Aha! Moment Monday What stresses you out? Whenever I’m in a restaurant and the server asks if I have any allergies I always say, “lineups”. I love food but don’t love some of the lineups to get it. I’ve become a bit of an efficiency nut; I don’t waste time and I don’t like waiting. That first recognition that I’m stuck in a line prompts a shift in my body language, blood pressure and … [Read more...]
Connecting the Dots
Aha Moment Monday Would you rather be right or would you rather be rich? Whether it’s a simple report, a special event, re-tooling to take on a new market or running the entire organization, one common success element is to start with a clear vision. For your report to have clarity, your event to accomplish results, your new market initiative to get traction or your entire organization to … [Read more...]
The Luck of the Irish … as well as the rest of us!
Aha Moment Monday How often are successful people cited as being lucky? ‘He was lucky because his parents had money.” “She was lucky because she had natural talent.” “They were lucky because ...”, well, fill in the blanks. If you’ve ever been “lucky”, and I imagine you have, then you know how it feels to be proclaimed as “lucky”. Truth is, “Luck is when preparedness meets … [Read more...]
More high-fives please
Aha Moment Monday What’s your “quality quotient”? What’s your ratio of high-fives to make-up calls? We all measure this to some extent – how many times we execute flawlessly and how many times things don’t go according to plan – but what is the impact of that quotient? I know of a first-class manufacturer that processes about 1500 orders a day. For every 100 orders they process, on … [Read more...]