A Time of Connections – Make them Count
We’re officially in the holiday season. It’s important to use this time to make meaningful connections through such things as old-fashioned Christmas cards, personal visits, parties, and even e-mail. Social media is a mainstay that can add to both the professional and personal side of the holiday season. It’s currently trendy to bash Facebook users […]
Emily Post, Where are you
We’ve added a podcast! At RealWired our focus is on people – how they work and grow in their careers. That focus and passion is why we are a “service company that provides software”. This same focus was the impetus for me to start communicating weekly by newsletter and then by blog and now by […]
Lollipop Theory
Hold on. I have something negative to say. Yesterday I heard a statement that I found pretty offensive, but of course it still stuck with me….”Once you lick the lollipop of mediocrity, you will suck forever.” It’s pretty harsh right? It’s so defeating. No one wants to be mediocre. It’s worse than being average. Way […]
Team Appraisal Department
Teamwork is defined as a collaborative effort of a group to achieve a common goal or to complete a task in the most effective and efficient way. Simple enough, but are the team players on your appraisal department engaged? A recent Dale Carnegie white paper suggests that; “Engaged Employees (EE) are a competitive advantage, and […]
The Herd at Work
What if your market perceives “best” to be the largest in terms of people and gross revenue? What if the market perceives “the right choice” to be a company backed by millions in private equity or venture dollars? What if your market perceives “the right choice” to be the company with name/brand recognition? What if […]
Create the most value
Is your Credit Department leading the lending department to the future or are you following them there? This take on Jeff Bezos’s quote could be your mantra for the rest of your career. If all decisions are made through a client-focused lens, you maximize value for your financial institution. But how do you create the […]
