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Your boss is your advocate
What is the most common reason an employee leaves their job? Surveys have consistently shown that nearly 90% of the time, employee departures stem from how much support is received from the person they report to.
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The three absolutes of happiness
If you are waiting in line at the supermarket, you may occasionally glance at the tabloid headlines. (You don’t have to admit it) On these pages (so I’m told) there are headline stories about famous people. Most of the stories pertain to troubled relationships, people going broke, and health or substance abuse issues. These stories may be depressing. They also point to the most important areas we need to live a happy life.
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Share information, but not this information
A few weeks ago I came across a business article entitled, “How to discuss pay at work”. The article gave tips of just how you should discuss your salary when with a co-worker. They gave four suggestions: I have one…DON’T!
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Respected leaders “Walk the talk”
“What you do speaks so loud I cannot hear what you say”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
While watching the Bears game Sunday evening, I saw a play that I will never forget: It was the 3rd quarter and the Bears had the football. They had just had two successive plays where they barely passed the line of scrimmage. Their once commanding lead had dwindled to three points. It was 3rd down and the Steelers were coming right at Cutler. He found a hole and ran for the first down. The fans were surprised that Jay brought his shoulder down and plunged into the defender knocking him down. From that point on, the momentum of the game changed, and the Bears won by 17 points.
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Get your highest margin work
Last year I wrote a blog on a process we could use to determine our highest margin work.
Doing work that gives us the highest margin of profit makes sense, doesn’t it? Yet how many times do we find ourselves getting caught in the price-matching game where we end up falling short of a comfortable profit margin.
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