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Behind many seemingly outside problems are inside solutions. But with your ire focused on the other guy, you can easily overlook what you can do to mitigate the situation. “It’s not our fault,” becomes the order of the day with its cousin, “There’s nothing we could have done.” When we blame others for circumstances that […]

Today we have many methods of communications. But which ones are the most appropriate for what kinds of communication? When should we use in-person, video conferencing, phone, email, or text? Some folks favor one form over another, but each has its place and should be used accordingly. Here is our short list for communications etiquette. […]

Every company wants to stay relevant and be in the forefront of their industry. This requires an imaginative staff creating new solutions and thinking outside the box. But first you need to change your company culture. This is easier said than done. A positive company culture is what we relied upon when building the Barefoot […]

There’s a new phenomenon happening that we never saw ten years ago.  It is a best practice that somehow got dropped from the up-bringing, educational and training processes. In today’s workplace, we see employees keeping vital information to themselves and not reporting it to others who have asked them for it …and need it to […]

One of the top skills we look for in a new hire is the ability to extrapolate (“to infer (an unknown) from something that is known” -Dictionary.com). Can the applicant take a principle learned from one example and apply it to a new situation? During the interview process, we often ask, “In your previous job, can you give us an example of a […]

We like the way Jim Canfield of Renaissance Executive Forums defines the various stages of business growth. They provide a convenient classification that helps us recognize and appreciate the goals and challenges of each level of progression. Here we apply his staging definitions to the physical consumer product business: 1. Start-up This is the exciting […]

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