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Biography on the first Master of Union Lodge No. 7 in Junction City, Kansas and Lafayette Lodge No. 16 in Manhattan, KS. Also includes short biographical information on three additional Kansas Masons.

Right-Minded Teamwork (RMT) is an intelligent and empowering teamwork system. It is for everyone, everywhere, forever. Apply RMT, and you will improve your work processes and strengthen your relationships, achieve 100% customer satisfaction, and you make the world a better place. This book is primarily intended as a resource for leaders and facilitators. But it is also much more than that. This book teaches two significant Right-Minded Teamwork (RMT) concepts: The RMT Myth, a short tale that presents the underlying teamwork philosophy, and 2) The RMT team-building process. The RMT Myth is a short, simple story. It follows three characters: Reason, Ego, and you, the Decision-Maker. The Myth illustrates the Right-Minded Teamwork philosophy, sort of like an aspirational thought system. Unlike the story about Reason, Ego, and the Decision-Maker, the RMT process is no myth. It is practical, deliberate, and reliable. The RMT process is a set of interconnected, team-building methods that together form a self-perpetuating, continuous improvement system. It allows you to integrate the aspirations of the RMT Myth into your team in a way that helps you achieve your business goals. Why Consider RMT? There are three common team-building practices: education, games, and social events. None of these approaches is effective. Still, many well-meaning team leaders continue to use them because they do not realize there is a better way. A real-world approach to team building is the better way. Right-Minded Teamwork is a real-world, team-building process. The future of RMT... As I write this, RMT is, to my knowledge, the only model of its kind. However, I pray that it is not unique and that real-world methodologies become the prevailing team-building approach around the world one day. I'm optimistic this future is on its way. I believe that as more people like you understand and embrace this superior approach to creating stronger teams, we will see less and less of those ineffective approaches. I also believe in a better future for teams because I know I'm not alone in wishing for it. For decades, my clients expressed the same desire. They were changed by our work together and what they learned, and they went on to share RMT's concepts and principles with others. Through them, the ripple effect began. Through you, it will continue. Together, we will build better teams: teams that do no harm, get work done and work as one. Dan Hogan

The Right Choice Model helps your team make the conscious choice to follow your team's RIGHT attitudes and behaviors. The model teaches accountable teammate attitudes and work behaviors. The model is printed on your computer and given to teammates. It is a tool for leaders and facilitators. It plays a critical role in Right-Minded Teamwork.Hello, I am Dan Hogan and it is an honor to introduce you to Right-Minded Teamwork's Right Choice Model. This real-world teaching aid has improved teams worldwide. What Is "Right" in Right-Minded Teamwork (RMT)? RMT has nothing to do with right-brain thinking or right-wing viewpoints. It has everything to do with what your team, together, decides is "right." Your team's choices, identified collectively, define your team's Right-Minded attitudes and work behaviors. The "right" way is the way you choose is right for your team. The Right Choice Model consists of two parts. The first part is a graphic illustration that depicts an "upper loop" and "lower loop." The second part of the Model is an important, Right-Minded question you will use when difficult situations arise.As you will see in the model, the upper loop describes Right-Minded accountability, and the lower loop defines wrong-minded victimization. The definition of Right-Minded accountability and the important, Right-Minded question, found on the back of the Right Choice cards, are the tools you use to move you and your teammates back into your Right Minds.Right Choice promotes the concept that every person has free will. Free will means you are 100% responsible for how you respond to every situation, circumstance, and event that happens.When difficult team situations occur, you either: 1. act as an ally, choosing to demonstrate accountable, responsible, and Right-Minded behaviors2. choose to be adversarial, react to the difficult situation by becoming a victim or victimizer, and demonstrate wrong-minded behaviorsWrong choices lead to victimization, blame, and punishment among teammates. They guarantee solutions are not found because teammates are too busy pointing fingers at others and defending themselves. Right-Minded Choices are the only sane response to challenging team situations. Why? Because teammates who demonstrate the Right actions and behaviors find real solutions to their problems.Overview of the book. First, we will discuss pivotal concepts including choice, intuition, mindfulness, and the Unified Circle of Right-Minded Thinking. Next, we will learn the three options for applying the model. After that, you'll find a broader explanation of the Right Choice concepts, including two application methods. You'll also discover a list of 30 Right-Minded Teamwork attitudes and behaviors. This is a useful resource list of behavioral concepts that your team can adapt and then adopt. Next, a robust list of other applications. Finally, two more sections of interest: Everything Else About the Right Choice Model and a complete Glossary of Right-Minded Teamwork Terms & Resources.Apply the Right Choice Model in your team and you will create and sustain Right-Minded Teamwork.

