Do You Know Next?

What's Next?
What's Next?

Everyone has special gifts they bring to the table, value they add to their organization

Often, for myriad reasons, these gifts, these talents, go unnoticed.

Why?

Because the employee’s gift is so different from the status quo that it looks crazy.  Moronic.  Maybe even stupid.

Just like Hugh MacLeod stated a few days ago.

SAS Number One Employer

Ditto
Ditto

Fortune has named SAS the number one employer to work for, again.

Why?  You’ll have to read the article to find out, but you can bet CEO “Dr. Goodnight”, is using common sense and the estimable ROI that comes with following your gut – that being loyal begets loyalty.

I’d like to extend a very special thank you to Bob Stewart for sharing the link in yesterday’s jungle jeff comments section.

Comments are a great resource to extend, enhance and create an online leadership think-tank community.

Imagine, Snowball Marketing

Snowball Marketing?
Snowball Marketing?

Imagine if (random number) half your staff had blogs.  And they wrote about how your company helps people.

Imagine the people you select to blog, like this.  They are smart, professional people.  You already trust them to remain compliant with all your organization’s policies, while interacting with your customers on the phone, and face to face.

Imagine no rules are broken and no lines are crossed – the same way you currently assume your people are behaving in front of your customers.

Is this easy or difficult to imagine?

The New Business Card

Traditional Thinking?
Traditional Thinking?

Are you familiar with the new business card?

It’s no longer a small rectangular piece of card stock.

Bet you don’t have a clue.

Most people don’t.

I didn’t either.

Until a year ago.

Then the epiphany.

Never Get Bored With

Being Caged In Is Boring, But Secure
Being Caged In Is Boring, But Secure

Never get bored with two things:

  1. The Fundamentals
  2. Common Sense

Never get comfortable with two things:

  1. Status quo
  2. Mediocrity

Always be thankful for this:

  1. Everything

And never get bored with blogging.