Where do we stop? This is the time of year many people and organizations begin to think about the coming new year. It’s a time of resolutions, optimistic business plans, and revamped initiatives. There’s nothing wrong with New Year’s resolutions
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Selfies are saying something about your community bank People love taking selfies these days, capturing life in the moment. We’re not knocking it. In fact, it can be kind of fun creating great memories with friends. People hurry to join in
Read more →Getting involved often means getting messy. Maybe it’s just me, but do you ever get criticized, attacked behind the scenes through the gossip culture or by those who skip the chain of command and create their own counter-culture within the
Read more →I’ve come across a two good articles in the last few days that are worth reading. “Fight the Urge to Look Busy” and “4 Reasons to Skip Chores This Weekend“. What I got out of these articles is this… Many
Read more →This video from the A&E TV show, Duck Dynasty, is a pretty good example of what happens when your glasses get too thick. I’m not much into reality TV but for whatever reason this show has caught my attention. After
Read more →I was in a pretty interesting meeting this past weekend. A leadership team invited a special, and highly successful, guest speaker to give them a few words of wisdom and direction on moving their organization forward. His key word was
Read more →Have you ever taken the time and listened to a state of the union address from the president? Any president? It doesn’t matter who the president is, they’re usually all the same. Lot’s of empty rhetoric filled with emotion and
Read more →As a good friend of mine would say… what’s the deal? P90X, The Insanity Workout, The Atkins Diet, Jane Fonda’s Buns of Steel, Jared the Subway dieting guy (pictured) and the list goes on. For decades, Americans have been obsessed
Read more →Implementation… without it, nothing gets done. Lot’s of things get started, even more things get talked about. That’s what 2-hour meetings are known for… all talk and no implementation. We came across an article this week that classifies different types
Read more →Ever wonder why some programs never get off the drawing board? Ever wonder why that last program or initiative failed or faded away after just a few months or even weeks? Why do some organizations seem to thrive in everything
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