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360 Degree Parenting Leadership Feedback

July 25, 2016 By drairwolf 4 Comments

Greater personal insight leads to better leaders. The better we understand and develop our strengths, while facing and working on our weaknesses, the stronger leader we’ll become. We understand this at work, so many jobs offer a 360 degree feedback loop where peers and subordinates have a chance to rate a co-worker in certain categories. […]

Filed Under: blog, Leadership, Parenting Tagged With: 360 degree feedback, feedback, kids, leadership, leadership-based parenting, leading parent, parent-leader, parenting

Potential Destruction at Thorne Inc.

May 30, 2016 By drairwolf Leave a Comment

Thorne Inc. was working through some company destruction recently. You can follow along to find out how it all played out:  An e-mail to the company: What happened here?  In the news: The search for truth    Press Release: oops, an inside job Letter: a personal apology      

Filed Under: blog, humor, Parenting Tagged With: cleaning, family, funny, humor, kids, parenting

The 4 Most Powerful Letters in a Parent’s Vocabulary

May 24, 2016 By drairwolf 2 Comments

Words Matter  There is no question word’s matter. The Bible even says that reckless words can pierce like a sword” (Prov. 12:18) and have the power of “life and death” (Prov. 18:21). We get this in the workplace and so try to watch what we say and how we say it, so as to not […]

Filed Under: blog, Parenting Tagged With: anger, dad, family, fatherhood, growing up, ICNU, kids, mom, yelling

What is Thorne Inc.?….from my weird family to yours: part 2

April 29, 2016 By drairwolf 1 Comment

What is Thorne Inc.?  Thorne Inc. is an imaginary company based around the everyday happenings of my family. As I write about leading my family, it gives me a place to apply leadership principles I’m learning in my leadership master’s degree and also an outlet for humor. You can read more why I created Thorne […]

Filed Under: blog, humor, Parenting Tagged With: funny, humorous kids, kids, leadership, life with kids

What is Thorne Inc.?….from my weird family to yours: part 1

April 21, 2016 By drairwolf 6 Comments

What is Thorne Inc.? I’m working on a Master’s degree in Leadership and Management. As I consider the different ways to make use of all  the things I’m learning, one ever-present source of application is my family. I noticed that  over the years I’ve worked very hard applying leadership principles and skills to my work-related goals. […]

Filed Under: blog, humor, Life, Parenting Tagged With: crazy kids, family life, funny, kids, weird, weird family

The Balanced Scorecard of a Successful Family

April 19, 2016 By drairwolf 1 Comment

Winning The old saying goes, “What gets measured gets done.” I recently read an article explaining how essential it is for successful businesses to develop a scorecard, indicators letting them know if they’re winning or not. Typically a business will choose one main scorecard- finances. But, the authors encouraged a more balanced scorecard focusing on […]

Filed Under: blog, Parenting Tagged With: balanced scorecard, dashboard, family, koi, winning

4 Ways to Create Great Family Culture

April 8, 2016 By drairwolf Leave a Comment

Culture Matters There’s the old saying, “People don’t quit jobs, they quit managers.” They quit the environment managers create in their workplace. The most effective businesses in the world know that culture matters! Collins and Porras shared that companies built to last will have “cult-like cultures” (p. 114, 1994). They have a very clear idea […]

Filed Under: blog, Life, Parenting Tagged With: business culture, culture, family

Making Decisions that Won’t Make Your Kids Crazy

March 18, 2016 By drairwolf Leave a Comment

How does your family make decisions? I’m talking about things like: what kids should wear to school, eat for breakfast,  haircut to get, sport to play, what the family will eat for dinner,  do on the weekend, and do with their free time? Families make a lot of decisions. One study on leadership determined there are 4 main […]

Filed Under: blog, Leadership, Parenting, personality Tagged With: autocratic, consensus, consultive, decision-making, democratic, family, leadership, leadership style, parenting funnel

How Parents Lead (Part 2)

March 7, 2016 By drairwolf Leave a Comment

As a parent, how would you describe your leadership style? I believe parents often downplay their role as a leader in their children’s lives. But, if leadership is influencing others in a particular direction, in order to achieve a particular goal, then there are few things more leader-worthy than parenting. If you are a parent, then you are […]

Filed Under: blog, Parenting, personality Tagged With: blanchard, leadership style, parenting style, situational leadership, sl2

How Parents Lead (Part 1)

March 2, 2016 By drairwolf 1 Comment

As a parent, how would you describe your leadership style? Sometimes you may feel like a jolly clown jovially leading your kids, while other times you may feel like a ferocious wolfman chasing your kids around the house while they scream. Or maybe you feel like the Pillsbury dough boy who giggles whenever his belly […]

Filed Under: blog, Leadership, Parenting Tagged With: autocratic, leadership theory, parenting style, participative, trait

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