You is smart, you is kind, you is important.” That is a great line from the 2011 movie “The Help,” in which a black servant teaches the daughter of an entitled white woman that she is valuable. It’s good that she teaches the daughter that lesson, because her mother doesn’t seem to take much time […]
I didn’t have much time to reflect on the past couple years when my business first won the 2018 Small Business Award last month. A few days after the award, my wife mentioned to me that I still seemed very stressed and busy at work. In fact, I was too busy to think much about […]
I recently wrote about discovering the mission and vision of a business. Some people refer to the mission as to the “Why?” of your business. This is a great question to ask, but we shouldn’t just settle at asking it about the business. We should also help reveal to our employees and members of our […]
Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson made headlines a few weeks ago when he threatened to vote against the Republican-sponsored tax overhaul. The Republicans in the Senate needed to take seriously any Republican who said he or she would oppose the bill, because they have a razor-thin majority and could allow no more than two defections. Johnson […]
Part of the reason I decided to join the world of staffing and recruiting was because I realized how important it is to invest in people. In a period of four years, I was promoted from a worker bee who managed no one to a regional director overseeing 55 employees. As I was promoted, I […]
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