Theme for Week: Squirrel Awareness

Hmm….can squirrels help us become better leaders?

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Reminder: Monday is Chocolate Cupcake Day

Don’t miss this chance for chocolate! Bring in a tray and people might even forget it’s Monday!

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October 15 is National Grouch Day

If the teddy bears didn’t get the grouch out of everyone, have a grouch session as an agenda item for your staff meeting.

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October 15 is National Boss Day

If you have a boss, what can you thank him or her for on National Boss Day?

You could buy a fancy card or gift. But really – a note of thanks would be more valuable to most. You could start by simply thanking him or her for the job and the pay check. Even better if you

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10 inspirational boss stories

This Quick List* is provided as a tool for Discovering a Different Boss, our theme for the week which links celebrations for Columbus Day and Boss Day.

And as usual, the desired end result is to provide tools to help leaders take charge in more effective ways, make things happen and inspire others to do the same. So I guess that means that every week, we are looking for ways to be a different (and better) boss. For ways to inspire. For ways to make a difference.

Here are 10 stories about inspirational bosses.

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Kudos to Wilma at Burger King

Here’s a story for Discover a Different Boss Week. It happened at Burger King. Wilma was the boss. It was easy to make burgers, fries and fountain drinks. And to bag up the orders. The challenge was with strawberry milkshakes.

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