Frank Uncovers Excellence in Leadership

© Copyright Frank D. Kanu 2000-2009

“I’m sorry.”

According to an article issued by Associated Press [Update 2/26/2007: The link does not work anymore. Please let me know if you of are aware of a working one. Thank you.]:

The hospitals in the University of Michigan Health System have been encouraging doctors since 2002 to apologize for mistakes. The system’s annual attorney fees have since dropped from $3 million to $1 million, and malpractice lawsuits and notices of intent to sue have fallen from 262 filed in 2001 to about 130 per year, said Rick Boothman, a former trial attorney who launched the practice there.

When was the last time you said sorry? Or one of your team members?

It might save you a lot - reputation, stress, money,…

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In the fall, when you see Geese heading south for the winter, flying along in a “V” formation, you might be interested in knowing what science has discovered about why they fly that way.

It’s been learned that as each bird flaps its wings, it creates uplift for the bird immediately following. By flying in “V” formation, the whole flock adds 71% greater flying range than if each bird flew on its own.

Quite similar to people who are part of a team and share a common direction get where they are going quicker and easier because they are traveling on the trust of one another, and lift each other up along the way.

Whenever a Goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of trying to go through it alone, and quickly gets back into formation to take advantage of the power of the flock.

If we have as much sense as a Goose, we will stay in formation and share information with those who are headed the same way.

When the lead Goose gets tired, he rotates back in the wings and another Goose takes over.

It pays to share leadership and take turns doing hard jobs.

The Geese honk from behind to encourage those up front to keep their speed.

Words of support and inspiration help energize those on the front line, helping them to keep pace in spite of the day-to-day pressures and fatigue. It’s important that our honking be encouraging. Otherwise, it’s just… well…HONKING!

Finally, when a Goose gets sick, or is wounded, and falls out, two Geese fall out of formation and follow the injured one down to help and protect him. They stay with him until he’s either able to fly, or until he’s dead, then they launch out with another formation to catch up with their flock.

When one of us is down, it’s up to the others to stand by us in our time of trouble.

If we have the sense of a Goose, we’ll stand by each other when things get rough. We will stay in formation with those headed where we want to go.

The next time you see a formation of Geese, remember their message!

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Looking at waterfalls or pictures of waterfalls inspires me.

My most favorite one is this:

My beloved wife Ada painted this one in our kitchen—right at the table.

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Always admired Origami designs, but these here are just marvelous!



To see a full collection of incredible designs look here!

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Take the test!

A friend of mine spent quite some time there to score as high as possible - for example he answered every question with a true and scored within the low 100’s… Tells’ you a lot about his intelligence, doesn’t it ?

Intelligence Interval		Cognitive Designation
40 - 55		Mentally disabled (Less than 1% of test takers)
55 - 70		Learning difficulty (2.3% of test takers)
70 - 85		Below average
85 - 115		Average (68% of test takers)
115 - 130		Gifted
130 - 145		Genius (2.3% of test takers)
145 - 160		Extraordinary genius (Less than 1% of test takers)
160+		“Unmeasurable” genius

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Have you acknowledged it? Spam has gone down.
Dramatically.
So—who do we need to thank for that? Just some changed laws?

Personally I really don’t care why—as long as it stays as low as it is at the moment!
And I really feel for you if yours hasn’t gone down!

(Edited at 4:33pm)
PS: I am getting less then 50% of what I used to get.

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Shouldn’t every computer great you like this all the time?

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In their endless tries to save money this German trust did lay off German/English translators because “everyone learns English in school” and there are enough educated people in the office.

A few months later the trust rehires German/English translators.

What happened? The trust lost a bid for a huge project.

The contract contained blunders like “river diagram” instead of “flow chart diagram”.

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