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If you don’t like it, no one’s going to make you eat the whole thing

January 17, 2012
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If you don’t like it, no one’s going to make you eat the whole thing

Since I began blogging about ROWE a little while back, I’ve had a few emails from folks who have expressed that they have attempted to introduce ROWE in their own workplaces, only to find supervisors whose minds are closed to the concept (a situation I understand entirely).  Typically, the supervisor / manager / business owner will state, even if he or she has bothered to become familiar with the concept is, “That will never work here.”  The idea then is discarded, to wither and die on the slag heap of management indifference. Unfortunately, what these folks fail to realize,...

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Less Dad, more Grandpa

December 12, 2011
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Less Dad, more Grandpa

Several times, I have heard people say that we need to get rid of the paternalistic, parenting relationships at work and gravitate more towards relationships based on patience, trust and mentoring. Every time I hear that sentiment, I get a shiver up my Dad spine, because it tends to reflect a lot of things about parenting that are, however unfortunate, full of grains of truth.  Dads are expected to be authoritative.  Their decisions are non-negotiable.  They never show pain or fear.  They have answers even when they don’t.  Oh, and the last thing you ever want to do is piss...

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Family Friday: Hiking Trails and Pretty Pink Dresses

October 28, 2011
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Family Friday: Hiking Trails and Pretty Pink Dresses

I was out hiking with my 6-year-old son this weekend at Beaver Brook in Hollis, NH. It was a perfect fall day to be out, and we walked well into the woods and around the pond on a 2 ½ hour trek. While we were out, we learned a few lessons about finding the fascinating in both the unusual, and the ordinary.

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Is your style necessary, but not sufficient?

September 21, 2011
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Is your style necessary, but not sufficient?

I am often equally puzzled and amused by folks who believe that “Because I said so!” is all that is necessary in response to the simple, inevitable question of, “Why?” I hate that answer.  I truly, honestly, hate it…which doesn’t seem like a remotely strong enough word for the visceral reaction I have when I hear that terrible phrase, “Because I said so!”  It’s simply the defense of an ignoramus, and nothing more.  This blog is based on the premise that the behaviors we see at work are not so very different from those that we see at home...

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