July 28, 2015
“Our biggest problems arise from the avoidance of smaller ones.” ~ Jeremy Caulfield You know you have to do it. You know you need to do it. You know it can’t go on any longer but you just can’t do it. In fact, you can’t be bothered. The lazy employee, the employee who continually steps […]
Read MoreJuly 28, 2015
“Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.” ~ Thomas Edison Being busy is a good thing. That’s what we’re […]
Read MoreJuly 21, 2015
“The richest people in the world look for and build networks, everyone else looks for work.” Robert Kiyosaki Networking is one of the most powerful business growth tools if done the right way. You may have heard of the saying that ‘networking is your net worth’ and this proves to be true especially in the […]
Read MoreJuly 14, 2015
“Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don’t wish it were easier; wish you were better.” ~ Jim Rohn There’s a song by Sophie Ellis Bextor; ‘Murder on the Dance Floor’ with a catchy tune. It starts “There’s murder on the dance floor, but you better not kill the groove…” Sadly, as […]
Read MoreJuly 07, 2015
“Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It’s perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we’ve learned something from yesterday.” ~ John Wayne As leaders all too often we can be consumed by business, our career, team and our own self-importance […]
Read MoreJune 30, 2015
“It is up to us to live up to the legacy that was left for us, and to leave a legacy that is worthy of our children and of future generations.” ~ Christine Gregoire The world has gone freakin’ mad. Within a couple of days last week, we had mass murders, a riot and a […]
Read MoreMay 01, 2015
“Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.” George Orwell For the first time in history we have four generations in business. People are now healthier, living longer and retiring later. The generations of Baby Boomer, Gen X, Y […]
Read MoreMay 01, 2015
“There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.” Peter Drucker Back when I was in the corporate world the amount of hours you put in each day was often recognized as dedication and high performance. When in fact, it was really poor time management and organizational skills. […]
Read MoreApril 25, 2015
“Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.” ~ Terry Pratchett I am like a […]
Read MoreApril 24, 2015
“Clarity affords focus” Thomas Leonard I’ve written about communication previously and the lean towards technology as the primary tool of choice. What this appears to be leading to is a complete lack of clarity for our employees about their measure of success. Whether technology can be to blame for this is unclear and I could […]
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