by Steven Vaughan | May 24, 2021 | Business Management Consulting, Keynote Speaker, Performance Management Consulting, Productivity Improvement, Small Business & Entrepreneur Coach
This is a progressive set of posts. If you have not read the prvious posts, please read the first one here, and the second one here. Once you have your Dream List, and you have asked the “Why” you want to Be, Do or Have the things listed, let’s take...
by Steven Vaughan | May 17, 2021 | Business Management Consulting, Health Care Business Consultant, Keynote Speaker, Performance Management Consulting, Productivity Improvement, Purpose-Driven Organizations, Small Business & Entrepreneur Coach
Way back in the 1970s when I was in elementary school, a common question we were asked was, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I wanted to be an astronaut, or a doctor, or a pilot, or maybe a rock star. I became a Registered Nurse, I have about 30 hours in a...
by Steven Vaughan | May 12, 2021 | Business Management Consulting, Employee Retention Strategies, Keynote Speaker, Performance Management Consulting, Principles of Life
This may shock some of the people (well, outside of my family) who know me, but…uhh…I can get mad sometimes. It isn’t like what I used to be when I was a kid. I had a very short fuse growing up. One of the stories that usually comes up when our family gets...
by Steven Vaughan | Apr 28, 2021 | Keynote Speaker, Performance Management Consulting, Principles of Life
When I was quite young, around 8 or 9 years old, our family was good friends with the pastor of our church. Since my dad was also the custodian of the church, we saw our pastor Rev. Orson Evans on a regular basis. Rev. Evans liked little novelties and tricks, and one...
by Steven Vaughan | Apr 10, 2021 | Keynote Speaker, Performance Management Consulting, Productivity Improvement
When I was 12 years old, my older sister entered me in the Bi-Centennial Celebration hotdog eating contest. At 12 years old I weighed in at about 75lbs soaking wet. I asked my sister why she would enter me into this contest, and her response was, “I’ve seen you eat! I...
by Steven Vaughan | Apr 6, 2021 | Keynote Speaker, Performance Management Consulting, Principles of Life
As a kid, I always wanted to be on stage. Somewhere. Anywhere. I imagined myself hearing the Director announce through his megaphone, “Lights! Camera! ACTION!” That last command set everything in motion. Without that command, and subsequent response to do something,...