shaquille O'Neal may want to co-opt his former coach's phrase for his own devices: "You know 'Big Aristotle' is just a nickname, right?" Reader's Digest apparently did not get the memo. In its "Quotable Quotes" section in the June issue, the magazine printed a saying once tweeted by Dr. O'Neal, Ed.D., only the Digest must not have been aware that writing something on Twitter is not the same as coining a phrase. "Excellence is not a singular act; it's a habit. You are what you repeatedly do," O'Neal wrote, according to the Digest. Well, O'Neal did say that, but it did not originate with him. In fact, it was Aristotle — the Greek philosopher, not the one who wore No. 36 for the Celtics — who said, "You are what you repeatedly do. Excellence is not a singular act; it's a habit." Not only did O'Neal not make up the motto, but he also got it backward. Reader's Digest printed a correction in the July edition. As for any future "Quotable Quotes" features, we'd like to advise the magazine ahead of time that O'Neal's signature yell, "Can you dig it!" is from the movie The Warriors and was not invented by the Big Cochise. Also, he's not really made of steel and he never moonlighted as a genie. H/T Ball Don't Lie Filed under: Ben Watanabe, Boston Celtics, Headlines, Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat, NBA, Offbeat
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Are You at Risk of Losing Your Rising Stars?
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Rising stars are great performers while you have them. But if you're not careful with how you lead them, you might lose them to another organization.
The following is an excerpt from Lead Inside the Box: How Smart Leaders Guide Their Teams to Exceptional Results (you can get your copy here). This post focuses on how to lead high performing team members and retain them in your organization.
Erin joined your team about a year ago. She came in with many other candidates for a job opening and she impressed you in the interview. She was far and away the best candidate. You knew you would be lucky to get her to join your team.
Since her first day of work, she has lived up to the high expectations she set in her interviews. She took over ownership for an important process on your team, and has not only mastered it quickly but she's demonstrated the initiative to improve it. She reduced the time it takes to deliver her service while improving her output's quality. Since she reduced the time she needs to complete the main job you hired her to do, she's been identifying new projects she can take on to help the team.
Erin is the first to offer to fill in when someone else is out of the office, as she views that as a great opportunity to learn about other business areas. You feed off of her enthusiasm and enjoy working with her. If everyone on your team was like Erin, you would have the most amazing team in the company.
Erin is a joy to lead, but she presents you with a big leadership challenge. Her talent makes you realize she could move on to bigger roles. In fact, Erin has made a good impression with your colleagues. You've heard several of your peers have tried to recruit her away from your team. "Rising Stars" like Erin are fantastic team members – while you have them.
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How to Solve Your Biggest Leadership Challenges in Less than 10 Minutes
Posted on March 2, 2015 | No Comments
Categories: Books, Communications, Entrepreneur, Leadership
Today's post is the second in a series by Paul Smith, thoughtLEADERS instructor and bestselling author of Lead With a Story. Read Part 1 here.
You're busy as a leader. You don't always have time to invest in learning new leadership skills. I recognize that and I'm here to help. Below are 7 great lessons in easy-to-digest 10-minute podcasts you can listen to at your convenience.
These podcasts are based on interviews with 100 executives and leaders at dozens of companies around the world as they learned their most important leadership lessons – sometimes the hard way. They feature stories from executives at Proctor & Gamble, Dollar General, Hewlett Packard, Kellogg's, Dun & Bradstreet, Saatchi & Saatchi, Verizon, and many more. Each episode brings you an important leadership lesson through a single compelling story.
These next 7 episodes will help you solve problems more creatively, develop a better sales story, create better employees and happier customer, learn how to respond with transparency in a crisis, meet two best-selling authors and hear their personal leadership lessons, and finally get your audience to embrace your idea as their own.
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How often do you delay big decisions out of fear?
Posted on February 26, 2015 | No Comments
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Our reader poll today asks: How often do you delay big decisions out of fear of being wrong?
