It’s Takes Time to Be Civil

I just read an interesting article in Science News. (March 27th, 2010 issue)Someone took the time run some statistics. They discovered that on the Titanic, women and children truly did board the life rafts first. There were exceptions, but generally, social order...

Recovered Yet?

Business changed permanently because of this current recession. Permanently.Businesses that adapt, will go forward, recover and grow. Those that don’t will struggle as they try without success to get things back to the way they were.What’s changed...

Whose Got the Passion?

If your company is a broad based business, like a retail store. You can’t be ‘passionate’ about batteries unless that’s all you sell. But you can, and should, be passionate about service. You and everyone at your business should be passionate...

Am I Persnickety?

It’s 2010, computers have been in the workplace for twenty years, business has spent millions of dollars on training and most people today have a computer at home.   That said, is it too much to ask that people know how to copy a file or create a folder?...

Get Rid of HR

A lot of businesses like to chatter about the importance of their people. This is little more than lip service to the minions. First of all, the “HR” depart IS at the bottom of the corporate food chain no matter how many “C Level” meetings the...