I’ve gone around this, given hints, talked about the concept. This time it’s  about the bottom line in team building and keeping that team at top performance.  Just think about it for a moment. The best sport teams or individuals in the  world win the championship and when the next year comes around, they don’t. [...]

Most of the time when a manager, supervisor, or coach takes over a team they are not building it from scratch. Instead a team has been a team for awhile or at the very least a group of people have been together for awhile. At times this is looked at as the team already exists [...]

“Can’t get there from here” is a New England statement that has to be said with a very thick New England accent.  It’s used because,especially way up north, all roads do not connect.  And wouldn’t you know it.This idea applies to business too. “Here” is a work environment where employees are disengaged, i.e. distrusting, minimal [...]

The world can seem and at times be very hectic. There just seems to be so many things and tasks that must get done in a day. Whether it is work projects or household chores the days often don’t seem to have enough hours to complete everything. When things don’t get done it often feels [...]

Forbes Magazine talked about that employees get very little  attention from their immediate managers.  It was talking about the mentoring aspect of management and that it is not dong very often. Managers have a lot to do in any organization, making sure the work gets done and may feel that the hours pass quickly.  However this [...]

    It has been talked about in the McKinsey Quarterly, in the Harvard Business Review, and in Forbes magazine to name a few.  There is much discussion on how to bring out the best in frontline managers.  There has even been statements that CEO’s are disappointed in frontline management. Since there is disappointed then [...]

So let’s say that everything is being done to build an excellent team, communication is clear, individual skills are recognized and utilized, goals are defined, the jobs are getting done, and most of the time things are running smoothly. Seems like this team doesn’t need much attention at all, right? Wrong. However when using the [...]

Every business, every company, and sport team wants to have the team that excels in is consistent. In business the employees are the ones and especially the frontline employees, where they are in contact with the customers daily. It is here that the customers will see attitudes, moods, plus whether an employee looks happy at [...]

Sure everyone can make a living by working a job and getting the bills paid,  but the joys, laughter, giving of oneself, etc.—- that having a life.  No one got to the end and wished they had worked more.  Great days to you!!! Tagged: life, living, love, love of life

In any business, the main form of communication after speaking is writing. Yet how many business owners, managers, and employees can write well? In my experience, not too many! Everyone is good at their area of specialty; however, they’re usually weak when it comes to communicating in writing.  From emails, to sales letters, to proposals, [...]