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...

Business Card Story

Okay, I need new business cards. I need them now.So I go online to OverNightPrints and use their tools and my images and layout skills to design the perfect business card. It’s original, never been done.After placing the order, I realize that I need cards for...

Shutting Down Thought or Ignoring 52% of Your Market

Most good ideas are picked apart, shot down or simply ignored the first several times those thoughts are put on the table. You can almost measure an idea’s positive potential by the amount of resistance and rejection that idea gets upon introduction.I spoke with...