What Keeps Managers Awake at Night?

March 8, 2010
By Clemens Rettich
What Keeps Managers Awake at Night?

In Canadian Business, Andrew Wahl reviewed an initiative by Pitney Bowes Canada to create an in-house leadership development program. The initiative was lead by the president of Pitney Bowes Canada, Deepak Chopra (not the famous author, but sounds like one hell of a leader), and has resulted in a number of successful initiatives within the...
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David Rendall’s Freak Factory

March 1, 2010
By Clemens Rettich
David Rendall’s Freak Factory

David Rendall’s excellent Freak Factory site has a sub-title that reads “Embracing uniqueness by flaunting weakness”. Flaunting is what Rendall and his writing is all about. Instead of trying to balance, compensate, improve, or fix our weaknesses, his thesis is that by celebrating what...
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From Board-Feet to Sustainable Relationships?

February 23, 2010
By Clemens Rettich
From Board-Feet to Sustainable Relationships?

A corporate fixer who makes a commitment to listening to rank-and-file employees? A major British Columbia lumber producer who will focus on quality over quantity? I know… I shouldn’t hold my breath. On the other hand, an article in a Vancouver Island paper (Cowichan News Leader)...
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What if your Business Disappeared Tomorrow?

February 6, 2010
By Clemens Rettich
What if your Business Disappeared Tomorrow?

If your business disappeared tomorrow, would anybody miss you? No one wants to close their doors. But let’s imagine the unthinkable: how would your customers respond if you had to...
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How To Sabotage Your Own Networking

January 29, 2010
By Clemens Rettich
How To Sabotage Your Own Networking

You spend considerable time and effort networking. You think you are doing it all right. You understand the 20/80 rule, and you focus your time and energies on the...
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Do I Need a Smartphone for Business?

January 17, 2010
By Clemens Rettich
Do I Need a Smartphone for Business?

1.  Do I need a smartphone for business? How would you answer these questions: Do you work away from the office? Do you have a schedule out of the office that...
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