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Stop Tweaking Blog
- December 31, 2018
- Posted by: Philip Struble
- Category: Uncategorized
No CommentsI could write a blog about any of the definitions of “tweak,” but my focus today is on definition #3. More specifically, I’m thinking of the incessant adjustments that many of us (me included) feel is needed before we release whatever we are working on for public consumption.
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The Illusion of an Agreement Blog
- December 27, 2018
- Posted by: Philip Struble
- Category: Uncategorized
You have given your staff their marching orders. These are detailed verbal instructions of what you want them to do, how to do what you want, and what you are looking for as an outcome. Several days later when they report back, what they have done is nothing like you envisioned. What went wrong?
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Merry Christmas
- December 25, 2018
- Posted by: Philip Struble
- Category: Uncategorized
Keeping Christmas in perspective is often tough for small business owners and entrepreneurs. We too often get caught up in the insane level of activity surrounding this particular holiday.
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Objections to Change
- December 20, 2018
- Posted by: Philip Struble
- Category: Uncategorized
I’m not going to change, and you can’t make me!
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Have a Good Day
- December 17, 2018
- Posted by: Philip Struble
- Category: Uncategorized
Wouldn’t it be great to get up each morning and know with certainty that you are going to have a great day, no matter what? I know people like that and have always wondered what they know that I do not.
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Take a Break
- December 13, 2018
- Posted by: Philip Struble
- Category: Uncategorized
Do you demand your employees take a break from work? Although it is an unusual “demand,” there may be more merit in requiring work breaks than I originally thought.
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Influencing Culture
- December 10, 2018
- Posted by: Philip Struble
- Category: Uncategorized
In the fall of 2017, I wrote a multi-week-long blog (October 3, 2017, to November 14, 2017) on company culture. The premise of that blog series was to intentionally change your company culture to reflect characteristics that lead to success.
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Productivity Practices
- December 6, 2018
- Posted by: Philip Struble
- Category: Uncategorized
“We need to get more work out of fewer employees.”
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Job Burnout
- December 3, 2018
- Posted by: Philip Struble
- Category: Uncategorized
As with many of my blogs, what I write about is in real time. And as I write, I’m dealing with one of my key employees who is on the verge of burnout.