– Never — I always make decisions promptly: 28.72%
– Sometimes — I'm occasionally afraid to make the call: 62.05%
– Often — big decisions are hard for me to make: 7.86%
– Always — I get stuck between fear and making the call: 1.37%
Overcoming your fears. Fear and decision making go hand in hand. We could be wrong. We could look silly. We could get fired. That said, the mantle of leadership requires us to take those chances. You can get over these fears pretty easily. Simply adopt an approach of understanding the true risks and know where your uncertainty resides. Once you've done that, the big decision will seem much smaller. A final point that can help you overcome these fears is that most decisions can be undone. Sure, it requires swallowing your pride but wouldn't you prefer to make the right call rather than continue being wrong?
Do you agree with these poll results? Let us know in the comments below!
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3 Reasons No One Listens to Anything You Say
Posted on February 25, 2015 | 1 Comment
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Have you ever had the feeling that you were moving your mouth but no one could hear the sounds coming out of it? They go about their day as if you're not there. There's a reason this is happening: they're really not listening to you.
There. I said it. People are tuning you out.
What are the warning signs of this dynamic? When you speak with people, they nod politely but are looking for the exits while they do. They check their Blackberry and have "urgent" calls come in every time you're talking to them. Your emails never get replied to. Most importantly, the things you want to get done never seem to generate traction.
Don't worry – the problem is not you personally per se. It's the information you're putting out there (or not putting out there for that matter). What I've found is there are three major reasons people aren't listening to you. I've personally been guilty of all of these at one point or another. You probably have too.
The good news is there are some simple things you can do to solve those problems.
6 Ways Leaders Step Back but Don't Step Away
Posted on February 23, 2015 | No Comments
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Today's post is by Al Bolea, author of Applied Leadership Development (CLICK HERE to get your copy).
In our book, Applied Leadership Development: Nine Elements of Leadership Mastery, Leanne Atwater and I take readers through a leader's journey. One might ask, "What does it look like at the end of the journey?" The first thing a leader notices when they have completed the journey is a unique "space" around them—their "space"—as a leader. Their "space" includes a robust direction for the organization. It was created by their efforts to constantly interrogate reality, by working to understand environments, proactively managing risks, establishing clear priorities and pace, and powerfully communicating the direction. Leaders sustain the direction through their thoughtful messages that ignite employees' flames of passion about a compelling future. Messages are clear because the leader is sensitive to varying content and context throughout the organization.
High performing teams have been built. The leader realizes that his/her personal effort made the difference in shaping the team—by building diversity within the team, nurturing the team to high performance, and by confronting conflicts as they occur.
The leader also notices a compelling need to support the teams by assuring that things are getting done. Leaders understand performance management and monitoring processes, and see their job as building potential in the organization, eliminating interferences, and keeping people focused on activities that really make a difference for the long term. Goals, metrics, measures, and targets are absolutely clear from the executive levels above them, down to the front line where people make decisions and take actions.
Organization structure is clear and stable. Leaders realize the important influence structure has on employee behavior and relationships. From time to time a leader might tweak structure, but never implements a massive change unless there is compelling evidence that the organization's culture needs transformation.
How well do you solve complex and ambiguous problems?
Posted on February 19, 2015 | No Comments
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Our reader poll today asks: How well do you solve complex and ambiguous problems?
– Very well — I'm a great problem solver: 49.9%
– Well — it takes a lot of effort though: 42.39%
– Not well — I could be much better at it: 7.1%
– Poorly — I have trouble with ambiguity and complexity: 0.61%
Ambiguity is Challenging. Half of you put substantial effort into solving complex and ambiguous problems. The typical reason big, ambiguous problems are challenging is because we try to tackle the entire problem at once. In doing so, we often chase many low impact ideas or worse, we miss the true root issue. The easiest way to solve those complex big problems is to turn them into smaller ones. In breaking the problem down, the true causes become clearer and you can focus on big impact solutions while ignoring smaller ideas.
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How You're an Enabler of Your Team's Poor Performance
Posted on February 18, 2015 | 4 Comments
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If you're frustrated with your team members not delivering high-quality work to you, you might be the root cause of the problem. It's time to stop being an enabler of bad behavior.
The following is an excerpt from Lead Inside the Box: How Smart Leaders Guide Their Teams to Exceptional Results (you can get your copy here). This post focuses on how you need to change your behaviors if you want your team members to change theirs.
Alan leads a team of highly-intelligent scientists. While most of their time is spent on scientific work, a portion of their roles is administrative. Before Alan took over the team, many of these scientists hadn't been trained on these responsibilities because their previous leader tended to do all this administrative work himself. Alan fell into that same habit when he took over the team.
