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Message Winners!Western Hardwood Association2025Design CompetitionMike Lipke, WHA Board of Directors, Trilllium Wood Products, awards Best Design to U of O student Jamis GullyMike Lipke, WHA Board of Directors, Trilllium Wood Products, awards Best Design & Build to Oregon State student Mo Baumgarten Manager's Moments pg 3Design Compeon: pg 8June 2025
2Q uote for the Month"Success and protability are outcomes of focusing on customers and employees, not objecves” – Jack MaGet Ready for the 2025 WHA Get Ready for the 2025 WHA Annual Convenon!Annual Convenon!Join us August 18–20 at the Heathman Lodge in Vancouver, WA for the WHA Annual Convenon—our biggest event of the year! Enjoy a dynamic speaker lineup (Aug. 19), sponsor perks, and networking through golf (Aug. 18) and salmon shing (Aug. 20). Support our mission by donang to or bidding in the silent aucon (via app), live aucon, and bucket rae—help us hit our goal of 40+ donaons! Proceeds benet WHA scholarships and hardwood promoon. Register now - and consider becoming a sponsor—packages include free registraons, year-long ads, and high-prole exposure! www.westernhardwood.org/2025In this issue:* Upcoming Events* Quote for the Month* Outlook* Manager's Moments* Hardwood Federaon Update* News* Member Highlight* MovaonNo. 675June 2025WHA Board of Directors - OcersTeana Larson PresidentLouie Guyee Vice PresidentVernadel Peterson TreasurerAaron Blumenkron Immediate Past PresidentWHA Board of Directors - Board MembersSco ClarkAdam DupliseaMarlin LangworthySco LeavengoodMike LipkeBrad MichaelRyan PetersonDennis SandersDavid SweitzerSecretary/ManagerPO Box 1894Bale Ground, WA 98604Ph: (360) 835-1600Web: www.westernhardwood.orgEmail: wha@westernhardwood.orgUpcoming Events June 5, 2025Washington Hardwoods CommissionAnnual Symposiumwww.wahardwoodscomn.comJune 19, 2025WHA Golf Classicwha@westernhardwood.orgAugust 18-20, 2025WHA Annual Conventionwha@westernhardwood.orgOctober 1-3, 2025NHLA Annual Conventionhttps://nhla.com/convention/nhla-annual-convention/
3OutlookWhite Oak remains the most in-demand species on the West Coast, where sources report mixed sales acvity—some seeing strong markets, while others note sales are steady but below expectaons. In Washington one lumber representave reported that sales are steady but below expectaons, with Poplar and Ri White Oak leading demand. His company supplies distribuon yards and millwork shops, where early-year opmism has faded, and sales are waning. Tari uncertainty has halted imports, disrupted planning, and created industry-wide hesitaon, though he remains condent in the company’s ability to adapt and navigate the challenges ahead.A California lumberman shared that his sales have remained steady over the past six months, operang on an order-to-order basis. White Oak is currently his top-selling species, followed by Hickory and Walnut. He supplies end-use manufacturers, distributors, and ooring companies, many of whom have reported rising sales recently. While unsure of potenal tari impacts, he remains opmisc that both his business and his customers’ acvity will connue to grow this year..An lumber spokesperson in Oregon reported steady sales and a strong market, with Poplar currently the top seller due to its paint-grade quality, while White Oak remains most in demand. His company supplies cabinet, furniture, and door and drawer manufacturers, though he’s observed fewer customers as more components are outsourced. Labor challenges persist despite improvement, and while they don’t trade lumber internaonally, taris on imported products like plywood may impact their market.M anager's Moments Dave SweitzerSecretary/Manager, WHADesign Contest and Scholarship Review: Invesng in Future TalentThe recent compleon of our annual design contest and the rigorous grading of scholarship applicaons mark another successful chapter in our commitment to nurturing the next generaon of creave professionals. Each year, these iniaves spotlight the incredible talent, innovaon, and dedicaon of students across the region—and this year was no excepon.The design contest drew a record number of submissions, showcasing fresh ideas and bold perspecves that rearm the importance of culvang creavity early. Simultaneously, our scholarship commiee undertook the careful evaluaon of deserving applicants, weighing not just academic merit, but passion, resilience, and vision.These programs are more than compeons—they are lifelines for emerging talent. They provide recognion, nancial assistance, and a pathway into the professional world. But none of this would be possible without the unwavering support from our hardwood community.Sponsorships and aucon donaons for our annual convenon play a pivotal role in funding these programs. Money raised goes to supporng students—through awards, scholarships, and resources that help turn their ambions into achievements. These contribuons are not just investments in individuals, but in the future of our industry.We extend our hearelt thanks to all sponsors, donors, and volunteers who are helping make this year’s eorts a success. If you haven't already become an Annual Convenon sponsor, please review the sponsorship levels in this magazine and contribute today. Also, this