Intergenerational dialog is an issue for many organizations. The boomers have different expectations, work habits, life goals, communication strategies, technology experiences and attitudes than Gen x (born 1963-78), and Gen Y (born 1979-98) is even more different. Each generation is a product of the educational, social, family structure, political, economic times in which it grew [...]
There are five frogs sitting on a log. One decides to jump off. How many are left sitting on the log? Five, because the one made a decision but never acted on it. We often make decisions and then don’t follow through. Managers at every level gripe about this. They get their staff (or [...]
I hear from CPA firms. It usually goes like this: Clients expect so much. If they don’t get what they want, they threaten to go elsewhere. So firms are in a struggle to meet client demands while not burning out their staff, kind of caught between a rock and a hard place. How do you [...]
Location: Lopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental, Philippines Amount Repaid: $175.00 of $175.00 Mrs Imelda Morequio is now busy in her sari store. She was able to purchase more product to sell in her sari store and was able to sustain the needs of her children. Location: Kihihi, Uganda Amount Repaid: $1,520.83 of $1,825.00 [...]
Whether you’re an organization 1, 10, 100 or 1000 people, learning is the key to a continuously successful business. Yes, there are other keys, like capital, leadership, client relations, etc. But in many ways they relate back to learning. As a business/firm owner there are many things to learn. You probably learned a lot of [...]
Certainly your clients are people; they are individuals you connect to in many ways. Perhaps they are the point person of the organization that is actually who is paying you. You connect by having a personal relationship as well as a professional relationship. Part of your professional relationship is your hope that they see so [...]
Are you the kind of person who likes to get away? Get away from big city noise and traffic and crowded sidewalks? Get away from a series of appointments and emails and the pressures of a normal workday? Would you really like to do more planning and evaluating, but never seem to find the time? [...]
A man owned a small farm. The IRS claimed he was not paying proper wages to his staff and sent an investigator out to interview him. ‘I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them,’ demanded the investigator. ‘Well,’ replied the business owner, ‘there’s my farm hand who’s been with me [...]
Occasionally I’ll get a client who says: “You know we spent several thousand dollars to go to this tradeshow when you add up the booth fees, transportation, hotels and food. Then when we got back to the office, we did nothing with all the leads we generated.” Or, I’ll hear, “I went to a networking [...]
Here we are at the beginning of August in the home stretch of 2010. I’m sure you started out the year with some goals. Are you on track to achieve them? Perhaps you’re more than 7/12’s of the way to your goals. If so, congratulations. Maybe you’ve surpassed your goals. You’re having a great year. [...]
