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Welcome to Turbo Leadership System's Blog

For over 20 years, Larry W. Dennis, Sr. has written a weekly leadership insights post. Please enjoy and forward to others to read and enjoy.
Each Tuesday, we post a 500-word true story from leaders just like you. Benefit from what they’ve learned.

The Risk of Growing

September 6th, 2016|

Several years ago, our son, Larry Jr. and I visited Sea World, the life-size aquarium on the Seattle boardwalk. While I was there, I learned some interesting things about the hard shell lobster. Before that day, learning how lobsters grow had never been high on my list of priorities.

Old-Fashioned Customer Service

August 30th, 2016|

Just wanted to share with you an incident I was involved with yesterday, and the outcome. A resident on one of our projects in North Portland posted a comment to Facebook and I commented on it. Here is the exchange:

Involve Your Crew to Stay on Track

August 23rd, 2016|

Over the last few weeks, my crew have brought to my attention that some of the proper tools and materials needed to perform the day's work were not getting loaded into the crew vehicles and delivered to our job sites.

The Impossible Dream

August 16th, 2016|

On March 19, 1996, my wife, Sylvia, and my youngest son, Joseph, watched as I walked down the aisle to receive my engineering degree.

The Sound of Silence

August 9th, 2016|

At the conclusion of a full, challenging day with the Board of Directors of one of our client organizations, I asked Mike, one of my partners who has co-facilitated dozens, if not hundreds, of events with me over the past 5 years...

Taking Responsibility Grows Confidence

August 2nd, 2016|

In 2008 I was working for a masonry sub-contractor on the construction of a large grocery store in Puyallup, WA. As the walls got higher, we began asking for information...

Full Engagement Beats the Bid

July 26th, 2016|

The Newberg Dundee bypass is a very important project for our company. One of my Foremen on the project was not fully engaged.

Brain Overload

July 19th, 2016|

Last week I was sitting at my computer looking at the week ahead. It was Friday and I was really thinking that I was going to have to work Saturday.

Find Your Super Power

July 12th, 2016|

In 1983 I was working as a security officer at Bi-Mart in Ontario, Oregon. I was casually pushing a shopping cart through the store, acting as if I were shopping, when I noticed a very handsome man in the cigarette aisle.

Think Outside the Pipe

July 5th, 2016|

We landed a project in Dundee, OR, to replace the existing 18" concrete sewer pipe with 24" PVC. The existing sewer pipe line included a section that was directly under an existing power line