year's Annual Convenon August 18-20, 2025 in Vancouver, WA is gearing up to be the most successful convenon in terms of the aucon - live, bucket rae, on-line bidding, and bump contest. So, use the informaon in this magazine to contribute an aucon donaon. As we look ahead, we invite connued and new support to ensure that our programs grow stronger and more impacul each year. Together, we’re shaping the future—one student at a me.Update from Hardwood FederaonDana Cole, Execuve DirectorMay 2025 - Fly-In 2025For three days in May, more than seventy (70) U.S. hardwood industry execuves made the rounds on Capitol Hill…and beyond…in support of federal policies and legislaon that would benet the industry. They also spoke out against those policies that could hurt the sector’s ability to sustain and grow. It total, we visited with over 100 members of Administraon and Congress. Despite some rainy and overcast days, parcipants energecally went about the business of advocang for their companies, their workers, and the overall hardwood sector.On Tuesday, members of the Hardwood Federaon Board of Directors met with ocials from the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Trade Representave’s Oce, and the White House. With twenty-two (22) members of the Federaon and the HFPAC Board, we
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6had full rooms and great representaon from a wide spectrum of the industry. During these meengs, Board members focused their comments in ways to educate Administraon ocials about the complexity of the U.S. hardwood industry; and made the point that hardwood trees, products, and markets are very dierent from those of our friends in the sowood industry. Obviously, the importance of internaonal markets was a key discussion point, and our comments were well received by those we met with. The Federaon sta is reaching out for addional follow-up, and we hope to schedule addional meengs, both in person and online, in the near future. One Wednesday, May 14 it was full speed forward to our meengs on the Hill. Our ming was excellent in terms of hot issues…the massive reconciliaon bill that includes a number of benecial business tax cuts was being debated by relevant commiees; some sessions running into the early morning hours. Security lines were long, and halls were full of groups anxious to share their perspecve on this bill and other legislave eorts. Because of the intense acon in the House on the reconciliaon bill, a number of our previously scheduled meengs with elected ocials were adjusted to sta meengs. Certainly it is always excing to meet with the Members of Congress themselves, however, sta meengs are oen just as impacul as these are the people that help frame issues and can push a decision one way or the other. Educang decision makers, and those that help inuence the decision, are never a waste of me; and these discussions help build upon past meengs and educaonal eorts around our industry and related issues. Even meengs with oces that may hold an opposing view are valuable as they help us understand how we are perceived by those that may not agree with our posion and help us gure out how to potenally change minds.As we have noted in our regular updates to the industry, our three key issues for Fly-In 2025 were: Taxes, Trade, and the Farm Bill. Our parcipants did a great job expounding on all three issues. As I moved from one group to another, I was constantly impressed by how eecve hardwood industry representaves are when talking about their companies and their jobs. Their passion and love of the industry come across loud and clear.Although this year’s Fly-In is over, our work is not done. Advocacy takes me; and it takes paence. One or two meengs are never enough. Engagement must be consistent and frequent. I challenge you to think about how you can engage on your home turf. Invite members of Congress to your mill or operaon. Speak up at local public meengs with Members. Write leers; send texts. The more our elected ocials hear from us, the more they will understand our industry and our needs. The Hardwood Federaon is here to help. Never hesitate to reach out. And start thinking about Hardwood Federaon Fly-In 2026… we are!Tax Bill Clears House Hurdle, Now onto the Senate: The House of Representaves voted 215-214 to advance a comprehensive budget reconciliaon bill that encompasses GOP policy priories. As we noted last week, the legislaon includes robust tax provisions that revive and extend key business tax benets, including full expensing, the research and development tax credit and the Secon 199A deducon for S-Corporaons and pass throughs. Regarding the laer, that benet was bumped up to 23 percent (from 20 percent) and made permanent. To pay for these provisions and others, a number of tax credits authorized by the Inaon Reducon Act were eliminated aer 2025, including the Energy Ecient Home Credit (Secon 25C of the Internal Revenue Code).One other item to note. There is language in the legislaon doubling funding for the Market Access and Foreign Market Development programs. The House Agriculture Commiee included this language as part of their eort to address some Farm Bill programs as part of this process.E.U. Moves on Trade: The European Union Commission announced