During a hectic period, Alan and I spoke about how stressed out he was. "I don't have enough hours in the day to get all this stuff done."
When I asked what he was working on, he shared that he was performing these administrative tasks. As I pressed him for an answer as to why he was doing this work instead of making his team members do it, he said "They've never been trained on it and they screw it up pretty often. I then have to fix those errors. When they do try to do it, they're constantly in my office asking me for answers to the problems they need to solve. It's more efficient for me to do the work myself rather than spend time I don't have trying to train them on how to do it properly."
I told him he was causing all the problems.
The Power of Teams: From Everest to the Pinnacle of Business Success
Posted on February 16, 2015 | No Comments
Categories: Books, Entrepreneur, Guest Blogger, Leadership
Today's post is by Susan Ershler, co-author of Conquering the Seven Summits of Sales (CLICK HERE to get your copy).
In 2002, while relaxing at Everest Base Camp, I fell into conversation with Dan, a fellow climber about to make his fifth attempt to reach the summit alone. Dan was determined to be completely self-sufficient, carrying all of his own gear and climbing without a guide. I wondered why anyone would take on such a huge challenge without accepting even a modicum of help. But I wished him luck and rejoined my team to prepare for our climb of the treacherous Khumbu Ice Fall, the first major obstacle on our route to the summit. A week later, at Camp III, I found Dan camping alone and stopped by briefly to offer him a cup of tea and an energy bar. Cordially but firmly, he refused, reiterating his decision to rely exclusively on the supplies he had carried up himself from Base Camp. Later, I heard that Dan's fifth attempt to reach the summit of Everest had failed. His determination to climb the world's tallest mountain alone had defeated him.
Creating a successful business is like climbing one of the world's highest peaks. One moment, the way ahead is clear and the summit seems tantalizingly within reach. Then, without warning, an icy storm descends, battering you with howling winds and near whiteout conditions. At times like these, climbers depend on the expertise and experience of their mountain guides and fellow climbers for their very survival. We don't climb high mountains alone.
The same is true in the business world, where global market forces and turbulent economic cycles pose ongoing threats to the viability of a fledgling business. New technologies may be introduced seemingly overnight that render your products and services obsolete. A former partner with deep pockets may suddenly decide to compete and wrest away your clients. At times like these, your company's survival depends on the experience and expertise of your team and the contacts and advice furnished by members of your personal and professional networks.
My friend and fellow climber John Waechter and I have been repeatedly struck by the remarkable similarities in skills and attitudes shared by elite mountain climbers and peak performers in business. Over the years, we frequently asked ourselves what made it possible for us to reach the pinnacle of our professions while ascending the Seven Summits, the highest peaks on each of the seven continents. Neither of us ascribes our success to the vagaries of fate or believes we possess unique or special talents. Instead, we've concluded that high achievement is a carefully honed skill; a strategic approach to problem solving that anyone can learn to cultivate with practice and dedication. This insight led us to share our experiences on the mountains and in business as co-authors of a new book, Conquering the Seven Summits of Sales: From Everest to Every Business, that examines the habits of success that we believe anyone can master to achieve peak performance in entrepreneurship and leadership.
What is your style for moving a team toward making decisions?
Posted on February 12, 2015 | 1 Comment
Categories: Leadership, Poll
Our reader poll today asks: What is your preferred style for moving a team toward making a decision?
– I push and drive until we get there: 14.44%
– I build consensus through influence: 65.81%
– I remain quiet and keep the group on track: 18.46%
– I let others drive the decision: 1.28%
There is power in silence. Clearly most people have a bias toward building consensus by directly influencing people. The approach works and can be effective but consensus-based decision making can also take a lot of time. And while you're pushing to influence others, they might dig in and push back. A different technique to try is being silent and only asking questions to keep things on track. In so doing, you're letting others come to the conclusion by simply steering the conversation. The method can work faster than influence-based consensus in that you get less push back from those involved because you're making the idea their idea.
