Disengaged and Actively Disengaged

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Disengaged and Actively Disengaged Gallup has some information that says 72% of your employees are disengaged. And 18% of those are what they call, “actively disengaged.” Sobering thought. 

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Effort and Results and Humans

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Effort and Results and Humans Effort and results. With Daylight Savings just beginning, my internal clock is way off and I feel tired/unproductive, which makes me think about effort and results. Specifically, where is the optimal intersection of effort and results?

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Fortune Cookie Wisdom #5 – Hire Personable Copycats

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Hire Personable Copycats. Top companies attract top people. One of the ways that happens is by hiring for personality and the new hire’s ability to emulate proper behaviors. Before you hire the next person, do two things: strip away all the past accomplishments and accolades and ask, will we like working with them? Then put […]

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Newsletter #2 – Progress, Self-Talk, Pictures, Wilson

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GREG’S RIGHT FIT NEWSLETTER Quick notes to help you get more done in less time. . . next week. Welcome to the first edition of my weekly, week-end primer. In anticipation of my upcoming book, The Human Being’s Guide to Business Growth, this newsletter has concise advice you can put it use. . .next week, […]

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On the Nature of Work

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On the Nature of Work This weekend’s New York Times Magazine focused on worklife, and it’s worth picking up. Or reading online: New York Times Magazine. After reading the stories on the quest to build a perfect team, work-life balance, and improving meetings I had one thought: your worklife satisfaction varies depending on the control you […]

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Newsletter #1 – Schedules, Pre and Post Meetings, You’re Not a Tree

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GREG’S RIGHT FIT NEWSLETTER Quick notes to help you get more done in less time. . . next week. Welcome to the first edition of my weekly, week-end primer. In anticipation of my upcoming book, The Human Being’s Guide to Business Growth, this newsletter has concise advice you can put it use. . .next week, […]

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Level Up

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Level Up Are you a gamer? Are your kids gamers? Look at how games are structured: unlimited lives. Sure, you may only have 3 or 5 or 7 in  single game, but you can keep hitting reset and re-playing those levels over and over again, right? Well, apply that to your business.

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I Want That

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I Want That This article originally appeared in Amalgamate: A Mix of Ideas for Your Business, Summer 2015 Today there is a lot of cash in the system looking for opportunities. The press is full of Mergers and Acquisitions news. I just saw a 2015 stat that shows trillions of dollars available for either Strategic […]

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Predictable Growth Teleseminar

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Predictable Growth Teleseminar Chambers Pivot Industries Presents: Predictable Growth in Unpredictable Times Getting consistent growth despite what’s said on Squawk Box and the WSJ A New Teleseminar Designed and Presented by Greg Chambers February 16, 2016

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Into the Mailbox: Price Increases

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Into the Mailbox: Price Increases It took a full month in 2016 before this prompt came across my monitor: “Greg, talk to me about price increases. How do I do it without losing customers?” (Last year it was the first week in January. You can see some of my pricing posts here: Chambers Pivot: Pricing) I’ll […]

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