April 29, 2010 Don’t Be A Cardboard Cutout! You know what I mean, right? Those life-sized, full color blowups of real people, mounted to foamboard, cut all the way around, and then propped up so they look like a real person? A few phrases come to mind here… “Light’s on, but no one’s home” “As useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle” or a new favorite “The wheel’s spinning but the hamster’s dead.” Don’t be that guy! Bring your brain, your motivation, your desire to do a good job, to every meeting, conversation, activity you do all day long! Show you are listening, by repeating back, using different…
October 20, 2009 How to Create Your Own Cone of Silence Would you like to manufacture some extra time at work? Try a few of these suggestions: Bring your morning beverage of choice with you when you come to your office in the morning, rather than having to come in, put your things down, and then run to the coffee shop or kitchen to get something. You can be ready to start work immediately when you enter your workspace each morning. Compartmentalize your day. Try to achieve the tasks on your To Do list (you do have one, right? If not, check out my May 20, 2009 blog!) in an efficient…
April 17, 2009 Idle Hands Are A Perfect Time to Tackle Projects! Phone not ringing as much as it used to? People kinda hangin’ around looking like they are at loose ends? What are you gonna do? PUT ‘EM TO WORK! During this perceived or real lull in your business, why not tackle some of those projects you never seemed to have time to get to before…remember, when you were meeting rush deadlines?! If you don’t have one handy, make a list for you and your team of all of the things you could be doing if only you had the time (of course, in addition to servicing the…
