Why would a senior employee keep tricks of the trade secret from others? For one reason only: a lack of confidence. Someone who acknowledges his …
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Why Seasoned Employees Don’t Share
Category Archives: General-Business
SUCCEEDING WITH SMALL SHORT-TERM TEAMS
A few years ago I volunteered to support the Continental Cup activities in Cleveland. This is an international sporting event that included 2500 youngsters from …
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Listen for the Silence Too
A majority of adult Americans do not vote in our elections. Why is that? Simply because they don’t believe their vote matters. They believe nothing …
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Swamp Monster Got Your Tongue?
An effective operation may have bad days, but they are a rarity. When you walk through operations, is the angst palpable? Clearly that swamp monster …
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No More Excuses
Even the best of us can benefit from cold water to the face occasionally. In mid-2022 I finally quit making excuses and enjoyed a 3-week …
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Determining Your Speed of Change
Excerpted From: © 2021 Manufacturing Mastery: The Path to Building Successful and Enduring Manufacturing Businesses; Taylor & Francis, Author: Rebecca Morgan “I have long advised …
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Staying Busy is NOT the Objective
Your people are no doubt working hard to do a good job. The question is: Have you given enough structure for them to know what …
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Are Drones The Answer?
In the late 1970s, Ken Olson, co-founder of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), and Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, had very different predictions for the future …
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The Hits Just Keep On Coming
In my lifetime the US economy has experienced bank and savings and loan failures, inflation and full employment, a 20% prime rate and a Fed …
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Instead of Innovation
As fast as the world turns these days, it is not easy to stay abreast of the latest concepts and management trends. While it is …
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