Year-end business has a lot of implications; wrapping up the books, setting new year’s goals, writing up staff performance appraisals and often efforts in recognition. Recognizing company, team and individual accomplishments is as common as mistletoe this time of year. …
Year: 2018
What To Give To Who And Why
‘Tis the season…so we are told. Of course, we are also told that it’s better to give than to receive, but how many people really believe that?! Running a business, on the other hand, is generally thought to hold some …
How To End Your Year End, 3 Must Do’s
It’s almost here. It’s almost done. Another calendar is getting ready to flip off the wall, be chucked from the desk, filed in a drawer or screen-scrolled anew. What does “year end” mean to your business? Is it a last …
Over 50 and Underemployed…Are Unemployment Numbers Skewed?
From a macro economic point of view it’s hard to argue with unemployment statistics when they go below 4% and when it is proclaimed to be the best in over a decade, historic lows, etc. With any good set of …
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Are You About Substance or Style?
Substance and Style are not mutually exclusive. The majority of us, however, like with most binary characteristics, want a healthy blend as ideal. Our drives tend to push us to a natural side one more than the other but both …
Of Big Sticks And Small Streams
It’s a fair analogy that our lives are like streams in a field. Our experiences and those who influence us cut the paths. Sometimes wide and deep, sometimes meandering and shallow. Perhaps intact, perhaps breaking into many tributaries. Our paths …
The ABC of Great Hiring
Clichés generally arise from repeated validation. Take hiring; “You’re most important decision is who you hire.” Or, “The biggest mistake a business can make is a bad hire.” Those truisms acknowledge few hiring managers have the skill to get to …
How To Measure Your TBH (Total Business Health)
If you were asked to assess your Total Life Health the assessment might be made in three critical components: Mind/Body, Financial and Family. Anyone who’s ever gone through turmoil in any one of those three areas understands how linked they …
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Should You Hire Fat People?
Before the headline-reading-only-trolls kill me for an inappropriate concept let me assure you of three things: 1) I make no recommendation, 2) Physical appearance is part of the “presentation” that job candidates or hired workers make and it surely …
What Are You Prepared For?
A shortcut for me to determine how well a company, a department or a solopreneur business is managed I like to quickly ask, “What are you prepared for?” Before finishing these short paragraphs ask yourself that question. After you audit …
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