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Our grandson Maxwell had the time of his life with his parents when they visited the Great Jack O'Lantern BlazeThe Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze is a production of Historic Hudson Valley, a not for-profit educational organization supported by generous contributions from individuals, foundations, cor...
10/18/2022
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Did you know that, according to Gallup, people want to feel that they are doing meaningful work? Another way to this is people want to be proud and take ownership of what they do or what they create.Don’t tell them how to do it. Just tell them what needs to be accomplished—the goal. They will be ...
10/16/2022
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The keynote annual event of the Business Council of Westchester will take place tomorrow night. The gala event will be held at the VIP Country Club in New Rochelle NY.This year's headline speaker will be Robert Halmi, Founder and CEO of Great Point Studios, owner of Lionsgate. Halmi will discus...
10/11/2022
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Employee engagement and our own in engagement in our work is a very good thing. But over engagement is not. You need a work / life balance. Do you or your staff feel overworked or overwhelmed? And is this of your own making?Many blame the rapid pace of business or the economic fact that business ...
10/09/2022
I started my business after leaving the corporate world of HR in 2008. I had the knowledge and the experience but I did not have the customers yet. I was also a member of BNI and a fellow member Debbie Gartner had a floor covering business. She had been in marketing before she had the flooring...
10/04/2022
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If you want to change the accountability start with working on changing the culture. The best way to create an accountability culture is to help people to accept accountability. The best way to accomplish this is by motivating them to be accountable. Understanding what motivates a person, whether...
10/02/2022
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As you know I was on the call today with Leanne Smith learning about all of the adventures of living off dirt roads in Northern Arizona. While she was talking about monsoons I was concerned that my house is buttoned up for Hurricane Ivan.I have someone take care of putting up my hurricane shutte...
09/27/2022
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I was just reading an article in INC where Marc Cuban saying finding your passion does not lead to success. If you do something you do well, you will become inspired and that will generate passion.Find those inner strengths in your team then help them use their strengths create new levels of perf...
09/25/2022
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This evening I had the privilege of seeing the induction of this years 40 under 40 for 2022. I was special to me because a person i nominated, Jack Martinelli, got chosen.Jack is with Westchester Magazine. I also know his family. My father in law worked for his grandfather. Jack has just compl...
09/20/2022
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It is no accident that two core competencies of human resource professionals, for example, include consultation and relationship management. And this is no different for other professionals whether internal company consultants or external sales consultants. Trust is vitally important, and this is...
09/18/2022