The noise overhead was deafening. I had relocated to the basement as the roofers tore off old and added new. Because of schedule delays, the roofing project careened into a day when I was scheduled to...
Through the lens of fear: Partnering with families
By
Martie Moore
Jan 31, 2021
I remember sitting with her, holding her hand, telling her the same information over and over again. Finally, she lifted her head and said, I hear what you are saying. Within five minutes, she asked me...
I never wanted to run a marathon
By
Martie Moore
Jan 16, 2021
Identifying human need is a critical concept for leaders to consider when thinking of strategies that can be deployed to stabilize and then grow a healthy workplace environment.
Dear Santa, I wasn’t asking for a pandemic…
By
Martie Moore
Dec 16, 2020
Dear Santa, Last year, I started my letter to you by asking for one more moment with my mother. I asked you for the moment to be like it used to be. Little did I know, when I wrote those words, that I...
A viral load of gratitude
By
Martie Moore
Nov 18, 2020
How do you express gratitude for all the people that are working in what is certainly the most challenging of times?
The lens of fear: partnering with families
By
Martie Moore
Oct 21, 2020
We must use courageous leadership and be willing to ask an important question repeatedly to assure we are listening with both head and heart to those we serve.
The new era we live in is not normal, at least not yet
By
Martie Moore
Sep 23, 2020
COVID has poked us in the eyes and said, “I will show you what is normal now …”
Cowboy wisdom — an article not about COVID
By
Martie Moore
Aug 24, 2020
How you lead might have its roots back more than a century to the old West and life on the cattle-driving plains.
Community: The Secret Sauce for today’s needs
By
Martie Moore
Jul 13, 2020
The day I wrote this article, I did so on my mother’s birthday. The first birthday since she passed. I have had a lot of such firsts this year.
Dollar store leadership
By
Martie Moore
Jun 17, 2020
Allow others to offer up solutions that might be unconventional but worthy of consideration, especially in these trying times.