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Apr 20 2020

Take This Job … and Love It

This is a guest post from Dr. Keith Starcher, a long-time college professor and business consultant. Most importantly, he is the father of my wife, which makes him a big-deal.

Social research might prove what we’ve known all along.

Money can’t buy happiness. 

Nor, it turns out, can good looks or social status. 

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Business, Personal Growth · Tagged: Boss, Business coach, business consulting, employee engagement, Employee Satisfaction, Employees, Employment, Gallup Poll, Keith Starcher, Managers, Millenials, Motivating Employees, Motivation, Supervisors

Oct 17 2018

3 Ways to Make Your Boss Better

We all have a boss.  We all answer to someone.  Board of directors, supervisor, coach, parents or wife.  Even the president of the United States has a boss in the form of millions of citizens.

We may not be in as crazy a situation like the worker in the following video, but you may see some similarities in this “Office Space” clip.  If you are like me, then you’ve had bosses that have been good and bosses that have needed some improvement.

 

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Business, Personal Growth, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Boss, Bosses, employee engagement, Employees, Encouragement, Improvement, Management, Motivating Employees, Office Space

Feb 03 2018

4 Reasons Your Boss is an Idiot

“Leaders become great, not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower others.”  (John C. Maxwell)

We all have a boss. Even the President of the U.S. has “We The People” that he has to answer to. Many of us complain about our boss. Unfortunately, not all bosses are top-shelf. If you happen to be a boss, you also might want to read this so that you can stop doing some of this stuff if you are guilty of it.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Business, Leadership, Personal Growth, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Adding Value, Boss, Culture, Employees, Employment, Encouragement, Hiring, Hiring Process, Human Resources, Idiot, John Maxwell, Leaders, Leadership, Michael Scott, The Office

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