Highfill Performance Group

“We’ve always had things this way, and sometimes change is NOT good!” As those words rang through the sanctuary on that called business meeting following the Sunday service, you would have thought we were getting ready to tear down the steeple at the church. Instead, we were discussing changing the hymnals since most of them [...]

My son was telling me last night about a Virginia Tech football tradition that drives home a great point about change. Apparently, when there is a “key play” in the football game, the fans are supposed to take out their car keys and shake them. In the past, people used to have so many keys the sound was a [...]

What the holiday season teaches us about leading change.

Yes, I just fell down on the ice in front of the post office and I mean I FELL –  feet out from under me, landed on my back, made an “ugh” sound as I hit kind of fall down. Trying to get back up was the trick, as people were so busy trying to [...]

I walked through the vast array of gray cubicles, looking at tired faces that seemed to yearn to be anywhere but work. Their phones rang with messages from disgruntled clients, and the employees dreamed of a different job, in a different company, dealing with different customers. I had just left a meeting with leadership who [...]

Watching “It’s a Wonderful Life” the other night reminded me of a couple of important points: I should always have tissues beside me when I watch that movie We can’t stop change from happening, no matter how small our community Bedford Falls is everybody’s Mayberry – a place where everyone knows your name. A place [...]

Watching Glee‘s holiday special on televison last night (I’m a moderate Gleek), I was surprised by the emotion a certain song evoked in me. When the group sang Welcome Christmas from How the Grinch Stole Christmas. My eyes welled with tears, and I remember the courage of Whoville and those who sang with cheer even though they’d [...]