by Henry Chidgey | Sep 24, 2026 | Leadership
There is an old idea about managing people that still hangs around more than it ought to. Get people dependent enough on the paycheck and they will work harder. Encourage them to buy the bigger house. The new truck. Take on more debt. Raise their lifestyle. Then they...
by Henry Chidgey | Sep 10, 2026 | Leadership, T.R.I.P.
Here’s a question for you this morning. If you’re leading people, do you really want them to become good enough that they don’t need you anymore? I mean really don’t need you. They can make the decision. They can deal with the problem. They can...
by Henry Chidgey | Aug 27, 2026 | Leadership
Discernment, Self-Command, and Knowing What Is Yours to Do There is a lot of advice these days about protecting your peace. Don’t argue with unreasonable people. Don’t waste your time trying to change somebody’s mind. Don’t let another person’s behavior control your...
by Henry Chidgey | Aug 13, 2026 | Leadership
Have you ever looked at your crew and wondered why certain behaviors keep showing up? The complaining. The finger-pointing. The shortcuts. The frustration. The lack of accountability. And eventually, many leaders begin asking: “Why does my crew keep acting this way?”...
by Henry Chidgey | Jul 30, 2026 | Leadership
What My Own Transcripts Taught Me About Teaching By Henry Chidgey Fifty-plus years of leading people. Switchman at eighteen. Running a hundred-and-twenty-five-person locomotive maintenance plant before I was thirty. A thousand people under my watch before I turned...
