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Jun 22, 20142 min read
Employee Engagement Tip # 2 – In Praise of Right Ups
While working with a client on raising employee engagement recently, I encountered the following trend: Out of 250 days of work,...
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rick13714
Feb 13, 20142 min read
Employee Engagement Tip #7 – The Sad Truth about Valentine’s Day
Of our 200 million workers, 75 million are estimated to be supervisors. Since only 30% of workers love their job, most of the supervisors...
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rick13714
Dec 20, 20132 min read
The E Commerce That Hurts Us All
The EXCUSE Commerce is truly big business. I hear business people all the time blaming someone else for what happens to them. I see...
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rick13714
May 18, 20121 min read
Reflections on a great day
I hope at the end of each day you take time to reflect on what was great about today, what you learned from it, and what you will pass...
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rick13714
Mar 15, 20121 min read
Nobody Won
Maybe it was just a fluke that nobody showed up. Apathy, nobody’s best friend must have done a number on everyone. Knowing the community...
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rick13714
Mar 4, 20121 min read
Metric Failures – The rest of the story
I say sure and run over to bakery. Sunday night 6 pm, they are closed. I come back and we decide I should drive to our closest food...
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rick13714
Mar 2, 20123 min read
Moving the past forward- A Masterpiece Day
It’s Friday night and I am growing excited about the Disney Institute event we are producing Tuesday. I hope the facilitators have a line...
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rick13714
Feb 9, 20122 min read
Passion Never Sleeps
Sitting in a coalition meeting of Project Rebound, a steering group coordinating many social service agencies for those affected by the...
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rick13714
Feb 8, 20123 min read
Seeing what you hear appear
Today was a great day for so many reasons. Our events are getting booked, my associate gave a great presentation to the Optimists, an...
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rick13714
Feb 6, 20122 min read
A profitable life at any level
Started teaching a course on entrepreneurship tonight and the subject turned to cash flow. We were taking about the 7 C’s of lending...
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rick13714
Oct 26, 20111 min read
Meditating Out of the Recession
Price still has a unique role in our market. We continue to connote price with quality. American’s are in love with Apple and Apple’s...
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rick13714
Oct 3, 20113 min read
Golden Rule Management
Almost eighteen years ago, Dr. Stephen Holoviak, published Golden Rule Management . Dr. Holoviak, a professor at Penn State University-...
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rick13714
Sep 7, 20113 min read
Business Coaching, Who needs it!
Why is something that is so obvious so hard to grasp sometimes? When I mentioned casually to group of friends watching a golf tournament...
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rick13714
Aug 24, 20113 min read
Edwards Deming and the Family Business
I recently was turned on to a 1984 video by W. Edwards Deming, the guru of Japanese quality and innovation. In the Five Deadly Diseases...
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rick13714
May 17, 20114 min read
The Cart Before the Horse: When Not to Innovate
Innovation is hot. Everywhere is another book, publication, blog or daily tweet on the need to innovate, how to innovate, why to innovate...
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rick13714
Dec 20, 20102 min read
Chop Wood, Carry Water
“Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water, after enlightenment, chop wood, carry water” is an old Zen saying regarding work. When...
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rick13714
Nov 2, 20103 min read
Team Chemistry – How Do I Maintain It?
What makes John Wooden such a unique coach? Why did he abruptly retire at the height of his success, and what happened to UCLA afterward?...
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rick13714
Oct 27, 20103 min read
Team Chemistry – What Is It and How Do I Get It?
Today Auburn is the #1 team in the BCS football poll. Two years ago they had a losing season; last year they started strong then faded in...
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rick13714
Sep 2, 20102 min read
Who Is Your MVP?
The question requires a judgment as to what your organization values. Most organizations value traditional business measurements such as...
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rick13714
Aug 18, 20103 min read
Making a Masterpiece
What if today was the best day of your life? Every thought you had was wonderful. Every action you took produced the best outcome. Every...
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