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Archive for May, 2008

Jasmine Lawrence

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Extra Milers, Think About It..., by Richard | 1 Comment »

Jasmine Lawrence, the teenaged CEO of EDEN BodyWorks, was featured this week on NBC's Today Show. (This is the same enlightened network that so creatively edited Richard Engel's recent interview with President George ... Read more..

Memorial Day Remembrances

Monday, May 26th, 2008 Posted in Extra Milers, Favorite Folks, by Richard | No Comments »

Memorial Day in the United States is, technically, the day set aside to honor those who gave their lives in military service. I'm also thinking a lot today about my ... Read more..

Organizational Culture

Saturday, May 24th, 2008 Posted in by Richard | 1 Comment »

Bill Catlette and I are sometimes asked "What is organizational culture? How does an organization's culture manifest itself? How does it show?" The idea of organizational culture can be slippery - ... Read more..

Picking a Vice President

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 Posted in Management, by Richard | No Comments »

According to news reports, Presidential candidate John McCain is planning a little cookout over Memorial Day weekend, at his place in Sedona, Arizona. As the guest list includes a number of ... Read more..

The Health Care Crisis

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Monday I attended a lunch meeting at which a spokesperson for the American Medical Association was the speaker. It was good of him to come from Colorado to Florida to ... Read more..

Letting Best Get in the Way of Better

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 Posted in Leadership, Management, Think About It..., by Bill | No Comments »

A piece of incoming email caught my eye this morning. It was from our friends at Workforce Management Magazine promoting their upcoming June issue and the feature article, "Best Practices ... Read more..

Don’t Let Your Work Become a Job

Thursday, May 8th, 2008 Posted in Leadership, Motivation, by Bill | No Comments »

Last week I had the pleasure of being on a Comair flight manned by a flight attendant by the name of Eric. It was immediately obvious upon boarding that this ... Read more..

Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed

Sunday, May 4th, 2008 Posted in Reviews, Think About It..., by Richard | 1 Comment »

Ben Stein's new movie, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed , made me think. Which is exactly what its detractors don't want you to do. My son's high school chemistry teacher offered his students extra ... Read more..