by Leslie Phillips, Chief Executive Officer | Sep 22, 2017
We recently heard Simon Sinek’s messages about empathy. He suggests that to practice empathy in the workplace we must — daily — make the well-being of others (our teammates, our customers, our health inspector, etc.) a conscious, visible, intentional...
by Leslie Phillips, Chief Executive Officer | Aug 29, 2017
When we see or experience two people or two concepts that are silky smooth, fine tuned, natural, beautiful….we may say (or hear), “you know…they’re like Fred and Ginger.” Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers knew how to dance. In Culture...
by Leslie Phillips, Chief Executive Officer | Jul 19, 2017
I love our mantra, Make a Difference Every Day. I love wearing my MG tee shirt that reminds me to set this daily intention and helps me share the message with everyone around me. And yet, sometimes, I fall into the trap of measuring the difference on the wrong scale....
by Leslie Phillips, Chief Executive Officer | Jun 19, 2017
Life will always have contrast to it. Day, night. Joy, grief. Beginner, expert. Hot, cold. Some days we feel like we’re “in the groove” – everything is falling into place and going well. And some days — well — just the opposite....
by Leslie Phillips, Chief Executive Officer | May 19, 2017
“Treat others as you would have them treat you.” That’s a modern adaptation of the Golden Rule and one that we’ve probably heard a number of times throughout our life. It’s an ok model. Certainly better than treating others worse than you...
by Leslie Phillips, Chief Executive Officer | Apr 25, 2017
You can be less wasteful. Guaranteed. Wasteful of what, you might ask. Lots of things. But, let’s start with food. You’ve heard this before: 40% of edible food ends up in the trash. Globally, about 1.3 billion…TONS. So much…it’s...
