This is an interesting concept. I remember asking that question to a supervisor in one manufacturing facility and she told me they couldn’t possibly work with less than 12 people on her line. It would be impossible to get the work done without at least 12. So I said the following: “You need 12 people [...]
I love the saying, “If you’re honest, nothing else matters. If you’re not honest, nothing else matters.” it states in a clear, unequivocal way that honesty and integrity in business (and in life) are everything. If you’re not honest, nothing else you do matters. Your dishonesty spreads such a dark cloud over everything else you [...]
We live in a microwave society. We want everything yesterday. We buy on credit today, that which we cannot afford until tomorrow (maybe, not even then.) We buy more house, more car, more TV, more washer and dryer, more of just about everything than we can afford. Then we work and work and work – [...]
I ran into a fellow in town yesterday that I hadn’t seen for some time. We aren’t friends, exactly — more like acquaintances. Actually, I have only spoken with this man a few times in my life, even though he is a prominent businessman in the community. He is a senior manager (not the owner) [...]
I read an interesting book the other day about a scientist. There was a discussion about a family who continually fought the odds and won. The quote I liked most in the book was this: “If a Romney drowns, you’d probably better look for the body upstream.”
Some people are like that. It seems like nothing [...]
There seems to be a propensity today, when we promote someone, to just, “throw ‘em to the wolves.” That’s right. It’s sink or swim time. Those who can, do. Those who can’t, wash out. Shoot ‘em through the tubes and see who sticks. Natural selection ensures that only the strong survive. That means in our [...]
I couldn’t find where I’d recounted this story for awhile, so I share it here for those who haven’t heard it.
I was working in a business that had very low turnover. Most of the employees had more than five years with the company, some much more. While this is good, it also presents some challenges. [...]
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