We don’t have anything really new to bring up today, but as we’re talking to different banks this week we are stressing the importance of getting back to the basics of building your business. It seems that many people want
Read more →It’s easy to go about life and work and point out failures of others and where they need to improve. It’s easy to look at an organization and point out imperfections, criticize leaders or the boss. It’s really easy to
Read more →We came across a great article today, “5 Phrases That Will Get You Fired“. We highly recommend you read it. If you’re a manager and you begin to hear any of these phrases, you need to pay attention and act
Read more →If you travel on I-10 about 20 minutes from where I live, you’ll see a site that I and many others see on a weekly or daily basis… an unfinished water park. It seems like some work might still be
Read more →Ok, we know… That was a few months ago. But seriously, we keep coming across employees that must think we’re all fools with the effort they are putting into their job. Do they actually think we don’t notice? FYI… We
Read more →I’ve been going to the same place to get my hair cut for the past 10 plus years or so. And yes, Sue, et al., I do have hair (inside joke)! Oddly, the place I go to hasn’t seemed quite
Read more →We read this article, Five Things Remarkable Bosses Never Do, from Inc. Magazine the other day and thought they might be reading our articles! It’s a great piece that just reinforces many of the things we coach and believe in.
Read more →There’s an interesting show on the History Channel called Gangland. The show visits different cities and gives the viewer an inside look into the activities of notorious gangs in those areas. What I find interesting is the culture of these
Read more →Here’s the management question of the day… Are you spending more time selecting the right people than you are trying to fix the wrong people? By selecting we mean the recruiting process as well as the process of matching talents
Read more →I read this article from Forbes, “Bored in the Office: Is it the New Productivity Killer?“. Pretty interesting piece and something to be aware of if you’re a manager. The article mentions that employees who don’t know the purpose for
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