“In life, when you have momentum, you have to keep it. When you lose it, you have to build it.” — Ryan Day, Ohio State’s national championship-winning head coach.  Do you stay alert to momentum? As you begin each day, it seems you have two options. You can build on the momentum you ended with […]

Three Things That Matter: Do you feel your thoughts and ideas matter at work? Are you committed to quality work? Are you growing because of your involvement with our company? Our annual leadership training focuses on creating an environment where these three pillars can flourish. All of us are smarter than each of us. Every team […]

“Excellent businesses don’t believe in excellence, only in constant improvement and constant change.” – Tom Peters, in his book Thriving on Chaos Being excellent is a daunting goal, especially when you aren’t excellent at the beginning. Peters breaks this down into change and improvement—every day. First, change. Change is the decision point. It’s a realization that […]

I saw this quote the other day, and it reminded me of our efforts in “lean” operations: “The problem is not that there are problems. It is expecting otherwise and thinking having problems is a problem.” – Theodore Rubin Problems arise every day. I don’t know about you, but the longer I live, the more […]