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Last week, New York Times columnist David Brooks wrote an op-ed piece titled It's Not About You as a rebuttal to the countless college commencement addresses that implore our newly-minted Bachelors of Whatever to go and blaze a trail in …
I frequently sit on rank advancement boards of review in our troop. Because it's so important to me, I usually ask the scouts we interview about leadership in one aspect or another. I ask whether the scout holds a position …
Recently our troop took part in a joint landscaping project with the other troop in town. Most of us adults are acquainted with at least one or two families in the other troop because of our Cub Scout connections, but …
A lot of us work for fairly large companies where our coworkers number from a few dozen to a few thousand, and every now and then the top management holds an "all hands" meeting to pass along information that is …
A recent article by reinvention guru Jim Mathis got me to thinking about how often we sabotage ourselves and those we lead by a tendency to be a control freak. You all know what I'm talking about. You find it …
In the last part of our series on committee meetings, we'll look at ways to recruit new committee members and keep them active in the unit.
Now that we know how a committee meeting is run, what are the normal functions of the troop or pack committee? Areas of Responsibility The committee is responsible for the business aspects of the unit's operation. In other words, this …
Organization is essential to running a successful committee meeting. Nothing says that you are unprepared like not having the agenda, reports, documents of past actions, troop or pack policies, and other essential items. Here are some things you should bring …
Have you ever been in a committee meeting and had the experience where two participants are like oil and water? They absolutely refuse to agree on common ground or see the other's point. Other times it's like you are Sisyphus, …
