Your Work Culture Matters
We’ve worked hard over the years to make CCB Technology a great place to work. It has taken time, energy and intentionality.
It didn’t happen overnight.
We have had some tough years, especially the ones during what has now been coined as, “The Great Resignation” in 2021 when a lot of employees were quitting their jobs for gree...
Your people want to know what you’re talking about. Donald Miller has two phrases that I quote often, “no one will follow you into a fog” and “if you confuse, you’ll lose.”
Practicing Resilience in the Face of Trials
Due to unfortunate genetics (mine), my eight-year-old son has been required to wear a very conspicuous orthodontic device day and night. It’s officially called a headgear and consists of a metal bar over his face, connecting a pad on his forehead to a pad on his chin. It pulls his upper jaw forward, ensuring that his bite will be aligned, and...
Overcoming Fear
While on a plane from Denver to Milwaukee, I had the pleasure of watching the movie King Richard, the story of Venus and Serena Williams who both became world champion tennis players thanks to the perseverance and tenacity of their father. He dreamt of their success when they were young and pushed them to colossal heights never reached by any other female athlete.
I w...
Leading Through Change
In March of 2020, I boarded a plane to Florida, six months pregnant and toting two toddlers. We were going to see my parents and spend a couple days in the sun, away from the doldrums of the gray winter of the North. A few days later, I sat on the porch with my parents, in the light of the Floridian sunset, discussing whether I could make it back home to my husba...
How Constant Challenge leads to Success
Comfortable is a great word to describe the living room of your home. It’s a great word to describe the driver’s seat of your car, your bank account or the state of your newborn baby. Comfortable is NOT a great word to describe your business.
If someone asks you how business is going, and you beam and say that its comfortable then y...
Choosing positivity and encouragement
I recently sat in a meeting where those in leadership roles spoke very poorly to one another. Their tones were snippy, their responses were short, and their questions sounded loaded like large rifles ready to discharge should the answer cause even the slightest bit of frustration. I felt all the positive air in the room slowly leak out like a balloon pri...
Doing business at your own pace
My daughter is going off to college in the Fall and while I’m so proud of her for taking the opportunity to leave home and grow, I’m also sad to say that she’s going all the way to Ohio. It’s a small Christian school that she loves and it’s within driving distance, but it does require driving through Chicago. On a recent trip...
Picking Your Word for 2025
When my oldest son was born, my husband and I picked a few words to speak over him at bedtime every night. We chose simple concepts with deep meaning. We hoped the repetition and intention would plant seeds in him that would one day yield a person who was grounded, confident and capable. We trusted God would take our words and use them to help turn our son into ...
