Blog tagged as Salvation Army
Doing The Salvation Army the Barnes & Nobles Way
In 2018 a columnist in the New Your Times expressed concerns over the development in Barnes & Nobles, the largest chain of bookstores in the US. He found it ‘depressing to imagine that more than 600 Barnes & Noble stores might si...
As you enter a new appointment you are not beginning a new book. There already exists a book where you are going, and many chapters have been written before you arrived. Rather, you now need to become part of that ongoing story. For that to happen you need to be accepted into the story by the people...
Communication is not always easy and it does not help when several languages are involved. Lost in Translation is not just a movie, it is a common reality when different languages and cultures interact. The Salvation Army abounds with stories of translation going wrong, creating amusing situations, ...
‘Hallelujah’ was my response on the phone, when I heard it was the CS at the other end. We had just completed an inspirational seminar for officers, and I thought she was calling to thank me for my participation in arranging it. I must admit my mood changed somewhat when she replied ‘Let’s hope it i...
There is a word I struggle with. Well, when you live and work in a country where you don’t speak the language, there are actually a lot of words you struggle with, but this word is different. I can pronounce it and I understand the meaning of it, so that is not the problem. Actually it is not the wo...