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MAY, 2010


Remember on Memorial Day



Beer, BBQ and Bodies

Why did I have to bring that up and ruin a perfectly good, 3-day weekend of eating, drinking and fun in the sun.

Because we have only 2 remaining sacred holidays in the U.S.  Memorial Day is one of them. Veterans Day is the other.

The death toll topped the 1,000 mark in Afghanistan this month. Are we still keeping a count for Iraq? The families who have lost fathers, sons, mothers and daughters ...
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Why I'm NOT a Team Builder Rant #'s 1&2



Rant #1 Team Building Does Not Work

I think we need to teach "teams" to get out of the way of talented individuals. Numerous examples. Take the BP spill. They don't need a team or a village, they need people with talent to solve the problem, then they need people with leadership ability to to tell the rest of them what to do. There's a team working on this now. How's it ...
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[ Posted by michael cardus, June 02, 2010 8:28 ]
     Chris.
I agree...
lowering the ceiling does not make anyone taller. Also short term programs focused on people who do not want to change is a waste of time and money.
Currently incentive based programs and organizations focus on pleasing all, ignoring talent, and funding those who are not achieving. This creates a structure where the majority of people (those who are getting by) look and see all programs and funding and extra training going to the under achievers. SO they in turn choose to raise to the lowest denominator.
Additionally the idea of having a team building program for 80-500 people because 4 or 5 people are not getting along is a waste of time and money.
Also your line about allowing the talent to work is true.
This is true of any and all training programs - and people. The talented ones who choose to develop, grow, read, write, learn, improve and continue to grow find opportunities and take advantage of situations. Trainers, consultants, facilitators (whatever) know this.
When I lead team building programs and leadership programs focus is on the talent and knowing that some people will understand, care, want to be there, and take some ideas to be used. Sadly - this is a crisis organizational ego, inept promotion systems, and lacking of developing talent within organizations.
It also is team building facilitator not knowing enough (same lowering the ceiling applies in my trade :) ) to understand talent, accountability and various levels of team dynamics. One team is all the team is Bull Sh*t.
Highly talented team members can develop stronger tools to pull knowledge and accomplish great work.
This is a struggle although I agree with what you wrote.


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Brownian Motion for Ideas



I have posted an interesting exercise on my other site. The object was to illustrate the battering any new idea takes when someone introduces it into a business.

Take a look at BizPhyZ.com and the Brownian Thought page.

Chris Reich, TeachU.com


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Question for Discussion



Question.

It costs money to operate a fishing boat. You've got fuel, wages, maintenance, bait, etc., to pay for every time a boat goes out.

You've got a fleet of 100 fishing boats. Big operation.

The fish aren't biting. The other guy's boats aren't bringing in much. Your boats aren't getting much.

Should you send out more boats? Send boats to new areas? Cut back, maybe sell boats?

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Greatest Technology Available for Making Sales!



I recently saw this at a trade show for sales professionals. Very few businesses are utilizing this amazing technology that is 100% guaranteed to increase sales.

During the demo, most of the attendees were too busy playing with their I-Phones and Blackberries to catch the significance of this game changing device. While the text messages were flying and emails thumbed out, the demo actually got past the heads of most in attendance.

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Creativity Second to Integrity Means...



About 60% of CEOs polled cited creativity as the most important leadership quality, compared with 52% for integrity and 35% for global thinking. Creative leaders are also more prepared to break with the status quo of industry, enterprise and revenue models, and they are 81% more likely to rate innovation as a "crucial capability."

creativity poll

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Cut or Think?



Price pressure doesn't have to mean calamity: TeachU



I have said for a long time that this "recovery" is establishing a new normal. The good ole days are gone. Clients don't love you even if they once did.

Today it's about price. There is a lot of pressure on price. The price pressure is not going away, ever. Extreme price pressure is a new reality that many businesses have not faced. You'd better do it soon because failure to respond to this pressure ...
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[ Posted by michael cardus, May 18, 2010 7:36 ]
     I like the idea of exploring existing processes and developing ways to re-explore and change what you are already doing. Many organizations are very wasteful.

[ Posted by Chris, May 18, 2010 11:30 ]
     Indeed Michael. The primary problem is poor thinking. Many CEOs are very frustrated by price pressure but do nothing to off-set price pressure. They respond to price pressure by cutting.

Many don't realize that the recovery has arrived. We are in a new reality.

Those who are riding out unemployment waiting for things to get better are in for a shock. It's as good as it's going to get. Better respond to the change instead of wait for the return of the good ole days.

We have over 10% unemployment and are competing with a Chinese workforce of 800 million people who will work for $500 a month and consider that high living. Consider that and then tell me when "Joe" is going back to work.
Chris


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Thoughts for the Week



A week in the Bay Area...

China and India are in a race of very rapid development.

Europe is ripping at the seams trying to hold their EU together---the focus will be on survival of the EU. Greece, Spain....then?

Which brings me to the U.S. and my week in the San Francisco area. I attended a rather large "HR" conference. Note: I hate the term HR. Human Resource sounds like coal. "We need more humans in sector 8 ...
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