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7 Steps to Implementing Analytics Programs
Posted on February 11, 2015 | No Comments
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Today's post is by thoughtLEADERS instructor Maureen Metcalf and James Brenza, co-author of the Innovative Leaders Workbook to Implementing Analytics Programs. (CLICK HERE to get your copy)
According to Thornton A. May, renowned futurist, "Change is accelerating (relative to data growth and computing capacity to harness it), and you need to take action at the inflection points. Former Intel Chairman Andy Grove said, that an inflection point 'occurs where the old strategic picture dissolves and gives way to the new.' Organizations must look for new methods to harness this opportunity. They must truly transform their thinking to embrace more responsive strategies, align teams more dynamically and creatively solve resource shortages. Big data paired with analytics is one solution to harness these opportunities."
How are you using analytics to differentiate your organization? Are you creating strategic advantage? Are you creating strong financial returns?
We use the same seven step process to implement analytics programs as other large scale implementations yet within each step, analytics projects have significant nuances not seen in other programs.
Create a vision. The success of analytic initiatives hinges on starting with a strong vision and realistic assessment of the organization's ability to structure the effort. It also hinges on the leader's ability to prepare the stakeholders for a journey, rather than just a traditionally structured implementation project. The transformation vision needs to focus on using data and analytics to provide a business outcome that is not currently available. That outcome is best described in financial terms or customer-centric metrics.


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Growing iris in Zone 5
I brought a bunch of my named irises with me from California - anyone had luck (good or bad) growing these here? I haven't put them in the ground yet.
Also brought named daylilies, which I'm hoping will do well also.
Lisa :)
Lisa, I assume you mean Bearded Iris. If so, you should have no problem at all. I also grow Siberian Iris without any problem. I have some tall beards that are from my parents property in Mississippi that have thrived here in Colorado for years. Currently, my MDB's and SDB's are blooming and some of my early TB's are putting up flower stalks. I agree with David. You should get them in the ground when you have an opportunity.
Daylilies aren't a problem either if you give them good soil conditions and some extra water in the summer months.
-Lyons, CO
Bearded Iris have been very dependable for me as well. They don't fill in as quickly as they did back east where they received a lot more moisture. But that can be a plus, because you don't have to divide them as often! Daylilies will grow just fine, but will appreciate amended soil and water, like Doug said.
Colorado is bearded iris country. There are several commercial iris growers in the state. Long's Gardens in Boulder has been in business as long as I can remember. It's being run by the 2nd generation of the Long family now.
Daylilies also do well here. As an American Hemerocallis Society Display Garden, we grow close to 4,000 cultivars.
They will survive almost anything, but to be at their best, amend the soil and give them an ample supply of water during the growing season.
Here is a link that might be useful: Cat Lady's Garden
Welcome to Colorado!
If you are in Colorado Springs or close check out the Iris Societies show in June is it? Not sure. By the Pikes Peak Public Library the East branch a member of the iris society maintains the beds on the south side of the parking lot. These gardeners are great at hybridizing and have some pretty amazing flowers!


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Harold Kenneth Wood (March 21, 1906 – December 17, 1972) was a United States federal judge.
Born in Mount Vernon, New York, Wood received an A.B. from Colgate University in 1927 and an LL.B. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1934. He was a Tax examiner, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 1940 to 1941. He was an Assistant district attorney of Chester County, Pennsylvania from 1942 to 1945. He was a Legal counsel, Selective Service System from 1941 to 1945. He was in private practice in Pennsylvania from 1946 to 1957. He was the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 1957 to 1959.
Wood was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Wood was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on March 2, 1959, to a seat vacated by William H. Kirkpatrick. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 9, 1959, and received his commission on September 10, 1959. He assumed senior status on June 24, 1971. Wood served in that capacity until December 17, 1972, due to his death.
He died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Yes, and not at all like those wonderful yellows who used force and the military to overthrow a democraticly elected leader... nothing to complain about there
FOR those who pay more attention to English football than Thai politics, Thaksin Shinawatra might be best known as the former owner of Manchester City Football Club. He ran the club for one season, splashed out on new players, then sold it in 2008 to the ruling family in Abu Dhabi—who promptly pumped it full of petrodollars. Their payoff came this past season with an FA Cup victory, the club's first trophy in decades, and third place in the Premier League.
