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Simon Sinek is an unshakable optimist who believes in a bright future and our ability to build it together. Simon's WHY is to inspire people to do what inspires them so that, together, each of us can change our world for the better. If you're leading a team or an organization, start with WHY. Remember that “People don't buy WHAT you do; they buy WHY you do it.” The most effective leaders always win the heart first, and then the mind. And the only chance you have to win the he

Do you find yourself searching for that post-it-note, the one that has a “parking lot” list of projects, you hope to achieve one day? Over the past eight months, I have had the pleasure of serving as an “Interim, Director of Human Resource and Risk Management” for a special district in Oregon. Within the first couple of days on the job, I cleaned off a whiteboard, and wrote down “HR Parking Lot”. This was going to be my project list, which I had eagerly assigned to myse