Straight from the desk

“Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.” — Joe Louis Come March every year, every team member I have worked with wants a promotion. Very few want to hear the feedback or understand that they have to earn one. And contrary to popular belief, no manager looks forward to telling that talented person that they did not get the rating they hoped for. I have had this conversation more times than I remember, and it never gets easy. But over the years, I've chipped