ARTICLES
A company full of corporate leaders
It used to be quite worrisome thinking about how my five-person Executive Committee was going to successfully develop and execute a new Strategic Plan every three years. Making ourselves the center of all these initiatives would prove troublesome.
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Back in school …
Each fall when my kids go back to school, I find myself traveling back in time to reminisce about when I started high school, as my daughter Faith did this year.
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Finding a fresh and smart perspective for your company
Are there any other business owners out there with a New Year’s resolution in place for their company? I know I have not always been as successful as I would have liked with my personal resolutions in the past, mostly because I did not tell anyone and only had myself to hold me accountable!
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A summer celebration of safety
Our construction firm had an opportunity earlier this summer to celebrate a significant milestone in our company's history: We achieved 3,653 consecutive days without a lost-time accident on a job site. Yes, that’s 10 years (including leap days)!
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Will they survive without me?
There are times in our lives we can't seem to see that we need to take a formal break from our work lives. We think we are somehow indispensable, and the show can't go on without us (or at least not nearly as smoothly)!
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You're not the boss of me!
Over the years, I have had times when I questioned the titles chosen to label people in specific roles.
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Inspiration from 964 miles away
On a recent business trip to Mobile, Alabama, I dined with some associates at a restaurant named Wintzell’s Oyster House.
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Capacity vs. greed and fear
Each week, I speak with fellow business owners who say the same thing: “We cannot find good help!”
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The best-laid plans
Our business continues to evolve in ways we hadn't planned. As smart as we think we are and as much as we believe we're in control of our destiny, far too often the market has other plans for us.
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Are you as good as you think you are?
My eyes were opened eight years ago when we first entered West Michigan’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For competition. Initially, we entered the contest only because our competition, and other companies with which we were doing business, were doing it.
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