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See employees learn.
Learn, employees, learn.
See employees say, “Ah.”
“Ah,” said the employees.
“Ah, ah, ah.”
Simple language works.
Simple, simple, simple.
Snickers the Wonder Dog forgot how to go to the bathroom on her morning walk.
She’s seven. And as you can tell by her name, she’s wonderful. But with this new behavior — Gee, you mean you think I shouldn’t just walk down the middle of the sidewalk like nothing is happening in the world? — [...]
The best thing that SEPTA ever did was create a quiet car on the suburban Philadelphia rail lines. During rush hour, the first car of a 3+ car train is designated as a quiet car. No talking. No cell phone conversations. Peace and quiet.
I’m a quiet car enforcer. I don’t hesitate to remind people that [...]
George Cloutier gives business advice to small- and medium-sized businesses. Bad advice. From what I read in this article — Fire Your Employees. Scare Your Relatives. And Stop Whining — he gives what I consider the worst business and HR advice I’ve ever read. A sampling: “Fear is motivating.” Really?
He is wrong. I’ll write more [...]
This video, called Lost Generation, with worth watching. And thinking about. Time to calibrate, friends.
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