Today was Sarah’s first day of work! She is SO excited to finally have a job and absolutely loved working at Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory her first day. She did all kinds of candy and will soon learn the register. While Sarah was doing that, Brittany had her first facial at a nearby salon. She […]
Tonight we had the Metea Valley High School Marching Band banquet and had a great time. Kirstyn watched the boys, while Angela and I went with Sarah and Brittany and stuffed ourselves with roast beef sandwiches, pasta, and great desserts! After eating, we watched a great video presentation of the marching season, the kids were
Tonight I drove to Wisconsin after work to meet a bunch of folks from our Regional Leadership Forum (RLF) group for a reconnect. We have decided as a group to meet 4 times a year (once each quarter) to discuss a book, have dinner together, have a guest speaker where possible, and to renew our
After a short night, I got up at 3am, got ready, and met a couple of the group in the lobby of the hotel at 4am for our trip to the airport. My flight left at 6am (not sure what I was thinking when I booked the flight)! 😐 After sleeping most of the way
Day 3 of SIMposium was great too! We had some more great workshops and learned much. The best part of the day was in the evening when a bunch of us got together and hung out. We started by going to a local recommended wine bar where everyone tasted of the local wine (I was
We had a great second day of SIMposium in Seattle! It was full of great keynote presentations, breakout sessions, and good food! I learned a lot of great things not only about Information Technology but about leadership in general. There were a lot of CIOs from around the country that we were able to talk
Today I graduated from my leadership program (RLF) in Seattle! After 9 months of hard work, we finally finished! We met early this morning and had a giveback session for members of other RLF groups and it turned out really well. Each person placed a thumbprint on a paper we had stuck to the wall,
Today was a HUGE busy day! We had a bunch of things going on that took us all in multiple directions. As part of my leadership program at work, I flew out to Seattle today the Society for Information Management (SIM) conference called SIMposium. Part was to attend the conference, and the other part was
Today I finished up my last session of the Midwest Regional Leadership Forum (RLF)! We had a wonderful session and had great speakers and book discussions. I can’t believe I read 35 books like that in 9 months! I won’t miss that much reading, but the friends I have made and the experiences I had
Today turned out very well! At work, as part of the Grant Thornton Leadership Program that I am taking part in, one of the areas of the program is to take on a leadership role to give back to the firm. I was asked to co-chair the IT Leadership Council, a group of my peers
During the past two days, I participated in session #5 of the Regional Leadership Forum (RLF) I have been attending all this year. As usual, the agenda and activites were phenominal. It was a little lighter for me because this time, I didn’t have to present on any books like the last session we had.
I just finished up session #4 of 6 in my Regional Leadership Forum (RLF) today. Yesterday and today were, as usual, outstanding as I was able to get back together with my new friends and participate in a wide range of leadership and book discussions. On Monday, I led the book discussion on “Made to
