Saw this tweet from Marcus Buckingham today… The most successful people can always finish this sentence. “This week I will stay laser-focused on…’
Read more →Here’s a phrase to always keep in mind… “Don’t expect what you’re not giving.” It’s probably not the most popular phrase or widely accepted phrase in the entitlement culture we live in today, but it’s very accurate. Typically, most people expect
Read more →Striving for remarkable. Getting better every day. Always doing more. These are all mottos of the best employees, the actively engaged employees, the successful employees. What’s the opposite of this? A Bottom Feeder. A Bottom Feeder is typically in the
Read more →Last week I needed to purchase a roll (100) of postcard stamps. No problem, I’d go to the local post office, pick them up, be back home in a few minutes. Simple enough… or so I thought. When asking for
Read more →Here’s the headline of a recent article from Businessweek – “Napping Your Way To The Top“. I’m at a loss… Can’t say I’m overly surprised by anything I read or hear these days… but, really??? I read another article referencing
Read more →Don’t let minor issues get in the way of the big picture. Too often we get caught up in our own priorities and minor issues when they don’t even line up with the overall objective of our organization. We allow
Read more →In Louisiana, we’re no strangers to hurricanes and with Isaac approaching, everyone seems to be pretty engaged in preparing. We’ve been watching the weather for a few days, following the storm track. We check our water and food supplies to
Read more →I heard this quote today and thought how appropriate it was for many organizations on a day-to-day basis. It’s an indictment on how the day can be spent on things that don’t matter much in the big picture and quite
Read more →I cancelled phone service with AT&T the other day. At the end of the call the employee said, and I quote, “thank you for choosing AT&T”… Really? That’s what I call being stuck in a mind-numbing state of a rut.
Read more →Have you ever moved on to a new job or a different position in your organization or with a new company only to realize how unhappy and unproductive you were in the old job? It’s interesting that many of us
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