Many years ago I gave a presentation to what was then called the Syracuse Chamber of Commerce on the overall subject of Employee Retention. It was a 3-hour presentation that I didn’t get paid for but did it for the publicity and the practice. Today, I’d definitely get paid if I were doing this live. […]

Once again, my wife is out of town for a few days. This often means that I now have to work on keeping myself under control as far as what I eat. Lucky for me, I have learned how to eat better as it pertains to my weight. Unfortunately, I still have those cravings for […]

I talk about leadership often here because I truly believe that many people in leadership positions aren’t acting like leaders. I believe this because of my own experiences and from what I hear from people everyday that still deal with this type of relationship with the people they report to. I was asked this recently: […]

One of the problems of working for yourself is that you don’t have the same kind of daily interaction you do when you work in a traditional business. Having said that, one of the similar things you have when working for yourself is that often you feel as though you don’t have anyone you can […]

My wife does a lot of projects around the home. I don’t get to help her with almost any of them. Unfortunately, I’m not that handy with tools, and never have been. Give me a screwdriver and I’m a monster; give me anything else and there’s the possibility of disaster coming. Right now my wife […]