We’ve all heard the overused cliche’, “Outside the Box Thinking”. People are praised and promoted for such thinking. Many equate “outside the box” with “innovative” thinking. What’s also interesting about this thinking is that most of it is exactly that…
Read more →Where is your focus? Too often people focus on the wrong things and as a result end up in the wrong place. As a manager and leader, life becomes much easier and rewarding when you’re focusing on the right things.
Read more →If asked, most employees in most organizations will confirm that communication is the top issue they struggle with. Whether it’s gossip, not following the chain of command or the infamous “meeting after the meeting”. These are the types of things that
Read more →We’ve all heard the stat and there is no doubt it is a fact… 10% do 90%. Your top 10% of employees do 90% of the work or production. Your top 10% of customers represent 90% of the business and
Read more →Thought for the day… You’re either taking selfies or making yourself. It seems as though social media and mobile devices are flooded with the selfie. There’s even a new TV show coming out that is called Selfie. Don’t know what a
Read more →Being an effective meeting participant. We almost didn’t write this article because it seems much too obvious and way too basic. Many of us attend multiple meetings a day and have been doing this for years. You’d think we would
Read more →We came across a rather disturbing story the other day about yoga pants actually becoming part of dress attire in business. Not just ordinary yoga pants, but “dress” yoga pants. Kind of like “dress” jeans. Do they really exist? Here’s
Read more →We’ve been seeing a few commercials lately from Hotels.com featuring a colorful character named “Captain Obvious”. His objective… you guessed it, stating the obvious. The more we see this character the more we’re thinking he’s desperately needed in the banking
Read more →My wife called a party supply store yesterday that she’s done quite a bit of business with over the past 15 years and has also referred many customers to as well. She asked an employee if they had a particular
Read more →I saw this video the other day and wasn’t sure if I was impressed and amazed or if I was just thinking that this guy is a narcissist or just an idiot. One thing is true… he is the best
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