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What is Cultural Dilution and How to Avoid It

What is Cultural Dilution and How to Avoid It Guest writer Jay Lucas highlights some of the risks of rapid corporate growth in, “What is Cultural Dilution and How to Avoid It.” We’ve all heard the expression, “too much of a good thing ain’t always good.”  Can this really be true when it comes to […]

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Skilled Labor Jobs Provide Great Opportunities for Students

Skilled Labor Jobs Provide Great Opportunities for Students Guest writer Steve Johnson shares a blog post this week on a topic that has been of great interest to our industry: Skilled Labor Jobs Provide Great Opportunities for Students. The need for more workers in the skilled trades is not a new topic. I have been […]

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New Leadership

New Leadership Guest writer Sonya Law returns this week with the Human Resources perspective in “New Leadership.” New Leadership: It’s time to expand our definition of what makes a great leader! According to Harvard Business Review: “Leadership is a conversation” It is less about issuing and taking orders than about asking and answering questions” which […]

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A Tabletop Exercise: A Survey Within a Survey

A Tabletop Exercise: A Survey Within a Survey Guest writer David Jensen continues to make observations from rural New Mexico with “A Tabletop Exercise: A Survey Within a Survey.” As a first responder in the Fire Service, a firefighter learns the value of a tabletop exercise. An actual tabletop containing several buckets of sand provides […]

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Testimonials

Testimonials Guest writer Joanne Costin writes her blog post this week about the importance of testimonials. In your business, testimonials from your employees are key to attracting and retaining staff. Harness the power of employee testimonials. I’ve been writing a lot about tight labor markets and various strategies to attract and retain workers. It has […]

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How to Repair America’s Talent Pipelines

How to Repair America’s Talent Pipelines In his May Report, Edward Gordon writes on the crucial topic of how to repair America’s talent pipelines. Micron Technology Inc., based in Boise, Idaho, plans to invest $100 billion in a semiconductor-manufacturing campus in a suburb of Syracuse, New York. Once fully built this campus will employ 9,000 […]

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The Validity of 5-Star Google Reviews

The Validity of 5-Star Google Reviews Guest writer Roy Lapa walks us through the ins and outs of feedback. We have all seen reviews posted online, but how can we measure the validity of 5-star Google reviews? Can you trust them? Yes, with some precautions. Google actively updates, examines, and penalizes most false or biased […]

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Friday Filosophy v.04.07.2023

Friday Filosophy v.04.07.2023 For Friday Filosophy v.04.07.2023, our Founder, Ron Slee, shares quotes and words of wisdom from Nelson Mandela. Nelson Mandela, in full Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, byname Madiba, (born July 18, 1918, Mvezo, South Africa—died December 5, 2013, Johannesburg), Black nationalist and the first Black president of South Africa (1994–99). His negotiations in the early 1990s with South African Pres. F.W. […]

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Friday Filosophy v.03.31.2023

Friday Filosophy v.03.31.2023 For Friday Filosophy v.03.31.2023, our Founder, Ron Slee, shares quotes from comedian George Carlin. George Denis Patrick Carlin (May 12, 1937 – June 22, 2008) was an American comedian, actor, author, and social critic. Regarded as one of the most important and influential stand-up comedians of all time, he was dubbed “the dean […]

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Operating a Business in the “Learning Space.”

Operating a Business in the “Learning Space.” For the week’s blog on Lifelong Learning, our Founder Ron Slee addresses the topic of operating a business in the “Learning Space.” Our backgrounds, Caroline and I, are in education. More specifically in Classroom Face-to-Face Teaching. As teachers we are concerned with our students and their growth and […]