Enough is enough. There is now ransom going on in this country: we are paying for the rich and powerful’s problems and having our jobs threatened at the same time. Capital markets are supposed to be competitive and when excess happens, companies fail. But when the government is constantly backstopping you from failing, you’ll take… Continue Reading
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Brett Loses His Personal Identity with Retirement Change
Most people who read this site know that I am a full-fledged Green Bay Packer fan. Moving from Wisconsin to Illinois (to have to put up with the Bears!), I specifically selected DirecTV because I could buy all NFL games during the season. Including the Packers. Moving to Seattle-land allowed me to join the 300-strong… Continue Reading
Competency perspective: teamwork
In our performance reviews, we typically see ratings for both goals and competencies. Competencies are your job skills and how you play in the sandbox with others. While there are many competencies, the one that consistently shows up is “teamwork.” Here’s my perspective. If you read a hundred reviews and look at how people write… Continue Reading
But, what about the box?
How many of you and/or your managers have been thinking so much outside of the box that you’ve forgotten about the box? It’s an important question because the vast majority of what you do to help your customers is the stuff that’s in that box. Not the stuff that’s outside the box. From a business… Continue Reading
Passion — the juice making life worthwhile
It was the build up of the two best teams in the NFC — the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys playing in Dallas. Both teams were 10-1 going into the game. Only one team — in this case, Dallas — was going to come out of the game 11-1. Studying how football teams… Continue Reading
Passion and Pay
I was surfing other blogs, reading about business. I subscribe to over 100 blogs, not all business, but am always on the lookout for something interesting to read. And to learn. Over on Slacker Manager last week, there was this interesting post written by Kareem as part of “guest blogging day” where anyone registered could… Continue Reading