that the U.S. would be viewed as a low-risk naon for purposes of the E.U. Deforestaon Regulaon. While this is certainly a welcome development, it does not address the industry’s ongoing concern with the geolocaon requirement which is sll ancipated to be implemented at year’s end.Update - May 28th - U.S. Trade Court Blocks Trump Tari Acon: On May 28th, the U.S. Court of Internaonal Trade ruled that President Trump does not have the authority under the Internaonal Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (IEEPA) to impose sweeping taris on a global level. The court blocked most categories of taris, including the 10% baseline tari on all countries, the 30% tari on Chinese goods, and the 25% taris on imports from Canada and Mexico. Tari collecon is ordered to be halted within 10 days. Taris issued under naonal security powers (Secon 232 acons) on steel, aluminum, and cars remain in place. Secon 232 invesgaons underway related to pharmaceucals, lumber and crical minerals will not be impacted . White House Response: The White House immediately appealed the decision and armed their belief that the President and his team have the legal authority to act under the IEEPA. Administraon ocials and legal scholars also point out that the President has other opons to draw upon, but none as broad as IEEPA. For example, the 1974 Trade Act gives presidents the power to impose taris of up to 15% for up to 150 days, but only in the event of a balance of payments crisis. The case now moves to the Supreme Court.Connued Uncertainty: It remains unclear how the ruling will impact trade. Uncertainty for U.S. companies and their global trading partners remains as it is unclear what the ruling means for importers who have already paid taris
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8or have goods on the water that may or may not be subject to taris when they arrive at port. Exporters, including those in the U.S. hardwood industry, may also be uncertain about how countries with retaliatory taris in place will respond to the ruling. There are also quesons about how the decision impacts ongoing negoaons with U.S. trading partners including China, the European Union, India, and Japan. The Hardwood Federaon will connue to work closely with the American Hardwood Export Council to monitor and assess impacts of this latest development.Member News HighlightBrian Turlington, CEOSII Dry Kilns: Elevang Lumber Drying for Over 50 YearsSince 1970, SII Dry Kilns has been a trusted name in the lumber industry, delivering cung-edge drying soluons for hardwood and sowood processing. With over ve decades of innovaon, we specialize in high-performance lumber drying equipment tailored to meet diverse needs. As a proud third-generaon family-owned company, we are commied to maintaining the tradion of excellence and crasmanship that has dened our legacy.Precision Drying for Hardwoods & Sowoods - For hardwoods, we oer a range of drying soluons, including convenonal package-loaded kilns, batch track kilns, predryers, and fan sheds. Our sowood soluons feature industry-leading connuous ow “Dual Path Kilns” and tradional double-track batch kilns, as we proudly hold licensing for these systems. Addionally, we provide pallet and rewood drying chambers, heat treatment kilns, and aer-treatment kilns—all designed for eciency and reliability. Heang system opons include steam, hot water, and direct-red gas, ensuring opmal performance for various operaons.Innovave Control & Energy Management - At SII, we integrate advanced PLC computerized kiln controls with state-of-the-art features:• Sample Watch—an in-kiln weight system that opmizes drying precision• Wireless Moisture Content Probes—ensuring real-me data accuracy• Ulity Watch—reducing power consumpon during peak usage• Steam Management—allowing priorized kiln operaon for improved eciencyWe also proudly represent WDE Maspell for Thermal Modicaon Kilns, oering unparalleled experse in enhancing wood durability and performance.Reliable Parts & Repair Services - SII Dry Kilns supports your operaons with a full line of replacement kiln parts, with most available for next-day delivery. Our expert technicians provide comprehensive kiln repair services, ensuring your drying systems remain in peak condion.Backed by decades of innovaon and a commitment to excellence, SII Dry Kilns is your partner in high-quality lumber drying soluons.Design ContestStudents Win Top Honors in Western Hardwood Associaon Design ContestMo Baumgarten, Oregon State University, and Jamis Gully, University of Oregon, have been named the winners of the Western Hardwood Associaon’s annual design contest, celebrang excellence in student-craed furniture. Baumgarten created a striking two-tone coee table with a li-o top revealing a sunken gaming pit. Gully designed and constructed a unique chair with cubbies for books and cats. The compeon featured a dozen original pieces built from Ash donated by Northwest Hardwoods. Baumgarten and Gully stood out among strong entries for their innovave crasmanship and thoughul use of materials. Judges praised the winning designs for blending aesthec appeal with structural integrity. The event highlights the next generaon of talent in sustainable furniture design and the beauty of domesc hardwoods.
