I am in the midst of my last week working closely with Celebrity Staff’s resident intern Hannah Krajicek. Hannah, a junior at the University of Nebraska- Lincoln, came to Celebrity Staff with a great deal of ambition.
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Category: Management Resources
How to Make the Best First Day
The smell of fresh popcorn, hotdogs, and cotton candy; the sound of leather slapping; and the sight of children and adults all giddy for the first day of baseball. There is truly no better day of the year than Opening Day of baseball…
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Maximizing Your Temporary Staff
When I was a child, my family relocated from Plano, IL to Miami, FL (this was right when Will Smith was testing out his skills in the music industry with the hit song “Welcome to Miami”). My mother was a teacher and after we moved she substituted for a number of different schools…
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The Name of The Game
It is the offseason for the two most popular sports in America. The word offseason is a deceiving term because
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Feedback: What is it good for? Absolutely everything?!
If you’ve followed my blog posts you’ll notice my blog material often comes from something that has recently popped into my head. This is due to the fact that I’m a) habitually guilty of being a procrastinator as most sales people are and b) I work my best under tight deadlines.
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Flexible Managers Accomplish Goals
How often do you plan your day and it turns out nothing like you expected? I can honestly say this happens to me every single day. Some days are a speed bump and others, like today, are major detours. As a manager in any industry you have to be flexible to respond to unexpected challenges.
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Making the Most of the Team Huddle
For more than 125 years the team huddle has been a common denominator for football teams across the nation. Over the years businesses across the world have taken the concept of a huddle and implemented it into their daily and/or weekly agendas. In the business world these “micro-meetings” can serve as a crucial touch point for high-performing business teams to strategize…
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Why Surveys Matter to My Business’ Success
Does your company currently send surveys to your customers? What is done with the results? Surveys have been part of my entire career at Celebrity Staff, but it wasn’t until I received a survey about a year ago that I realized the importance of surveys and the impact it has on my business and my success.
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Are You Protecting Your Brand?
The Olympics are over and life is back to normal. No more watching handball or badminton finals at two o’clock in the morning. You know, I thought it was interesting how the media kept advertising the U.S. athletes talking about their most memorable moments of the Olympics, while all of us are wondering if Ryan Lochte lied.
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Peace of Mind
At my son’s two year well check our doctor informed my wife and me that our son’s head size was off the chart. She then went on to tell us that there is a possibility that something could be growing in his head, but we shouldn’t worry now but wait another six months to see if the growth normalizes.
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