Aricle from 269 Magazine: Story: Cathy Knapp Images: Barry Elz It’s no secret that happier, healthier employees are more productive and fewer days absent than their less positive counterparts. Nutritious snacks offered around the office and fun activities are obvious choices to engage a workforce—so too is volunteerism. Getting out of the day-to-day work environment to volunteer builds teams when …
WF Pride: Positive Attitude and Passion for Life and Work
Bella, our year and a half old Black Lab, is an amazing dog that loves to fetch and retrieve everything. She gets so excited to return a golf ball, a Frisbee, or a training device. I have spent countless hours working with her and training her as a bird dog to retrieve ducks, geese and pheasants. Since she is still …
WF Pride: Focus on Unity and Humility
For well over two years now, I have been writing these weekly blogs centered in and around our core values as a company. I follow them in order each week as I go down the WF- PRIDE acronym. How ironic that this week’s blog is on unity and humility, at a time where we see our big cities protesting and …
WF Pride: Willingness and Desire to Sacrifice and Serve
Today’s families are under constant stress; we are overwhelmed by technology, distracted by entertainment, and constantly running to sports and play practices. We seem to always be in a hurry going from one activity to the next. We know we are hurried because we wake up with ongoing fatigue that never seems to go away. Our hurried lives often drive …
WF Pride: Excel in Communication
I was in awe as we pulled into the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in San Diego, California last week to watch my son, Cameron, graduate from Marine Boot Camp. The size and scope of the base was unbelievable – it was a city within a city – as nearly 5000 recruits along with drill instructors, officers, and their families …
WF Pride: Discipline and Accountability
When I was a young kid I dreamed of being an NFL quarterback. I used to pretend I was Dan Marino leading the Miami Dolphins to a last second victory over my brother’s favorite team – the Pittsburg Steelers. As I grew older, I realized that it wasn’t going to come true. I was too short, too slow, not athletic …
WF Pride: Integrity
It’s an interesting political season – and that’s a huge understatement. It’s pretty sad really that these two, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, are our choices for President of the United States. So much dishonesty, so many lies, partial truths, and half-truths, to go alongside topics such as taxes, deleting emails, Benghazi, national security, building a wall, race, poverty, education, …
WF Pride: Recognition and Respect of Others
Why is it that the first time we meet someone we always ask what they do for a living? Does it make a difference to us what they do? It shouldn’t. But sadly enough it seems like it does. Whether we admit it or not, people tend to put more value in certain jobs and professions and less in others. …
WF Pride: Positive Attitude and Passion for Life and Work
‘We don’t stop laughing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop laughing.’ I saw this little inspiration quote last week and couldn’t stop thinking about it. It makes me think of the laughter of children. They have no care in the world, are stress free and love life. Remember when you were a little kid and you …
WF Pride: Focus on Unity and Humility
A few years ago, I took my first ever trip to the eye doctor. I wasn’t sure what the trouble was, but my eyes were bugging me. I always had great vision. I was even told at one time that I had better than normal vision. I could spot geese and ducks flying in the air from miles away. I …