9Western Hardwood Association 2025 Design CompetitionMo Baumgarten - Winner - Best Design & BuildJamis Gully - Winner - Best DesignThomas GonzalesLiv AndersonNoah ThompsonHannah PetkauErik Faith Brithani Ramirez Nadia Hajenian
10NewsWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representaves Glenn "GT" Thompson (R-PA) and Terri Sewell (D-AL) recently introduced the Solid American Hardwood Tax Credit Act to allow individual taxpayers to include solid American manufactured hardwood products, such as ooring and moulding, as qualied home energy eciency improvements under the Energy Ecient Home Improvement Credit. By including hardwood materials as eligible products for this credit, the legislaon will provide meaningful environmental and economic benets.As a building material, hardwood acvely sequesters carbon and serves as long-term carbon storage in residenal structures. Carbon storage reduces the impact of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and helps support more sustainable pracces. By ensuring hardwood materials are fairly counted as an energy ecient home improvement, this legislaon will help lower the cost of housing, strengthen American manufacturing, and protect American jobs."Without acve management, responsible harvesng, and robust markets, the health of our hardwood forests—and the industries and communies that depend on them—are at serious risk. Providing consumers with a tax credit to purchase real, American grown, American manufactured solid hardwood products over cheap, imported substutes will save thousands of American jobs and small businesses in rural America," said Dallin Brooks, Chairman of the Real American Hardwood Coalion and Execuve Director of the Naonal Hardwood Lumber Associaon. - hps://thompson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/thompson-sewell-introduce-solid-american-hardwood-tax-credit-actBREAKING NEWS: U.S. Hardwood Plywood Manufacturers File Peon For Andumping & Countervailing Dues - The Coalion for Fair Trade in Hardwood Plywood has peoned for andumping and countervailing dues to counter unfair trade pracces by Indonesia, Vietnam, and China. These peons were led on Thursday, May 22, with the U.S. Department of
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12Commerce and the Internaonal Trade Commission and led on Thursday, May 22, with the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Internaonal Trade Commission and have signicant implicaons for our economy, in which hardwood plywood plays a crical role in producing numerous downstream products. Read more...Over-promising and under-delivering has been the habit of Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) for decades, with businesses and counes enduring nancial hardships from ODF’s inconsistent mber sales. House Bill 3103 with the -1 amendment seeks to address these concerns by requiring ODF to create ve-year projecons on Sustainable Harvest Levels (SHL) by December 31, 2026 and to oer one-h of this mber for sale annually. If there is a decit in volume from the previous year, it will be added to the volume of the following year. The proposal also accounts for excepons due to changing forest dynamics like wildre, disease, and pests. HB 3103 also grants standing for those receiving funds from state mber sales to sue ODF if the SHLs are not published or met. In the 1940s, counes placed thousands of acres of forest land in a public trust with the state of Oregon. Millions of dollars were expected to be generated from this arrangement. But in recent decades, ODF has consistently failed at meeng sale projecons. Clark, M. (2025, May 19). Oregon Forestry Dept. over-promises, under-delivers on mber harvests. Oregon Catalyst. hps://oregoncatalyst.com/87813-oregon-department-forestry-overpromises-underdelivers-mber-harvests.htmlWestern Hardwood Western Hardwood AssociationAssociationAnnual Convention Annual Convention GrowingGrowingthetheFutureFutureDIAMONDDIAMONDSILVERSILVERBRONZEBRONZEBRBREAKFASTEAKFAST2025 SPONSORS2025 SPONSORS2025 Annual Convention Sponsor Opportunities$5,000 - $5,000 - DIAMONDDIAMOND $3,000 - $3,000 - GOLDGOLD $2,000 - $2,000 - SILVERSILVER $1,000 - $1,000 - BRONZEBRONZE $1,000 - Meeting app sponsor$2,000 - Welcome reception sponsor$2,000 - Lunch SponsorSign up now!
