Quote of the Week: On leaders, losers & winners
This week’s quote is a nice follow up to last week’s quote about every horse being good for something.
Of course, we hire or hope we have hired winners, right? Read more
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Happy Chocolate Chip Cookie Day
Today is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day.
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Time to Dance Like a Chicken
May 14 is National Dance Like A Chicken Day. Feel free to celebrate today or Monday or anytime.
How might you celebrate? You could:
- -send a Happy Dance Like a Chicken Day e-mail and include this link
- -play the chicken song in the office
- -ask for volunteers to demonstrate the chicken dance
- -ask for volunteers to teach the chicken dance
- -tell your team that if they _______ (fill in the blank*)by the end of the day, you will do the chicken dance at the next staff meeting
C’mon – don’t be a chicken! Read more
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10 ways to handle losers
This week’s Quick List* is a companion to our Quote of the Week: Every horse is good for something.
Every horse? What about the ones that are just limping along – or even worse laying around on the job?
Here are 10 possibilities.
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Quote of the Week: Every horse is good for something
In celebration of the Kentucky Derby, our quote of the week is about horses. And about losers, lost causes and leadership tests. Here’s an abbreviated version:
Do you remember that scene in Seabiscuit? Read more
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8 Tips for Breaking Barriers (from Roger Bannister)
Here is an inspirational story to share with your team or an individual when she is feeling down or discouraged or feeling like she is being asked to do the impossible. This story plus some problem solving may be just what is needed to boost morale and productivity.
Fifty-seven years ago today, Roger Bannister did something that scientific and athletic communities considered humanly impossible. Read more
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Speaking of Cinco de Mayo…
Why stop after today?
May is National Salsa Month.
What a great excuse to Read more
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Congressman David Price on Lessons from Mom
As part of our Lessons from Mom series…
here is an excerpt from a Business Class interview with United States Congressman David Price, during which I asked, “What lessons did you learn from your mother that have helped you in your business or career?”
He said: Read more
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Molly Broad on Lessons from Mom
As part of our Lessons from Mom series, I’d like to share an excerpt from a Business Class interview with Molly Broad, who served as President of the University of North Carolina from 1997-2006. She was the first woman to hold that position and is the first woman to hold her current position as President of the American Council on Education. She still has a home in Chapel Hill and commutes to work in Washington, D.C.
During the interview, I asked, “What lessons did you learn from your mother that have helped you in your business or career?” Read more
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Aaron Nelson on Lessons from Mom
During a Business Class interview with Aaron Nelson, Executive Director of The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce, I asked Aaron: “What lessons did you learn from your mother – lessons that have contributed to success in your business or career?”
Aaron said there were many - one of them – respect for others. It was important to her and she stressed the importance to Aaron and his sister – that independent of a person’s sex or race or sexual orientation or country of origin or religion – that each person deserves respect.
Aaron said that from that also came Read more
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