Leave Your Attitude at the Door by Russ Miller Strife happens in life. It’s almost a guarantee. It happens in every business, like when somebody gets a new position in a company and brings his or her own agenda. And conflicts can happen when you have on horse blinders in a specific situation, or when you try to force ideas into every situation. Usually this is based on ego or personal politics, and problems arise when people don’t like listening to the opinions of others. It can be a common source of tension in team efforts, like a band, when one member’s ego nudges that person to try to take over the direction of the entire unit. In this column, I’m going to address two ways that we often attempt to force our ideas into a playing situation. My Way or the Highway! I recently played in the house band […]

July 2015 Issue