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How’d I get where I am today…

Welcome back and if you came by to make a comment some of my comments get moderated but I’ll get it moderated within a day unless I’m on vacation.

I’ve got a new plugin that enables you to subscribe to comments to see if anybody comments on your comment. You’d hate [...]

Managers: Get a life!

Retail managers are frequently on call far too much and get too many calls and not enough money for the time they put in.  Burn-out is one of the biggest problems I, as an Area Manager have to deal with. My managers, those that work one level under me, love their stores and their employees [...]

It’s not what you know – it’s if I can stand talking to you!

A majority of human resources professionals (54%) make their final decision to hire a person based on “chemistry,” according to a poll released Tuesday by the Society for Human Resource Management.

from: Poll: A Majority Hire based on ‘Chemistry’ over at WorkExposedBlog.com

I’ve had managers ask me over and over again how to interview as if there [...]

Daily Five Minutes for your life

The Daily Five Minutes (D5M) as talked about, shared, given away for free on the Internet, by Rosa Say is the single most important management tool I’ve run into. I found it on her blog, bought her book, and have built a relationship (online only – no jealous husbands coming after me please!) with her [...]

Set yourself on fire and help it spread.

Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must first set yourself on fire. Fred Shero

I once told my Mom that I couldn’t figure out how to motivate somebody and she pointed out to me that I couldn’t motivate anybody. I could inspire, but the motivation would come from [...]