MEGA CHANGES COMING RIGHT UP!
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog
We’ve lived through the Dot Com Bust and The Great Recession. We recovered (to some degree) after each one of them. Basically, the government printed up money to try to bail out companies and stimulate the economy. But in each case, the result was inflation that...
ESTABLISH LIMITS
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog
If “Absence makes the heart grow fonder,” does confinement cause friction? We have a dear friend who has been told by his employer to work from home due to the Coronavirus lockdown. He told us, “At last! I have always wanted to work from home!” But having been in a...
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Interview
“But all my friends thought it was so cool.” That’s the usual lament we hear from the producers of failed products. Why? They fell in love with their product, so much so that they actually thought success was based on the product itself. Probably the most important...
IDENTIFYING WITH YOUR COMPANY = ENGAGEMENT AND LOYALTY
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog
When the cement is wet, you can move it with a trowel, but when the cement is hard, you’ll need a jackhammer! No illustration could be more apropos than what happens during the orientation or on-boarding process. When you hire that candidate, their first few days on...
BRIDGING THE GAP
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog
Stephen King was there for a special award of recognition. Michele Obama, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks and other Hollywood stars were lauded for their narrations. And Michael and Bonnie were there to accept their medallion for Finalist in the Business/Personal Development...