13On May 20th, the Subcommiee on Federal Lands held a legislave hearing on a discussion dra of legislaon to support tribal forest management acvies, entled the Fostering Opportunies to Restore Ecosystems through Sound Tribal Stewardship Act, or the FORESTS Act. Subcommiee Chairman Tom Tiany (R-Wis.) issued the following statement in response:"The people closest to federal lands know best how to manage them, and Tribes, along with state and local leaders, play an important role in improving forest health. The FORESTS Act expands tribal parcipaon in managing these lands, helping prevent catastrophic wildres and restoring forest resilience." - Sound tribal forest management will reduce risk of wildre. - House Commiee on Natural Resources. (2025, May 20). hps://naturalresources.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=417141U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum signed a joint memo (PDF, 693 KB) on wildre preparedness, ensuring our two Departments are working in close coordinaon this re season. USDA will work across President Trump’s cabinet and with our trusted state, local, and Tribal partners to ensure our naon’s wildland reghng system is highly coordinated and focused on ghng wildres quickly and eecvely. Just beforehand, Secretary Rollins and Secretary Burgum received a 2025 operaonal re brieng at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service Naonal Fire Desk. - Secretary Rollins and secretary Burgum Sign Joint re memo ahead of Peak re season, receive re brieng at Forest Service re desk. - USDA. (2025a, May 20). hps://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/05/20/secretary-rollins-and-secretary-burgum-sign-joint-re-memo-ahead-peak-re-season-receive-reThe rst-ever Regional Risk Assessment (RRA) for Naonal Forest System lands under the Sustainable Biomass Program (SBP) has been completed and approved for use by biomass producers, providing a comprehensive framework for sustainable biomass sourcing across all forests administered by the USDA Forest Service (USFS) in the conguous U.S. SBP-endorsed RRAs are crucial for idenfying and migang risks associated with the sustainable sourcing of feedstock for biomass and woodchip producon, opening signicant opportunies in markets with strict sustainability requirements, such as Europe and Asia. By expanding access to these markets, this interim risk assessment provides a unique opportunity that balances conservaon goals with economic and renewable energy development. - U.S. Endowment for Forestry & Communies, Inc. (2025, May 28). First-ever naonal forest biomass risk assessment receives interim approval. U.S. Endowment for Forestry & Communies, Inc. hps://www.usendowment.org/rst-ever-naonal-forest-biomass-risk-assessment-receives-interim-approval/On May 6, the USFS Acng Associate Chief Chris French shared next steps for implemenng interim governance structures and operang plans to ensure we maintain crical services and support. With so much change in the agency and so many folks that are no longer with us, these operang plans are important for us to maintain safety, connuity, and services across the agency. We realize that the organizaon today must share resources and talent and that all of us may be asked to help out or do work much dierently than we did just a few months ago. Since then, the Chief and I have approved several recommendaons developed by interim working groups—many of which are already in the early stages of implementaon. These acons aim to maintain essenal services, address crical risks, and support the agency's priories. Read more...Wood products markets connue to ebb and ow. A couple weeks of increased volumes and pricing strength are followed by muted volumes and slack pricing. We always hope for strong markets heading into spring, but it typically takes a bit longer than we ancipate for summer markets to develop. Hopefully the coming sunshine will bring a bit of enthusiasm along with a dose of vitamin D.It isn’t surprising that markets are right on the edge of good and bad, considering the policy uncertainty we are currently facing. Federal Reserve interest rate policy, federal forest management policy, inaon rates, potenal taris, and the impact of re-shoring American manufacturing all add to current uncertainty. Throw in technological disrupon due to AI and automaon, and we can have a market brimming with potenal investment, or one that’s Wood treatment plant manufacturing, worldwide since 1983.The most environmentally friendly wood treatment ever known!Hydro-Thermo Modication 1-877-785-0274 www.americanwoodtechnology.comAmerican Wood Technology AWT Options: design, fabrication, layouts & accessories• Smallest footprint & simplest installation• Most gentle process available• Most eective heat transfer• Fastest process time & better product quality• Lowest processing cost per board footOur thermo plant designs provide:
