The Golden Rule of Business

Yes, that Golden Rule.  Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.  It’s a rule that works, every time.  But, when you forget to treat others the way you want to be treated, we have a problem.  It’s never about the business owner or the department manager!  It’s always about your customers, your employees, and your prospects, all of the people you interact with every day, including your family and friends.  

Hire the Experienced

Barely broken in not broken down

3 Dreaded Words

My friend Larry was bemoaning the fact that companies don`t seem to respect grey hair anymore.  Too often these days, grey hair equates to budget saving.  Find the employees with the grey hair, the years of experience and the bigger pay cheques, lay them off, pension them out or simply cut the job positions and then make the younger employees double their work loads to compensate.  Dress it up in fancy duds all you want, but when a company decides to part ways with a mature and experienced employee, the employee hears the three dreaded words and nothing more.

Not comfortable hanging it up or accepting the usual government handouts, the grey hair tries to find another job because retirement isn`t what it`s cracked up to be and besides, 60 is the new 40.  Today`s 60 plus-er is barely broken in, not broken down.