This is not the Field of Dreams!
“This is not the Field of Dreams!” is my favorite line from a piece entitled Busting The 10 Biggest Small Business Myths. The point behind this statement is that the “build it, and
Veterans in the Workforce: Their Success is Written All Over Their Military DNA
“Music and dancing broke out in the streets of Little Italy, ‘confetti’ made of scraps of cloth rained down in the Garment District and in Times Square, two million people
Prom & Skilled Trades: An Unlikely Coupling for a Brilliant Analogy
Most have heard of the skilled trades gap. A number of writers, including myself, have shared their concern over the number of skilled trade jobs open versus the number of
Personal Branding: The Common Thread Among Industry Giants
Elon Musk. Bill Nye. Steve Jobs. Martha Stewart. Bruce Springsteen. Oprah Winfrey. Richard Branson These individuals share a common achievement: They excel at cultivating their personal brand. According to PersonalBrand.com, “a
NETFLIX: What the Decade’s Most Successful Business Transformation Story Teaches Us
In September 2019, Harvard Business Review (HBR) released The Top 20 Business Transformations of the Last Decade. Within this piece, HBR reports that a leading factor in a company’s survival is developing
Cookie Cutters: Holiday Memories, Not Business Favorites
Forbes rates independent thinking as one of the top twelve qualities employers look for when hiring, and Business Insider lists being intellectually curious as one of the most attractive qualities in a prospective employee.
If Time is Money, Efficiency is Freedom
What do agriculture, the electric light bulb, and concrete have in common? They are examples of how advances in technology increase our opportunity to accomplish more in a 24-hour period.
One Truth That All Successful Businesses Know: Communication is More Than the Words We Speak
Words matter, and thanks to social media saturating our lives, words can and do fly to and from opposite sides of the globe in seconds. As wonderful as it is
INTEGRITY: The Invisible Statistic
Dwight D. Eisenhower was a man of many memorable quotes, but one of them is the foundation from which countless businesses built and secured their success: "The supreme quality for
Manufacturing & Skilled Trades: Roads Worth Paving
Although the spirit of the popular phrase work smarter, not harder holds merit, the images and feelings this phrase conjures may be one of the culprits behind America’s skills gap— the number