Posts Tagged ‘company’
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
Each year the last issue of our e-newsletter focuses on some of my lessons learned. May you find inspiration among the Top 10 things that touched me during 2011.
Dropped Call – One of my clients is a service center manager for the large wireless company that until yesterday looked like [...]
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Tags: call, center, cnbc, company, Dropped, industry giant, inspiration, issue, last spring, manager, May, merger, productivity, service, year
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
‘Giddyup giddyup 409′… ‘And good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye’… ‘I remember when rock was young’… ‘We’re going racing in the streets’… ‘Baby you’re much too fast.’ These lyrics are from songs – by The Beach Boys, Don McLean, Elton John, Bruce Springsteen and Prince – that pay tribute to a manufacturing icon: [...]
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Tags: America, automobile manufacturing, baby, baseball hot dogs apple pie and chevrolet, Bruce Springsteen, Camaro, car, car enthusiasts, Chevy, company, Corvette, Detroit, Dinah Shore, Don, Don McLean, Elton John, Giddyup, good old boys, Louis Chevrolet, manufacturing, movement time, racing in the streets, Ralph Nader, Rock, rye, the, U.S.A, Vega, whiskey, whiskey and rye, William C, william c durant
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
My wife’s book club skipped this month’s meeting and attended the movie version of a novel they read: “The Help.” Afterwards, they wanted to go to a restaurant, have dessert and discuss the film. Kathy checked out a couple of nearby eateries’ websites and selected one that remained open late on a Wednesday night. Arriving [...]
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Tags: book, club, company, dessert, hostess, Kathy, location, meeting, midtown location, month, movie, novel, reading, seven women, sorry for the confusion, version, website, wednesday night, wife
Friday, July 15th, 2011
My nephew just completed the first 90 days of his new career in the high-risk insurance industry. The interesting thing is he almost didn’t have the opportunity to take on this new role after spending six years in real estate. After several interviews at various levels of the company, he met with the founder. Everything [...]
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Tags: career, commercial real estate, company, decision maker, deflection, founder, high risk insurance, industry, insurance, insurance industry, interview, interview technique, nephew, opportunity, Ryan, salesmen, salespeople, test candidates, thing, veteran, veteran leader
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
Over the last year I worked to develop a relationship with a large company in the transportation industry. This included starting over midway through when the person who oversees their coaching practice left the organization. Several months after that setback I had a terrific conversation with the new director. Finally, on her recommendation, I interviewed [...]
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Tags: bedtime, coaching, company, decision maker, dejection, disappointment, feeling, fresh air, hr specialists, industry, new attitude, next morning, organization, part, relationship, salesperson, setback, time, transportation, transportation industry, year
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Friday, July 15th, 2011My nephew just completed the first 90 days of his new career in the high-risk insurance industry. The interesting thing is he almost didn’t have the opportunity to take on this new role after spending six years in real estate. After several interviews at various levels of the company, he met with the founder. Everything [...]
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Tags: career, commercial real estate, company, decision maker, deflection, founder, high risk insurance, industry, insurance, insurance industry, interview, interview technique, nephew, opportunity, Ryan, salesmen, salespeople, test candidates, thing, veteran, veteran leader