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Archive for September, 2007
Randy Moss Trade and an improved performance: Some Call it Discretionary Effort… We Call it Oomph!
Sunday, September 30th, 2007 Posted in Motivation, by Bill | No Comments »
The opening page of our new book, Contented Cows MOOve Faster chronicles star NFL player, Randy Moss, who was quoted in Sports Illustrated in 2001 as saying, "I play when ... Read more..Family Business
Monday, September 24th, 2007 Posted in Management, Think About It..., by Richard | No Comments »
Last night I spoke for the University of North Carolina Asheville's Family Business Forum, a group of owners of family-owned businesses in the western North Carolina area. The event was ... Read more..Team Means Us… All of Us
Thursday, September 20th, 2007 Posted in Character, Leadership, by Bill | 2 Comments »
Twenty years ago, I had the honor of spending a two year stint as a preceptor at the FedEx Leadership Institute. The preceptor's role was to design, develop, and deliver ... Read more..Engaged, Enthused, and Coming to You in a Red Envelope
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007 Posted in Leadership, Management, Motivation, Think About It..., by Bill | No Comments »
I just finished reading a good piece at Business Week's Managing Channel site about the management mentality in place at Netflix. The hard charging DVD rental and online distribution business ... Read more..The Biggest Loser
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007 Posted in Extra Milers, Meeting Goals, Motivation, by Richard | No Comments »
Earlier this week, on Tuesday night, NBC's reality show hit The Biggest Loser made its 4th season premier. Ordinarily, I'm not a big reality show fan. But this is different. This ... Read more..Random Acts of Class – Going the Extra Mile
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007 Posted in Extra Milers, by Bill | No Comments »
Last evening, after a long day traveling round trip to Detroit to meet with a client I will be speaking for later this month, I was eager to get off ... Read more..Extra Miler – Kendall Ciesemier
Sunday, September 9th, 2007 Posted in Extra Milers, by Bill | 1 Comment »
I happened into our family room one day recently as my wife was watching Oprah on television. Though I've never watched more than a minute or two of the show, ... Read more..Noise Pollution
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007 Posted in Think About It..., by Richard | No Comments »
People ask me all the time “Doesn’t all the travel bother you?†They assume that because of all the flight delays, long lines, lack of creature comforts, and utter absurdity ... Read more..Should you sue your boss for being a jerk?
Tuesday, September 4th, 2007 Posted in Leadership, Think About It..., by Richard | No Comments »
A Los Angeles Times story entitled “Is the Boss a Real Piece of Work†reports that several states are considering legislation to allow workers to sue their bosses “for being, ... Read more..Employee Retention and the “Wide Stance”
Saturday, September 1st, 2007 Posted in Motivation, by Bill | No Comments »
With everyone in the nation's capitol atwitter about a soon-to-be ex Senator's admission to having taken a "wide stance", we've decided to take a position on the subject, too. No, ... Read more..
