Mexico has certainly been kicked around this past year. Vicious drug wars. Tourists murdered in their hotel room. The collapse of a tour operator that inexplicably prompted some hotels to threaten guests with arrest if they didn't pay exorbitant and inflated bills. How does that generate repeat business again? Now swine flu. Makes you wonder why … [Read more...]
Apr
25
Charity Changes Your Company
Have you ever started your own charitable organization? In some ways we all have. Lending money when you don't care if it ever gets paid back, or giving bigger gifts than the occasion warrants. It feels good to help when you know someone who needs it or you're able to give in a way that's more engaged. Not to diminish traditional charity giving. … [Read more...]
Apr
20
Battling Extremism At Your Water Cooler
You might have read that distressed conditions can generate extremism. Governments are on mild alert; that is to say there is a report being circulated titled, "beware". Little or nothing will be done. Government is too big and complex, and entirely distracted right now, to take small signs of disgruntled behaviour very seriously. At least not … [Read more...]
Apr
15
Turn Your People Into Problem Solvers
You can't solve problems with the same thinking that created them. One of many brilliant perspectives courtesy of Einstein. Capt. Edward A. Murphy had a good one, too. You remember..."if anything can go wrong, it will". He was working on a project at Edwards Air Force Base in 1949 studying the effects of quick deceleration on the human body. After … [Read more...]
Apr
07
Great Deals on Used Executives
A small health services company with revenues just over $1 million and cracking their first black ink since start-up a few years ago is looking for a CEO. The principals are ready to move aside. They recognize the company will benefit from good full-time leadership and they can finally afford to offer about $120,000 to $140,000 for the lucky … [Read more...]
