FROM THE BLOG 

The Eclipse is Over– actually, the eclipse lasted about 2 minutes, depending upon where you were viewing it from.  The buzz that the eclipse has generated is fantastic! What are you doing [...]

During the last month, the Rotary Club of Fort Worth has hosted a foreign exchange student from Germany.  This student, in his early 20’s, has had the opportunity start early and stay late. [...]

Last week, one of our consultants watched a prospective employee perform a “task skills test” for a new job. The hiring principal, an architect, gave this job candidate, an architect [...]

Many business owners, once they have a successful operation think about opening a second location.  It could be in the same town, same state or a different town or different state.  Often times, [...]

A recent truck-trailer accident left the principal of the firm unable to work.  Although not permanently injured, the individual was hurt to the point where he spent several weeks in [...]

  The toxic employee requires expenditures of both time and money. But you can only spend so much before you need to make that difficult leadership decision. After you’ve had serious talk, [...]

As a manager or supervisor, you must face the toxic employee matter directly and confidently.  This is not a time to pretend the problem doesn’t exist, though certainly that would be most [...]

Harvard University recently retracted the admissions letters of 10 in coming freshman students after university officials found on social media that the students shared Facebook memes that [...]

One of our consultants talked with a refrigerator repairman the other day.    The repairman is an independent businessman who works throughout the United States repairing industrial refrigeration [...]

Today is the day that we recognize and celebrate the sacrifices and remember the dedication and lives of American men and women who died during their service in the Armed Forces of the United [...]