Glenn Shepard’s Personal Blog

1. Anna Major says:

June 29, 2010 at 7:57 am

Glenn, your article today is so right on target! Thanks for reminding us not to give up and to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps to get the job accomplished!!! Good luck with the pending house buying, have a great week out on the road but more importantly, have even a better time with your beautiful bride in the Bahamas! If anyone I know needs a vacation, it is you. It has been a rough two months for you and to get away and just focus on the two of you is a great thing. Can’t think of a more beautiful place to go! Just praying that no storms come that way while you are there!!! I think you’ve have enough rain to last you a while!

Take care and may God continue to bless you!

1. Leah Morrison says:

June 29, 2010 at 8:19 am

Glenn,

You are completely right – there never is a good time.

Thank you for continuing to inspire us during the disaster unfolding at your office. I would come over and help you hang dry wall if TN weren’t so far from IA. We have not forgotten what the 2008 floods did to everyone here, and I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy!

And thank you to your employees for hanging in there and keeping on keeping on during the clean up. Work wouldn’t be the same without a frequent dose of Glenn Shepard common sense!

Leah Morrison
Waterloo, IA

1. Ann Moilanen says:

June 29, 2010 at 8:22 am

Glen, I need to let you know that your email today made me chuckle. I just returned from a family vacation to a weeks worth of work waiting for me. Reading about how you react to adversary events is encouraging and I love the method you write about them. Congrats on the new house.
The sun is shining in St Cloud, Minnesota.

Ann

1. Julie says:

June 29, 2010 at 9:05 am

Awesome article today, Glenn. We’re facing the same challenges with planting soybeans in western Illinois. After farming for 29 years, one of the many things we’ve learned is you have to dust yourself off and keep going each day hoping for a better tomorrow. Enjoy the sunshine. Enjoy those around you.

I like this quote I recently read: “Time flies. It’s up to you to be the navigator.” Robert Orban

Sounds like you’ve got your map out and ready for the next adventure. Good luck and hang in there.

1. Beth says:

June 29, 2010 at 9:55 am

Way to keep your chin up- enjoy the much needed vacation!

1. Tracie Schofield says:

June 29, 2010 at 11:33 am

Hello from Montgomery, AL. The weather is expected to be nice here tomorrow but remember that there is always a change for a quick thunderstorm. Hope you have a wonderful time while you are here. Montgomery welcomes you!

1. Terry Wiegand says:

June 29, 2010 at 12:56 pm

Thanks Glenn. For those of us who are phlegmatic in nature and have a tendency to “count the cost” and decide it’s not worth it, I appreciate the “do it anyway” because it IS worth it.

Terry
Springfield, MO

1. Terry McCann says:

June 29, 2010 at 4:38 pm

It’s funny isn’t it how things sometimes just ‘fall into place’. You battled trying to get that first house. But it wasn’t to be. Then your office gets flooded and you’re struggling to keep your spirits up. Everything is going wrong – or so it seems. Then suddenly, the clouds disperse, the sun coms out and you find the most perfect house on a hill?
Congratulations to you Glen and your most beautiful Bride. You guys certainly deserve it.

Julie says:
June 22, 2010 at 8:22 am
Glenn, I find your writing very compelling and common sense. I wish you had a “share it on Facebook” button on your blogs. On the other hand, I realize it’s your property!

I’d sure like to share your common sense with some folks on Facebook who could use it!

Thanks, Glenn.
Dave Smith says:
June 22, 2010 at 8:52 am
GREAT commentary today, Glenn, rife with truth, substantive support, and wonderfully expressed! Thank you!!!

Penny Gray says:
June 22, 2010 at 9:27 am
Wow!
I just listened to that commencement speech (TED.com) last night sitting out on our deck pondering work choices. You must love what you do, and do what you are passionate about!

Thanks for sharing this story!
Penny

Roger Hause says:
June 22, 2010 at 1:14 pm
I really do enjoy my job its just that most of the time my boss does not work as close as we could together.

Terry Wiegand says:
June 22, 2010 at 1:54 pm
As I do with so many of your insights, Glenn, I love this one also.
Especially Rush and Elton appreciating and enjoying each other even
if they are diametrically opposed in many of their views.

Terry
Springfield, MO

LISA says:
June 22, 2010 at 2:07 pm
Love IT!!

Glenn,

It does not surprise me that you kept your cool and directed your people under pressure. After having heard you spoke several times here on campus, I believe that you could have even done Rudie’s job on Sept. 11!! You are awsome, inspiring and know just what makes people tick. I look forward to your next visit to our campus to hear just how things went for you and yours down there in your homeland after the flooding. Hope you and your lovely bride didn’t have too difficult at time at home during that time …

Tracy Walters

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Glenn,

I don’t think you lied to your employees. You responded in a decisive manner, and that’s what your employees were looking for! Employees want to know the direction we need to go, the boundaries we need to work within and the deadline we need to meet and we’ll get the job done.

I’m envious of your employees! What a wonderful leader they have!

-Michelle

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Thanks Glenn for your honesty and transparancy – they speak volumes about you as a leader and bring hope and encouragement to those of us who may feel as if we could never mearsure to your caliber of leadership.

Terry Wiegand
Springfield, MO

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Glenn,

You absolutely ROCK with your wisdom. I am blessed to call you my mentor. Your ipartation of knowledge and experience has enhanced my life! You, Rebecca, and the rest of the crew remain in my prayers as you rise above the chaos.

Adrienne Windley
Des Moines, IA

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Most my business friends tease me the joke is “Leslie attends the Leadership Church of Glenn Shepard!” :-}

It’s not unusual to hear me say- Glenn says……

Of course I am the same with Dr. Oz!

Leslie J. Baugh

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Bravo!

Rebecca at Heartland Home Care, Inc.
Kearney, Nebraska
Vermillion, South Dakota
 

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Truly words of wisdom. Congratulations on getting through the initial stages of cleanup and reorganization. I know you and your staff will have everything back on track in no time.

Rhonda Stretch

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