DASM: Just Get Me Bodies
I'm not seeing a shortage of help in restaurants, hotels, phone centers, etc. But I am experiencing a shortage of trained and educated help. It seems that companies are short-sightedly filling in openings with "bodies" but not bothering to train them
A Minute with Alan® — Beaches
June 26th, 2023 It seems to me that we are worried less about terrorists than we are about lawyers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiFniUTN5L8
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 6/26/2023
We were able to drive from Rhode Island to Point Pleasant, NJ last Saturday in 3 hours 20 minutes, a personal best. (Rolls Royces have a significant design flaw in that the passenger, my wife Maria, can see the speedometer.
The Red Family
You know the story about "wearing the other person's shoes? Supposedly, that enables you to understand their position (or maybe their feet). There's a corollary that says if you've insulted or wronged someone, put on their shoes the next morning
Driving
We drove down the Jersey Shore on vacation in 3 hours, 20 minutes, but it took 4 hours to return home. You never know, even with Waze, when you'll hit traffic. There were no accidents or construction work, just a
Guesswork
We look to the past through recollection; at the present through perception; and to the future with imagination. We tend to change the first, differ about the second, and guess at the third. So please don't tell me you're "certain" and
A Minute with Alan® — There You Go
June 23rd, 2023 There you go. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfM9WinSzyE
The Emotional Connection
Behind almost every business goal is a personal goal. It may be recognition, vindication, power, enrichment—whatever. When an executive says that better teamwork is needed, it may just be that the executive is frustrated and tired of playing referee among
A Minute with Alan® — Skills and Attitudes
June 22nd, 2023 The difference between skills and attitudes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8Zj5vj_YGI