What's EBAR?

Dear family,

We had pizza for dinner tonight before my staff meeting.  It wasn't bad, but I think I hear a bowl of cold cereal calling for me. I love you all and hope tomorrow is amazing!

Love,

Dad

Tuesday, January 26, 2021
8:56 pm

It's been a couple of good days.  Yesterday was Mark's birthday and his P-day.  It was nice to visit with him.  He's developing so many attributes and skills.  It's a delight to see, even from several states away. He's dealing successfully with challenges and learning to rely on the Holy Ghost in ways that I'm still trying to figure out.  Nice.

Last night before FHE Jessie was helping the little kids try to do headstands.  None of them were proficient, but it was fun to watch them work together, laughing at their attempts and celebrating the small successes.  FHE was nice.  Spencer asked me to tell how I proposed to Julie for our family story.  That was fun and extended into a longer tale with both of us sharing some memories.  Good times.  We didn't get to sleep until late, so I slept in until 6:00 this morning.

I spent most of the day today getting ready for this evening's staff meeting.  I am pleased with how it went.  We focused on a management/leadership technique called EBAR – Experiences influence what we Believe.  What we Believe influences our Actions, which then drive Results.  And none of us can give beliefs, actions, or results to another person.  The only thing we can do is provide experiences, trying to provide them in a way that reinforces the beliefs that will lead to desired actions and ultimately results.  There were several good comments from some of my employees.  It was interesting to me to see how people engaged differently.  This will help me as I work to design our staffing configuration with our new Springville office.

Everyone at work was very pleased when our meeting ended 8 minutes ahead of schedule, and everyone at home was even more pleased when I got home 10 minutes early.  Under-promise and over-deliver.  Key to happiness.  Mom spent some time here this evening since I was gone late.  Everyone seemed very happy to have her here.  I'm sure glad she could spend time to help Julie.

Thankful: I'm grateful that tonight's meeting went well. I think it helped lay a foundation for changes we need.

Ministering: I can't identify anything special I did today, but I tried to be an example of consideration for my employees.

More later…

We're going to have TWO pipers!