A common problem in many organizations today is the ineffective meeting. We’ve all been in them and odds are, several of you reading this blog have led those meetings. We’re talking about the team meeting that lasts an hour or
Read more →We just saw this headline last week… “84% of Workers Looking to Leave Their Jobs“. We saw another survey in the summer saying that 32% of workers were seriously considering leaving. Are 84% of your employees going to leave your
Read more →We heard an interesting comment this week from Ohio State’s new football coach, Urban Meyer. He said as a coach this time around he plans to stay in “center field”. He explained that staying in center field basically means to
Read more →Years ago when I was a kid, my grandfather used to ask me if I would be good if he gave me a dollar. Of course I would! He’d then ask if I’d be good if he gave me a
Read more →We came across this article, ‘How to tell a newly hired employee may not cut it‘, that has a few good tips on spotting an employee that may have been a bad hire. But as we read this we thought
Read more →Friday, Oct. 7th is “Fair Day” in my home town of 12,000 people. Fair Day means the fair is coming to town for the weekend and on Friday the town pretty much shuts down. The city is closed for business!
Read more →It about drives us crazy when we hear people make the excuse of not doing something critical to their own success or the organization’s success because they were doing something else. It seems as though the simple art of multitasking
Read more →Take a minute to read the attached article titled “What’s Better Than a Big Fat Paycheck”. Many of the things in the article seem familiar to what we’ve discussed over the years… Things like your goals, your attitude, loving what
Read more →You can find countless articles and insight into the 80/20 rule where 80% of your business comes from 20% of your customers. Or 80% of your organization’s production comes from 20% of your employees. If you run the numbers, the
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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