August 30, 2008 – 8:05 am
Late last week I sat in on a meeting with about a dozen or so staff who mostly work with adults with mental illness as they discussed the paperwork requirements of their jobs. I was shocked at the RECOVERY movement that was happening in that room! With just a few words being said, it was [...]
August 28, 2008 – 5:13 am
The article below was excerpted from the book, The Essence of Leadership, by Mac Anderson. It is reprinted here with permission.
Not long ago, I had the opportunity to spend some time with best selling author John Maxwell. The conversation turned to how managing your energy can be one of the keys to leadership. John felt [...]
August 25, 2008 – 2:59 pm
July minutes and agenda and August agenda are here. The Recovery Council reviewed the survey they've been developing to help with the Blueprint task of creating a strategy to regularly connect gaps in community resources needed to support consumers in places where consumers regularly gather. The group also brainstormed on how we might pilot using [...]
August 25, 2008 – 5:53 am
Recently, a nurse at Northern Lakes told me about a Web site called RealAge.com. In keeping with the holistic wellness material that the Learning Communities have been going over and will continue to go over, I was thoroughly impressed with this site because of its content.
There's a section you can click on that lets you [...]
August 21, 2008 – 10:55 am
The article below is excerpted from the book Change is Good…You Go First! by Mac Anderson and Tom Feltenstein. It is reprinted here with permission.
Something magic happens when we accept personal responsibility for our behavior and our results.
But, it's not easy, because it's human nature to "pass the buck". I (Mac) know there have been [...]
August 21, 2008 – 10:31 am
Minutes from May and June Recovery Council meetings highlight the progress being made to move Northern Lakes CMH further along to being a truly recovery-oriented system.
One of the topics discussed on the agendas focused on using the REE (Recovery Enhancing Environment) survey by Priscilla Ridgway.
Another involved developing a short "community gaps" questionnaire to use to accomplish [...]
August 18, 2008 – 6:33 am
I was born in 1948 and by the time I was a year old my grandpa was my world. He used to hold me, hug me and rock me. I felt very loved and protected by him. I never got that kind of love from my mom and dad. In 1956, my little world came [...]
August 14, 2008 – 5:32 am
An excerpt from Walk the Talk by Eric Harvey and Steve Venture
Think of someone you know who is "a person of good character." Lock his or her image in your mind. Now take a moment to reflect on the things this person says and does…the personal characteristics that make him or her a role model [...]
