10 Marketing Ideas for July Only
In addition to fireworks on the 4th of July, there are many opportunities to heat things up in the revenue department. A potential side benefit internally…a boost to morale and productivity. All good for bottom line performance.
July is:
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10 Morale & Productivity Boosters for July Only
The foundation of good morale and productivity is hiring the right people. Yes – don’t hire grumps. And the people must have clear roles, responsibities, expectations and goals. And they must receive training and coaching which includes feedback, direction, support and recognition from a trusted manager or coach.
If these aren’t in place, this article is NOT for you. If they ARE in place, I encourage you to put this quote to work every now and then.
Here are ten July only opportunities for doing this. Read more
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10 Important Things To Do Mid-Year
At the end of this week, we’ll be halfway through 2011. Here are 10 important things to do mid-year. For your business. For your team. For yourself.
It may be the most valuable time you spend all year. Saving you time, energy, the cost of error and duplicated efforts. Great for productivity, morale and performance – including bottom line performance.
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10 Steps Out of the Mess in the Middle
This week’s Quick List is a follow up to our Quote of the Week: Mess in the Middle
I hope you aren’t in the middle of a mess. But if you are – these 10 steps will help you get a handle on morale and productivity so that you and your team can push through the middle to the end of the mess. Read more
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Quote of the Week: Mess in the Middle
June 30 marks the middle of 2011, and so our featured quote is:
Hopefully you aren’t dealing with a mess. But if you are, this quote plus Other Resources on this page, can help you get out of the mess and boost morale and productivity in the process.
If you aren’t dealing with a mess right now – good for you! These materials will come in handy later when you will – unless you’re superhuman – have to deal with a mess.
I heard Rosabeth Moss Canter say, “Everything is a mess in the middle” about 25 years ago and the phrase has been a valuable tool to me over and over through the years whenever I’ve found myself or my team in the middle of a project or situation that started out just fine and then became a mess somewhere in the middle.
Has that ever happened to you? Read more
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Mess in the Middle Week
Only 6 days until June 30 when we will be smack dab in the middle of 2011.
So we’ve declared next week – Mess in the Middle Week.
Hopefully you aren’t dealing with a mess. But if you are, you’ll find many helpful resources here next week. Resources that will help you get out of the mess, boosting morale and productivity in the process.
If you aren’t dealing with a mess right now – good for you! The strategies presented next week can serve as preventive measures as well. Or tools for later when you will – unless you’re superhuman – have to deal with a mess.
Have a nice weekend. See ya next week!
P.S. Be sure to sign up for our Quote of the Week so you’ll know what we’re talking about.
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10 Ways to Help Jackasses Become Good Carpenters
This week’s Quick List is a follow up to our Quote of the Week: On Jackasses & Carpenters.
I’m not sure how LBJ was defining “jackass” when he said this. He could have been using the typical definition of “jerk”. I was thinking in visual terms of a donkey kicking down a barn. And thinking in metaphorical terms of people who complain, blame, criticize, make fun, rip apart and tear down people, policies, departments, organizations, corporations…and whatever else comes their way. With no ideas or plans for making things better – no intention of doing anything to make it so.
And using that definition, I see a bunch of jackasses kicking down barns in the business world. Pulling morale, productivity and performance of all around them deeper and deeper into the dump.
Do you have any jackasses on your team?
If you want to protect morale, productivity and performance…you know you must stop them, right? Read more
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Quote of the Week: Jackasses & Carpenters
They’re everywhere. On talk shows, blogs and message boards. In cubicles and conference rooms. Around water coolers and in parking lots. People who want to complain, blame, criticize, make fun, rip apart and tear down people, policies, departments, organizations, corporations…and whatever else comes their way. No ideas or plans for making things better – no intention of doing anything to make it so. A bunch of jackasses kicking down barns. Pulling the morale, productivity and performance of all around them deeper and deeper into the dump.
Do you have any jackasses on your team?
In the name of morale, productivity and performance… Read more
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Basnight Family Secrets
We hit the jackpot again!
More best practices and secrets to success – this time from a business that has lasted through the Great Depression, fifteen recessions and fifteen United States Presidents.
In 1924, Stein Basnight, a graduate of UNC, opened S.H. Basnight Hardware. He traveled around the state, pulling a trailer full of products to sell.
His sons, Bill and Jesse, joined their father in the business.
Papa Stein died before he got to see this but four of his grandchildren got involved in the business: Bill’s children, Terry and Don; as well as Jesse’s children, Jesse Jr. and Steve.
Two of those grandchildren now own the business. Read more
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