Roxie & Me: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

Roxie & Me: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

First, the upside, which I so easily overlook. Roxie and I have made great strides. At night, when I brush my teeth, Roxie gets up from her bed in the living room and walks into her crate in my bedroom, unbidden. She knows it’s bedtime. She doesn’t whimper or bark. We...
A Do-Over With Roxie

A Do-Over With Roxie

Roxie almost bit Ken. It happened because: Roxie got afraid when… Ken made a sudden movement with his hand, because… I failed to give Ken instructions on how to interact with Roxie. Ken and Carl work together in our building. Carl is the building engineer,...
Love Me a Good Do-Over, part 2

Love Me a Good Do-Over, part 2

Ten years after the leadership debacle with Cindy, I got the opportunity for a do-over. I was no longer working for McDonald’s headquarters outside Chicago. I was a freelance learning consultant living in the woods of Newaygo, Michigan. On a cold January morning,...
Love Me a Good Do-Over, part 1

Love Me a Good Do-Over, part 1

Real-life experiments thrill me. One of my most favorite things is to have the opportunity for a do-over of something I messed up the first time. Do-overs are just as much fun in real life as they are in a kid’s game. Biggest example: I was working at McDonald’s...
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