14heading to a cli. - Freres, T. (2025, May 27). Market report: Strength in a shiing wood products market. Freres Engineered Wood. hps://frereswood.com/blog/wood-products-market-2/Manufacturing output falls as overall industrial producon remains steady: Manufacturing producon dipped 0.4% in April aer rising 1.1% and 0.4% in February and March, respecvely. Durable goods producon fell 0.2% over the month, while nondurable goods producon decreased 0.6%. Manufacturing capacity ulizaon fell 0.4 percentage points to 76.8%.Why it maers: Although manufacturing output was up a signicant 4.8% in the rst quarter of the year, headwinds induced by the changing trade landscape turned that improvement on its head in April. Meanwhile, manufacturing capacity ulizaon remains below its long-term average. - excerpted from excerpted from “NAM-Weekly Economic Report - May 19, 2025”| NAM. Naonal Associaon of Manufacturers.: n. pag.Manufacturing acvity contracts for a second consecuve month: The ISM Manufacturing® PMI contracted at a slightly faster pace in April, falling to 48.7% from 49.0% in March. Customer demand and output weakened, while input strengthened further, which are not seen as posive condions for economic growth. New export orders contracted sharply to 43.1%, due to the combinaon of slower global growth as well as the applicaon of retaliatory taris applied to a variety of U.S.-manufactured products.Why it maers: The turnaround in manufacturing acvity in January and February aer 26 months of contracon proved to be short-lived. Since buyers will stop pulling forward deliveries now that higher tari rates are in place, new orders are ancipated to only weaken further. - excerpted from excerpted from “NAM-Weekly Economic Report - May 5, 2025”| NAM. Naonal Associaon of Manufacturers.: n. pag. SAWMILL MACHINERY WOOD DRYING SECONDARY PROCESSING MATERIAL HANDLING WASTE MANAGEMENTSolutions that add value to your products.YOUR FIRST SOURCE FOR LUMBER PRODUCTION.971-2 71-8 070Heicor.com | Monmouth, OR
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16Feeding America's insaable appete for lumber: The Trump administraon wants to expand the American lumber industry by logging more trees in naonal forests and raising taris on lumber imports. The impact that could have on the domesc mber industry. Ryan Dezember, reporter for the Wall Street Journal. Writes about commodies, including lumber. Sco Dane, execuve director of the American Loggers Council, a naonal advocacy represenng nearly 10,000 companies and 50,000 employees in the logging and log trucking industry. Listen to or read more of this interesng exchange...MovatePraise and Pistons by Larry Dennis A father's tuneupBen, Foreman for JH Kelly, a Vancouver based construcon rm providing services to commercial facilies, told Session 6B of the Leadership Development Lab™:“Four weeks ago, when Larry asked us to choose a “pearl,” a person we wanted to improve our relaonship with. I chose our oldest son, Holden. He’s 15 years old. He is a good kid, sll a typical teenager, I guess. The reason I chose him was because my wife and I were geng some disrespecul treatment, including back talk and ‘whatever’s’. It seemed like our relaonship was geng a lile distant from the joyful, hearelt connecon we always had. This is not what I wanted. So, I began to look for opportunies to use Turbo’s Leadership Principle #4 - Provide Acknowledgement in the form of quality focused empowering praise. “While we were working together rebuilding the engine for his dirt bike, I gave him some fairly quick instrucons on how to remove the engine from the bike frame. When I got home the next evening, the engine was up on the work bench ready for us to take the next steps. When Holden came out to the garage I said, ‘One of the things I admire about you is your ability to take direcon and get things done.’ This compliment pepped him up! It was obvious he appreciated his Dad nocing the iniave he had taken and being praised for it.“Holden has had a much beer atude and our relaonship seems to be growing much closer. I’ve since applied this powerful quality-focused praise with our other kids with great success, although I think they are starng to catch on to it. They may see what I’m doing, but they all love hearing it.“The lesson I learned from this experience is my children really blossom when I apply well-earned posive acknowledgement with quality-focused praise. From this, I have learned that Leadership Principle #4 – Provide Acknowledgement and Quality-Focused Praise, when done with specicity and provided with sincerity will work to strengthen my relaonship with anyone.“The acon I call you to take is show everyone in your family that you don’t take them for granted. Be sure they know they are the dearest ones in life to you. Spread your praise around to your spouse and all your kids.“The benet you will gain is a happy wife and life. Your children will blossom. Your home will be a house full of joyful relaonships, a safe haven for everyone to return to at the end of the day."As you form the habit of giving hearelt praise in a low-risk environment at home, you will soon nd it more natural to give praise and encouragement at work. Next thing you know, the people you depend upon will take the iniave more oen and life will get easier for all of you.- Dennis, Larry. “Praise and Pistons” The Turbo Charger (13 May 2025): n. pag. Turbo Leadership Systems. Web.
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