Business Survival Secrets from a Top Restaurant

The Alinea restaurant is the Michael Jordan of Restaurants.  It’s been regarded as one of the best restaurants in Chicago and one of fourteen in the US to earn three Michelin stars.  Chef Grant Achatz and Nick Kononas, who founded the restaurant in 2005, are owners of the Alinea Restaurant Group. Included in that group […]

How to Live an Extraordinary Life!

How to Live an Extraordinary Life! The dash on the headstones look the same yet all carry a story.  Is your story the one that you want told? I was having dinner with Alex Gorsky before Alex was Alex!  There were a bunch of Managers with our wives and Alex was VP of Marketing at the time.  What struck […]

Three tips for building curriculum!

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Using the ADDIE model effectively Ever trainer is familiar with the request to update the curriculum to build on the skills on a sales force or the need to build a curriculum from scratch. I’ve certainly been hearing that request from clients lately. This can be difficult because everyone wants this occur over night and […]

What’s DISRUPT HR?

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Review of the November 2019 DisruptHR Event.   DisruptHR is an event that occurs throughout the country designed to provoke thought. Their mantra is “an information exchange designed to energize, inform and empower people in the field of HR.” The lineup consist of 14 speakers who speak for five minute with a slide every 15 […]

Best tool for employee engagement

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Why one-one-ones are important and how to conduct them. One-on-ones are one of the top tools for people engagement because it helps build a professional relationship with your direct, allows for coaching, feedback and it provides you with an opportunity to check in with employee. I remember when I did my first one-on-one with one […]

Faith is the evidence of things not seen

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Conquering airborne school adversity is just like life.   I had jumped out of the 34-foot tower over 4o times and had never jumped correctly more than twice in a row. The tower simulates a C-130 transport plane; I was an ROTC cadet at the time, elected by my classmates to attend airborne school. It […]