Quote of the Week: Sprinkles Everywhere

Working, shopping, wrapping, decorating, cooking, partying…it’s enough to make you sick. And tired and stressed and maybe even a bit Scrooge-like. Have you ever gotten that way?

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Happy Cat Herder’s Day

Today is National Cat Herder’s Day. Best we can tell, it was invented by a couple in California to honor all people whose lives can be compared to the task of herding cats. That applies to most every leader’s life, doesn’t it?

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10 things to capture before year end

Ever feel like you deal with the same mistakes and problems over and over again? Ever feel like you wrestle with the same decisions over and over again? Maybe even bounce back and forth between the same solutions which curiously seem to fail over and over? Such a WASTE of time. It’s enough to drive morale and productivity into the dirt, people out the door and the bottom line into the red zone. Much of this could be avoided with mindful preservation of institutional memory

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Getting through hell

Things are not getting better for lots and lots of businesses. While many have been able to heed the wise words from Winston Churchill that we shared last November: “If you are going through hell…keep going”, some may not be able to take the heat much longer. For the ones that can last until things get better…things may very well get worse.

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10 Ways to Take Charge

This Quick List* is written in support of our Theme of the Week: Take charge, make things happen and inspire others to do the same.

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10 Morale & Productivity Boosting Ideas for November

You have heard Jan say it over and over…the foundation of good morale and productivity is hiring the right people, give them clear roles, responsibilities, expectations and goals. And give them training and coaching which includes feedback, direction, support and recognition from a trusted manager or coach.

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