Socrates Says

Education Step #5

Yesterday I talked about the changing approach being taken regarding University education. In the commercial world there has been a serious reduction in training at all job levels in companies. It has been determined that employee training is a discretionary expense. It can be deferred or discontinued. Back in the 1990’s we started many of […]

Education Step #4

Have you noticed the accelerated interest in online education at the University level? It seems that the world of teachers is starting to get the message that the cost of school at the University level has gotten out of hand ever since the federal government started to offer lower interest loans than the banks. The […]

Proactive Parts Programs

For some time I have pushed to turn the parts department into a sales force. In many cases this is a terrifying thought. The counter and telephone sales personnel are scared to make outbound phone calls. However, there is another device you can use to see if they can sell or not. Sell boot or […]

Book of the Week

I have made reference a few times in the past week to the terrific now book by Gary Hamel – What Matters Now. How about we use that as our book of the week. It is topical and right on point to the world we live in today. A wonderful read. The time is now.

Book of the Week

don’t forget your comments on the Patrick Lencioni book The Three Signs of a Miserable Job. How did you like it. Anonymity Irrelevance Immeasurability Did any of those points make sense to you? Have you ever experienced them yourself? The time is now.

Words of Wisdom #11

I am sure that the majority of you have heard of Murphy’s Law.   Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.   I want to add a corollary to Murphy’s Law.   Murphy was an optimist.