Mr Thaksin, a telecoms tycoon turned politician, is rich. But the sheiks of Abu Dhabi are richer. He jokes that they do not have merely deep pockets, they have many pockets. It certainly takes serious dosh to run a top European club. Mr Thaksin insists that he is no longer in that league, if he ever was. His legal troubles in Thailand have not helped: the country's supreme court last year seized $1.3 billion of his frozen assets.
Now Mr Thaksin has his eye back on a less-than-beautiful game: Thai politics. He is banking on a political party headed by his younger sister to win elections on July 3rd and score another blow to the Thai establishment that tried and failed to bury his career. At his luxury villa in Dubai, Mr Thaksin receives a constant flow of visitors, including your correspondent, who joined him recently for tea and conversation.
Mr Thaksin is upbeat about the election. He predicts that his Pheu Thai party could win 270 out of 500 seats in parliament and form the next government. Opinion polls suggest that no one party will cross the threshold for single-party rule; the winner will have to form a coalition. But it is clear that Pheu Thai poses a stiff challenge to the Democrat Party led by the prime minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, who was installed with support from the army.
Ever since Mr Abhisit called elections last month, Thais have been speculating as to whether the establishment might pull the plug on the whole process, in order to stop Mr Thaksin's party from taking power. The ultra-nationalist (and anti-Thaksin) yellow shirts have urged a suspension of democracy under a royalist government. Asked by reporters about coup plots, hawkish army generals serve up boilerplate denials—just as they did before ousting Mr Thaksin in 2006.
Mr Thaksin seems untroubled by such chatter. Elections will go ahead, he insists, and cheaters beware. "If you rig the elections, then the people know," he warns. He wants Pheu Thai to invite smaller parties into a coalition, even if the party's numbers were sufficient to support a single-party government. They would be the "ferns" in a flower arrangement to make it more beautiful, he says.
For Thailand's royalist generals, a victory for Mr Thaksin's allies is a queasy prospect. Their red-shirt supporters have vowed to punish those who ordered and carried out last year's crackdown on their protests. Pheu Thai also wants to amend the current constitution, which was drafted under military rule. If there were any doubt about the ties between the party and the man in Dubai, consider one of its campaign slogans: "Thaksin Thinks, Pheu Thai Acts".
And that is not all. Pheu Thai has pledged that it would bring Mr Thaksin home. He recently told supporters that he would return in November 2011, and this remains his goal. "When I say something, I mean it," he said. For now, though, he is a fugitive from Thai justice. He travels on a passport not from Thailand but from Montenegro. A two-year jail term passed in absentia for corruption awaits him in Thailand.
So the party has proposed an amnesty for participants in Thailand's recent political struggle, including, no doubt, their spiritual leader, Mr Thaksin. "If you really want to reconcile, you have to forget the past and look ahead for the future," he says.
Easier said than done. The former prime minister is loved and loathed by roughly equal proportions of the electorate. Reconciliation is a hard sell in the zero-sum game of Thai politics. Even harder, perhaps, than turning Manchester City into the champions of the Premier League.
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Yes, and not at all like those wonderful yellows who used force and the military to overthrow a democraticly elected leader... nothing to complain about there
Thaksin had done some good things at least for the long neglected peasants of his country. The peasants have become his political base.
He had also done some bad things like arbitrary summary executions of drug pushers and used this to eliminate some other in his country; some say his enemies.
His sudden acquisition of great is done not without considerable corrupt activities and has alienated a large section of the Thai community.
He has become a divisive force for Thai society which is not only bad but his continuing selfish aggravation of this for his own personal gains would result in a disaster for Thailand. If this continues, many Thais would die and he would off course safely get away. If Thaksin really loves Thailand which on evidence so far is not a fact, he should restrain his ambition and his ego to regain personal power. Otherwise, he could the reason for the ruin and possible destruction of his country.
@Clave32: Your argument fails miserably, because Shin Telecom was never a "state asset" and was not sold "illegally"; it was founded by Thaksin and his family 20-plus years before it was sold, and it belonged to him and his family -- just like McCaw Cellular in the U.S., and like hundreds of other private cellular telecom companies worldwide. Taking a risk with your own money and getting started at the very beginning of a booming industry is a good way to make a fortune, and Thaksin did so.
