Welcome UVA Fans

September 14, 2011 · Filed Under Be a Better Manager, Get 2 Goal, Serious About Service · Comment 

We were so impressed with the show of class at Notre Dame , we wanted to spread the word and make it easy for businesses to implement,  so we created a few game day tools for businesses. One of them – ready-to-go welcome signs.

This weekend, Carolina plays the Cavaliers from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia.

If you have a business in the Chapel Hill/Carrboro area, please post welcoming signs in the door, windows and/or counter tops.

Welcome Virginia Fans

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10 Things to Look at Harder

September 13, 2011 · Filed Under 2 Little Time, Be a Better Manager, Get 2 Goal, Quick List · Comment 

This week’s Quick List* is a companion piece to our Quote of the Week which can help us manage mistakes, problems, change, people and ourselves;  and in the process, boost morale, productivity and overall performance.

Of course if we looked harder at EVERYTHING, we would never get anything done.  But what if we looked at the big things.?  The things that are causing problems.  The things that are making us angry at people in our lives.  The things that are taking up energy.

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Quote of the Week: Sure? Look harder.

This week’s quote can help us manage mistakes, problems, change, people and ourselves;  and in the process, boost morale, productivity and overall performance.

Of course if we looked harder at EVERYTHING, Read more

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Continue While Remembering

September 11, 2011 · Filed Under Be a Better Manager · Comment 

American FlagOn Wednesday, September 12, 2001, Ms. Hall, a 6th grade Social Studies teacher at Phillips Middle School, gave her students an assignment: Pretend to be the President of the United States and write a letter to America.

It was a brilliant assignment – a wonderful way to help these eleven year olds (and their parents) think about, talk about and attempt to understand the events of the previous day and what they meant to us – as individuals, as families and as a country.

Here is the letter my  son wrote that day.

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Welcome Rutgers Fans

September 6, 2011 · Filed Under Be a Better Manager · Comment 

We were so impressed with the show of class at Notre Dame in 2006, that we wanted to spread the word and make it easy for businesses to join in and so we created a few game day tools for businesses.   One of them – ready-to-go welcome signs.

On Saturday, September10, Carolina plays the Scarlet Knights from Rutgers University.

Would you like to join us by posting welcome signs in the door, windows and/or counter tops?

Here is one of the signs we’ve created:

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10 Tips for Fight Procrastination Day

September 6, 2011 · Filed Under 2 Little Time, Be a Better Manager, celebrations, Get 2 Goal, Quick List · Comment 

Today is Fight Procrastination Day.

Wouldn’t it be nice if it was the ONLY day we had to fight procrastination?

Here are 10 tips for Fighting Procrastination today or on any day.

 

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Quotes of the Week: On Hoots & Rainbows

September 4, 2011 · Filed Under Be a Better Manager, celebrations, Get 2 Goal, Quote of the Week · Comment 

Happy Labor Day – the last hurrah of summer sun and fun.
A good day for hoots and rainbows.
And then back to school.  Back to work. Read more

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Off for Labor Day

September 1, 2011 · Filed Under Be a Better Manager, celebrations · Comment 

Many Americans think of Labor Day as the official end of summer.

For some, it’s the start of school.   And football season.

Growing up in the south, it was the last day we could wear white. Read more

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