KCSpeaks

As people we wear rose colored glasses for the most important people in your lives. The number one person we do this for is ourselves. This is why some people are stuck on the side of the #Improve2019 road. There is a large boulder sitting in the middle of the road and it is something internal. Everyone on the side of the road can see it, but you cannot. The way to eliminate it is to acknowledge it and slowly the boulder will move towards the side of the road.   Discussing a personal barrier to success as a large rock seems harsh, but for those of us in workforce development we know the secret to success is usually internal.   We also know that until a person actually knows and deals with that real thing, everything else will be going in circles. Most often someone cannot deal with that barrier until someone intervenes. I hate to use the word intervention. That does not really describe what is necessary. It is rather a care and concern conversation from one individ...

In the land of workforce development, we constantly called upon to assist others on the journey to improvement. I often wonder why some people are better at assisting people than others. Why are some people so motivating? What is it about some people that makes people hear and understand advice and council?   In looking at these people in my personal and professional life, I notice they all have one thing in common. It is their journey. Workforce development like many other social services has people that are relatable to the customer base. Many people that work in the industry have experience being unemployed. This is the relatable factor. It means that the person someone is working with is credible in the eyes of the person receiving the service.   Diving deeper at these relatable individuals, it makes you wonder if an individual can truly be successful with others until they are successful with themselves. For example, a single mother working two jobs struggl...