Highfill Performance Group

Not one football team in the history of the world has been given a Superbowl ring for NOT winning the Superbowl. If you want to transform your team in 2012 and get different results, then you have to keep your eye on performance and be willing to make the tough decisions to get to your goal. [...]

My dad was in a hospital bed, gasping for the last few breaths he would experience on this earth. I watched him from a small distance, amazed by how unattached I felt to this body, this person, who had meant so much to me.

Sometimes delayed flights are the greatest gift. No, I wasn’t initially happy when yet another delay was announced, nor when I first anticipated four hours of dragging my roller bag through a crowded airport. Next, the fire alarm system was tested every five minutes with blaring noise and lights. We’re told to disregard it by a woman on a [...]

A recent visit to Tampa Bay to work with a friend and his special operations team provided a moment that I will never forget. As I was leading our team-building session, an officer came in and announced that the funeral procession of a soldier from the base that had lost his life in Afghanistan would [...]

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 [...]

Since I am a Change Leader, many of you might think that traditions aren’t high on my list. You would be completely wrong. Traditions are like the rocks that slow down the white water of change, giving us something to hold onto when the current gets to be too much. The holidays provide us with this [...]

 “A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams” – Proverb Quotes She hobbles onto the stage, bringing with her eighty years of memories and, potentially, many years of regrets. But somehow, when you hear her laugh, see her eyes sparkle and listen to her say “I’ve had a great [...]