December 12, 2018
Elections, Passion, and Justification
As a prelude to the elections there was a story on the morning radio the other day about an elected official either convicted or about…
November 28, 2018
Sometimes You Just Can’t Win
In the Seattle Times October 7, 2018 business section’s, “Speaking of Business” feature (a weekly roundup of quotes from the week’s most popular stories) were…
November 10, 2018
Competition Drives Prices
Every summer we take a road trip. I’ve noticed motel prices going down over the last few years and it seems obvious why they’re doing…
November 7, 2018
Asking Why – A Great Question
I’m known in my family for constantly asking, “Why?” Others will say something about what they’re going to do, what they want to get, etc.…
October 8, 2018
When the Employees are Quitting the Economy is Hot
When employees feed confident they'll quit their job to get another one. 2015-2018 employee quits are up 30% and it's why it's important to attract…
October 3, 2018
Routines Rule
It’s football season and one of the lessons we can all learn from football teams is the importance of routines. Once the preseason games start…
September 26, 2018
Sabotage is All Around Us
I caught a small amount of the NFL Hall of Fame ceremonies on TV and was particularly drawn to Jerry Kramer’s acceptance speech. He mentioned…
September 17, 2018
When All Employees are on the Same Page…
At a meeting with a group of clients last week our presenter, my friend Hugh Blane, asked an interesting question – “Can every employee articulate…
September 12, 2018
When Free is Best
We had just begun a multi-hour car trip, tuned the radio to XM’s Bruce Springsteen station, and they were starting a replay of one of…
September 5, 2018
One Track Minds Means Inefficiency
I look across the lake (figuratively) at Seattle and its City Council. I see a bunch of single issue councilmembers with no big picture focus…