Moreover, just FYI, "Hilter" was not elected -- he was appointed as Chancellor in early 1933 after the Nazis' overwhelming election victories in 1932.
Your rantings are blatantly biased and are contributing nothing useful to the discussion -- other than adding yet more evidence, as if anyone were to need it, that the Yellow Shirts and their supporters are irrational fanatics.
The third sentence of the post should be read as "His sudden acquisition of great wealth is done not without considerable corrupt activities and has alienated a large section of the Thai community.
My apologies!
I am sure most Thais outside ISSAN wish this thug would just disappear as previous leaders who got the boot after a coup. Take what is left of your dirty money and begone.
Thaskin looted the country and made billions by selling the Telecom company to Singapore I believe (correct me if I am wrong here) and pocketed the money. Then he gave cheap loans and medical insurance to the poor to get their votes. Now the Red Shirts feel the need for this entitlement to be continued so they could care less that he is crook.
Thaskin is a megalomaniac and if brought back to Thailand should be thrown in jail for life.
So you think that since Thaskin became a billionaire by selling off state assets illegally he should have remained in power. Come on man, lots of creeps have been democratically elected. Hilter ring ring a bell?
Thailand is a banana Republic with a long history of coups. The difference with Thaskin is he just can't let it go. He is power mad.
Ousting democratically elected leader undemocratically is a big mistake. He will fight until all charges against him go away!
Patently Obvious,
Your facts are obviously distorted as Thaksin made billions by selling off national assets and illegally transferred them them to his wife and family. So Hitler was not elected democratically? How about Hamas, Ahmajinedad, Mubarek, Chavez, Mugabe? the list is endless of scumbags who once in office pilgered the country and its people. Do you have an Inter-House in Issan :) ?
Hitler became a despot when he dispanded the democratic instutions of Germany and suspended elections, Takshin did nothing of the sort.
Berlusconi is also corrupt but I don't think anyone would have excused a military coup in Italy.
Democracy isn't something you only respect when things are going your way, it is a heavier commitment than that.
@ Clave32
Thaksin made his monies through hard works and business shrewdness; What were so wrong about it?
The corruption charges leveled against him were very slim and flimsy that resulted court's verdict not impeccable!
His Successor, Samar's dismissal by the Constitutional Court on trivial matter of TV cooking lesson appearance; What's was so wrong for a Prime Minister demonstrating his cooking art to the general public that warranted his sacking??? Anyone can make minor error and why can't the said court only fined him monies for a small misfeasance??? In order to eliminate Thaksin, nevertheless the Bangkok elites making it a storm in the hiccup!
Thaksin's greatest sin was winning election after election that encroached Bangkok elites' benefits and vested interests and his care for the poor of charging 30Baht for govt hospital treatment (later Ahbisit setting it free in a way to snatch the poor peoples' support from Thaksin) as well as building highway to the underdeveloped northern Thailand alleviating the poor peasants' plights of selling their produces to the other parts of Thailand in making a dignified income rather than selling or pawning their boys as child labors or daughters to the vice ring.
Clave32 can be excusable if he/she is a foreigner, if he/she is a Thai, he must be one of the Bangkok elites who enjoying all his/her good times by bullying the poor in or surrounding Bangkok and the peasants of the countryside.
It was and is not a matter of Thaksin's embezzlement but rather it was an excuse that the Bangkok elites used to belittling Thaksin and his party. The worst was they justified it by using military coups one after another in toppling Thaksin and his successors all because Thaksin policies and handling touching the nerves of the Bangkok elites.
How dare you Thaksin and the poverty-stricken down trodden challenging the well being and vested interests of the Bangkok elites.
There was an interesting article recently on another site discussing why a lot of the sexpats in Thailand hate Thaksin. The sexpats say its because he was corrupt but this is not logical as they support the current administration which according to both local and international ratings is much more corrupt.
The conclusion of the article is that one of Thaksin's objectives is to clean up the night-life industry and improve the prospects of the rural poor so they do not need to send their daughters and sons to work in this sordid area. I guess some people do not like to see their lifestyle of choice interfered with.
The illegal military coup which removed Thaksin from his democratically elected position as prime minister was carried out under the pretext of stopping rampant corruption but after setting up a year long investigation with the judiciary hand picked by the military regime the only thing that they could get a conviction on was a conflict of interest, i.e. a technicality.