This book and the online training program - I'll tell you about the training in the book - will teach you how to design practical, powerful workshops using Right-Minded Teamwork's 12 Steps formula. The 12-step process includes three phases: 1. Contract: Designing the workshop (Steps 1-9)2. Commence: Facilitating the workshop (Step 10)3. Carry On: Keeping up the momentum (Steps 11-12) In the thirty-five years of my team-building career, I facilitated over 500 teams in seven countries. I worked with many of those teams for several years. I used this process every time. Even though they may not have even recognized I was applying these steps; every team leader appreciated the structure and thoroughness of this process. As a result, we consistently designed workshops that teammates could not wait to attend because they knew they were going to get real work done. And they did In our book, Right-Minded Teamwork in Any Team: The Ultimate Team Building Method to Create a Team That Works as One, I shared the following RMT definition. Right-Minded Teamwork (RMT) is a business-oriented, psychological approach to team building where acceptance, forgiveness and adjustment are teammate characteristics and 100% customer satisfaction is the team's result. When you apply the 12 steps in designing your workshops, you practically guarantee teammates will strengthen their ability to accept, forgive and adjust to challenging team situations. At the same time, they increase their likelihood of achieving 100% customer satisfaction. As an RMT Facilitator, your specialty is team transformations. Whether you're new to facilitation or continuing to build your team-building toolkit, add RMT to your practice today. There's no reason not to: All parts of Right-Minded Teamwork, including these 12-Steps, are available for your use. There are no licensing or certification requirements. I know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that RMT and these 12-Steps are right for every team, everywhere, forever. If you use them, they will help make your client team(s) and the world a better place. As you do, you will do your part to make the world a better place for everyone, everywhere, forever.Let's get started now.Dan Hogan

Achieve Your Company Goals with a Team Management SystemFor an organization to achieve its vision, mission, and strategic objectives, everyone must do their part. But without a Team Management System (TMS), it can be challenging to keep teams moving in the same direction. A strong TMS ensures attitudes and work behaviors are aligned throughout your organization. Your TMS calls on each team to set performance goals aligned with the enterprise's strategic objectives. Every quarter, teams report progress towards achieving stated goals.Why Use Right-Minded Teamwork's TMS Model?In this book, you will learn the Right-Minded Teamwork (RMT) approach to implementing a Team Management System. As you follow this four-phase plan, you will align teammate attitudes and work behaviors with company values to produce results. Within the first six to 12 months, your TMS will begin paying for itself. Within the first year, your TMS will demonstrate consistent, enterprise-wide gains. In this book, you will find detailed guidance on implementing all four phases. You will also find operation agreements, charters, and specific actions to take for the first 90 days and beyond.Here's How RMT's Team Management System WorksTMS is much like your employee performance management system but on a team level. Every team in the enterprise sets performance goals that align with and help achieve the enterprise's strategic plan. Every quarter, each team measures and reports its actual progress towards achieving those goals. The following teams should be initially involved in establishing the organization's TMS: Executive Leadership, TMS Steering Team, and Internal team-building facilitators. Eventually, the TMS is rolled out across the organization, and all teams participate.Phase 1 - Executive Leadership launches TMS. Here RMT is implemented in the executive team; RMT is adopted as the enterprise's standard teamwork process and Executives establish a Steering Team that will start up and initially manage the TMS.Phase 2 - Steering Team creates, organizes, and pilots the TMS. Here the Steering Team creates the enterprise's startup TMS, chooses team facilitators, pilots the startup TMS in a few teams, and fine-tunes the TMS in preparation for a broader enterprise rollout.Phase 3 - Measure performance and roll out the TMS to all teams. Within three to four months after startup, the first quarterly TMS results are reported, The TMS is rolled out to more teams within the first 12 to 18 months and within 24 months, TMS quarterly reports demonstrate beneficial enterprise results.Phase 4 - Continue TMS for growth and sustainability. The Steering Team is transformed into a stable growth and management phase with the executive team's support and guidance.Benefits: Why Establish an RMT-Based Team Management System?When an enterprise has a strong Team Management System, you increase the likelihood that every team is aligned with the enterprise's strategic plan, thus operating with focused clarity. This enterprise-wide alignment ensures all teams are pulling the organization in the same direction. Consequently, the organization regularly achieves a higher percentage of its strategic goals year over year. Within the first six to 12 months, RMT's version of a TMS will begin paying for itself. Within the first 18 to 24 months, TMS will report consistent and demonstrable enterprise-wide results. These results, when communicated internally, will foster employee motivation and pride. When communicated externally, the enterprise's reputation and stature increase.Start your journey today, and achieve enterprise-wide success with RMT's Team Management System.

This thought jolted the mind and future of Lizzie McDonough, when a heartbreaking tragedy shattered her life and her hometown of Colton in the Idaho territory. Her world in disarray, Lizzie is driven on a epic journey to find justice in a land of chaos here in her northwestern frontier of the 1870's. Is her enemy her real enemy? Is her friend her real friend? Lizzie finds shocking answers when her searching brings her back home. Come along with Lizzie and her heroic horse, Styx, and feel with her the joys and sorrows, the elation and despair, the peace and the anguish of her gut-wrenching journey to find justice. Join her, as she pulls strength from deep within her to keep going along a difficult and dangerous trail.