Construction Season is over, Quit Roadblocking yourself

So you have a project and a deadline…. What do you do….. What Do You DO??????  If you say you jump right into it and get it done, I say you are either a big liar or you are a far far better person than I will ever be. Typically deadlines are daunting, Face it [...]

How Dare you STOP Doing Everything for Me

We are good people, we want to help people.  Most times when someone asks for help we jump up to lend assistance, well at least I do.   According to a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics,  64.3 million people volunteered in 2011.  The majority of these people volunteer thru a formal organization,  Think Scout Leader, Salvation [...]

I am an Expert…. on a whole lot of things.

Merriam Webster dictionary defines  Expert as:  having or showing special skill or knowledge because of what you have been taught or what you have experienced. Wikipedia says…..”An expert is someone widely recognized as a reliable source of technique or skill whose faculty for judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely is accorded authority and status [...]

There’s A Hole in the Bottom of the Sea

There’s a Hole, there’s a Hole, there’s a hole in the bottom of the sea…. There’s a log in a hole in the bottom of the sea…….. So I have to wonder, why can we remember songs from our childhood as if we just heard them 5 seconds ago yet can’t remember what we were [...]

A Fair Days Work

When did we stop doing our jobs properly?  When did we stop caring about the quality of our work?  It can’t be because I am Management, it seems I am only Management when it is convenient to people.  Something doesn’t work…. It falls on me.  Something needs to be done and no one wants to [...]

Freedom of Speech HURTS, but not always who you would expect.

The recent incident involving the CEO of Chick-fil-A and the Local Politicians really got me thinking.  How does the public view a business?  Does the public actually know what a franchise is?  Better yet, do our Politicians?  In the Case of the Alderman that started this; the answer is NO. Between the media and the [...]

It’s all about the Tools and Toys.

I am the Key Account Director for Airgroup A Radiant Logistics Company, I volunteer for several not for profits, The Chicago Entrepreneurial Meetup Group, The Elite Service Disabled Veterans Owned Business Network, The Rally Point Program,  and to top it all off, I am taking an idea and with the help of others we are turning [...]

Playground Bullies in the Business World

I have been a Professional Business Woman for 30+ years.  Yes, that’s right, I am getting old.  I always thought that when you became a business person, you left childish behavior behind you.  I am here to tell you all that Childish behavior is alive and well especially in the business world.  People are just [...]

Who You Gonna Call??????? Stress Busters !!!!!!!!!!

Some call it stress, some call it tension, some call it pressure, some even call it drama.  Bottom line, no matter what you call it, It really isn’t a good thing.  We encounter stress at home, stress on the road, stress in the office.  Sometimes we give ourselves unreasonable goals and expect them to be [...]

You Can Lead A Horse To Water…….

I am in the business of helping people, whether it is as Director for a Logistics Company or as the Leader of a Networking group I founded, I help.  I have to admit, sometimes I help too much and end up just “doing” for someone instead of helping them do it themselves ( don’t tell [...]

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