Thaksins wife bought a piece of land at a public auction, her bid (£10+ million) was the highest on offer. In Thailand a husband is obliged to counter sign all contracts entered into by their spouse so Thaksin signed in that capacity. As the land in question was being auctioned off by a government semi-state body he sough guidance from the Thai equivalent of the governor general prior to signing and was given the all clear as there was no political interference in the auction. However this is the technicality on which he was convicted even though the auction was deemed to be fair and his wife was not convicted of any offence.
Corruption was not the reason for having a military coup, the corrupt old elite establishment could not compete democratically with Thaksin, who's party has got the largest share of the public vote in the last 10 years and will do so again in the next election in July 2011, so the military was used to suppress the peoples democratic choice of government.
Sorry Orphan,
You response is a incoherent. I have no idea what you are saying. I will say this. Name one country in the world whose leader is not a multi millionaire. What is your point ?
@ Clave32
I have never been to Pattaya and I'm not Thai but I can said through a good knowledgeable friend of mine who almost knew Thai's in and out, I understand a lot of Thai affairs and her peoples' living conditions and plights of the down-trodden.
I couldn't understand the kind hearted supreme head of the Yellow-Shirted whose wealth more than USD 50 billions couldn't make use of such secular wealth to benefit the poor and down-trodden peoples after all he is well-versed with benevolent buddhism.
Hope you understand what I meant!
I respect very very much that supreme head and I wish him well!!!
@ Clave32
If both sides were not as clean as you wished why only accused Thaksin the crime in the first place.
Your conscience moved you and you tacitly admitted you are one of the Bangkok elites who did nothing to alleviate the sufferance of the poverty-stricken down trodden poor and peasants before Thaksin did the benevolence.
I'm not totally agreed to with all the Thaksin's policies but my sympathy with the poor and peasants compelled me to at least pay tribute to him!!!
@ Tom_Here
The battle between the Bangkok elites with Thaksin party is just the ostensible ploy; The battle was and is the just the prelude! Deeper in it lies the future of Thailand!
The supreme head of the Bangkok elites is a well learned person and his understanding of Buddhism can be said equivalent to great high priest; If such a figure cannot excuse himself from the secular wealth and glory and escape the pitfall attached with it, the prophesy of the being his next be the last of that hierarchic order may be true and the aftermath would be very woeful for him!!!
Well, if the destiny is well enshrined who then can perform the great escape of eschatology! Amitaba!!!
I assume you frequent Pattaya ?
For all of you sexpats with opinions that suggest you think you know something, I suggest you take a poll from the Thais on which politicians pay better for protests. Thaksin pays 600 baht a day and all the whiskey you can drink and a guarantee of of a free bus ride back to Issan for Songkran. Yellow shirts pay 600 baht a day, free foot massages, barbecue chicken and blessings from the King.
Thailand is totally corrupt banana republic, Thakisn is crooked goon as are all his police acoylytes. The Yellowshirts have the backing of the king and military. Pick the liar you support and try and convince me your opinion backs democracy as opposed to greed, power and corruption.
@ Clave32
I am very consistent and it was your recalcitrant in not admitting your owned made diehard attitude of only condemning Thaksin's money matter; You ignore your favorite's embezzlement; If I were the paramount leader of the yellow-shirted I would certainly contribute all the secular wealth to win back totally the poverty-stricken and down-trodden in order it may receive benevolence that may even neutralize the prophesy.
The socalled paramount leader is quite a nice well learned buddhist of very very high standing in buddhism; All I can say are the secular wealth and glory and family influences are all a hardest nut too extremely difficult for him to crack!
May be that prophesy stands! Amittaba!!!
I have been living and working in Bangkok for 10 years and I know that what this man says is BULLSH*T. He is just another lying politician that benefits from the bewildered herd of uneducated people from the countryside by giving them bones to fight over while he and his corrupt family and friends dine on prime rib. HA HA, yes, call me elitist, assh*le, but they are the facts. By the way, I hate
monarchies, but at least the Thai monarchy has an interest in the future of Thailand, Thaksin has an interest in his self....that is all. This weak article is for douchebags wanting to suck the great land of smiles of it's resources, as does TOXIN SHINATWAT.
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