Quote of the Week: Mess in the Middle

Hopefully you aren’t dealing with a mess. But if you are, this quote plus Other Resources on this page, can help you get out of the mess and boost morale and productivity in the process.

If you aren’t dealing with a mess right now – good for you! These materials will come in handy later when you will definitely – unless you’re superhuman – have to deal with a mess.

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Mess in the Middle Week

Only 6 days until June 30 when we will be smack dab in the middle of 2011.

So we’ve declared next week – Mess in the Middle Week.

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10 Ways to Help Jackasses Become Good Carpenters

I see a bunch of jackasses kicking down barns in the business world. Pulling morale, productivity and performance of all around them deeper and deeper into the dump. What about you? Do you have any jackasses on your team?
If you want to protect morale, productivity and performance…you know you must stop them, right?

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Quote of the Week: Jackasses & Carpenters

They seem to be every where. People who want to complain, blame, criticize, make fun, rip apart and tear down people, policies, departments, organizations, corporations…and whatever else comes their way. Living like this sends the morale, productivity and performance of these people and those around them deeper and deeper into the dump.

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Basnight Family Secrets

We hit the jackpot again!

More best practices and secrets to success – this time from a business that has lasted through the Great Depression, fifteen recessions and fifteen United States Presidents.

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10+ Lessons from Dads

This week’s Quick List is dedicated to Dads. You’ll find good management tips here. If reading it brings to mind any lessons you learned from your Dad – about ways to be a better manager, whether it’s managing yourself or resources or people or morale or productivity – will you share them with us?

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