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Dealing With Pushback from Employees on Returning to Onsite Work
Dealing With Pushback from Employees on Returning to Onsite Work
Recently, Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, announced to the 137,000 Apple employees that they would be expected to return to work onsite beginning in early September – not necessarily full-time but... Read more...
Creating a Sticky Message Is Like Making Maple Syrup
Creating a Sticky Message Is Like Making Maple Syrup
  Is your company message delicious and sticky? Or, is it watered down and bland? As a child one of my favorite events of the spring was making maple syrup.... Read more...
Neutralizing Negativity in The Workplace
Neutralizing Negativity in The Workplace
Negativity is one of the most common, and deeply ingrained, obstacles to a healthy work environment. When working with front-line employees, supervisors and mid-level managers in a variety of industries,... Read more...
The Top Question For Business Leaders: What Business Are We In?
The Top Question For Business Leaders: What Business Are We In?
Harvard Business School professor and the father of modern marketing, Theodore Levitt, asks a powerful question that every business leader, sales representative and marketing manager must answer: What business are... Read more...
When Stuff Happens
When Stuff Happens
Genesis chapter 11 tells the curious story of the Tower of Babel. In a nutshell, God divided people using language. Thousands of years later, on the day of Pentecost, God... Read more...
Is Appreciation Just An American Concept?
Is Appreciation Just An American Concept?
I have had the privilege of traveling internationally to numerous countries to introduce the concept of authentic appreciation in the workplace. Fortunately, authentic appreciation and vibrant workplaces aren’t limited to certain... Read more...
Boost Your Confidence in Praying
Boost Your Confidence in Praying
Texting is easy enough. Praying, well, not so much. To enjoy praying a change of perspective is essential. Think about your relationship to God as being similar to your relationship... Read more...
Why Right Now May Be the Time To Adjust Your Growth Strategy
Why Right Now May Be the Time To Adjust Your Growth Strategy
I’m not sure who first said this popular quote: “Hope is not a strategy.” (Who Said Hope Is Not a Strategy?) In one of my favorite strategy books, Blue Ocean Strategy,... Read more...
The Parkinson's Project
The Parkinson's Project
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, It’s been seven years since I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease and I’m so blessed to say that more than 90% of my symptoms are... Read more...
What We Can Learn From T-Mobile About How To Keep Customers and Grow Revenue Following an Acquisition
What We Can Learn From T-Mobile About How To Keep Customers and Grow Revenue Following an Acquisition
The reason to buy a company is to take what you purchased and grow it. Unfortunately, what often happens is that companies let the customers of the companies they acquired... Read more...
The Good Kids Club
The Good Kids Club
As parents age, they often become more reliant on their adult children for support. Especially now, when so many are frightened by the prospect of getting sick from a virus... Read more...
The Two Most Important Revenue Metrics Every Company Should Track
The Two Most Important Revenue Metrics Every Company Should Track
Every company wants to grow. At the end of the month, end of the quarter, and end of the year, we all look at our top-line revenue. How much did... Read more...