A few weeks ago I made a sales call of sorts; yes, I hate doing it, but I do call on occasion. I called a guy that I thought might have at least heard my name in the past since he was working at a hospital that was relatively close to one I’d worked at, [...]
Archive for September, 2011
Have you ever talked to one of those people who, no matter what you say or do, seem to feel the need to 1-Up you? Whether you’re talking about something good or bad, they just have to be better or worse? One of my wife’s friends had an event this weekend to try to raise [...]
I’ve been on a quest this year to try to talk about “professionals”. All of us have an idea of what we consider a professional to be, and I’m not talking about sports. Basically a professional as anyone who take their jobs seriously, while making sure to take the time to treat others who are [...]
Angelique is one of my Twitter friends, and a very accomplished businesswoman. She’s hesitant about using her last name but it’s on her website so if you need to know what it is head over there. She offers marketing, writing and social media consulting to many businesses, as well as hosts workshops. 1. What is [...]
No, we’re not talking fishing here, which means we’re not talking about fishing poles. We’re talking health care, and something most people have no real clue about is this item called a “charge master“. I actually gave a one paragraph explanation about charge masters 3 years ago, but it’s not really sufficient. Since I wrote [...]
Today is the 10th anniversary of the worst day of terrorism in American history. The first plane hit one of the World Trade Center towers at 8:46; the second plane hit the other tower at 9:03. On one of my other blogs I’ve posted a video at the time of the first plane attack giving [...]
Back in December I asked this question: are you ready to lose your employees? I wrote it because of a statistic that came out showing a high number of employees were thinking about leaving their jobs in 2011. At that time, it seemed like new jobs were going to be on their way, along with [...]





