"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -- Edmund Burke.
Three days of great weather in Marvelous Mid-Michigan, mmm. Cookouts, beaching, boating, biking, visiting friends and family or just sitting around relaxing, we’ve had three wonderful days with the freedom to choose what we want to do.
But at what price that freedom?
My friends at Teton Business Solutions and I want to take a moment to remember what price our freedom has cost.
Along with the fun in the sun we are enjoying this Memorial Day weekend take a moment to think about those that made the ultimate sacrifice for the freedom we sometimes take for granted.
The "Memorial" in Memorial Day has been ignored by too many of us who are beneficiaries of those who have given the ultimate sacrifice. Often we do not observe the day as it should be, a day where we actively remember our ancestors, our family members, our loved ones, our neighbors, and our friends who have given the ultimate sacrifice.
Take time today to think about all who have served this country and that are now serving. Reflect on the families, who also serve by losing precious days, weeks and months spent without their loved ones who are off serving, preserving peace and the freedom we have in this country. Think for just a minute about the families who paid the ultimate price, who's loved ones died, or were taken captive and never returned.
Remember and be thankful for being an American: Taking nothing away from any other country, I'm just being thankful for my own. It may not be perfect--what place is?--but I love it nonetheless.
Have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend, relax, take time for family and friends and when the weekends over give Teton Business Solutions a call and let them tell you about all the services they have available for you and your business to choose from.
A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself. ~Joseph Campbell
Stephen James Comedy Improv & Human Resource Training Consultant Flint, Michigan.
If you’re looking to re-energize your Sales Force, inspire your Marketing Department or to encourage your Board to think “Out of the Box”, “The Stephen James Comedy Troupe Corporate Team Building” will work together with you in delivering the message you want to give! Team Building will always be a top priority for today's organizations. Building effective teamwork through leading edge corporate and organizational team building programs is one of “The Stephen James Comedy Troupe” (Corporate Team Training) greatest capabilities! And we make it so much FUN! CONTACT US AT: Email: stephenjamescomedy@gmail.com Phone: 810-618-7517 Website: http://sites.google.com/site/thestephenjamescomedytroupe
Funny Business is a humorous look at some serious issues your business or organizations have to address. http://funnybusinessbystephenjames.blogspot.com/
Monday, May 31, 2010
Friday, May 28, 2010
Your face shows us what your Business is saying!
RIDDLE: “It costs nothing, but creates much. It enriches those who receive, without impoverishing those who give. It happens in a flash and the memory of it sometimes lasts forever.
Smile—Everyone Is Watching!
Think back to all the miserable faces you see on the way to school or work each day. Yet, when smiled at, these same people will most often smile in return.
Check out the following facts about smiling:
72% of people think of those who smile frequently as being more confident and successful.
86% of people say that they are more likely to strike up conversations with strangers if they are smiling.
Bosses are 12% more likely to promote people who smile a lot.
Research shows that 65% of communication is non-verbal (many claim an even higher percentage).
The effects of a smile are so powerful that even a smile on the telephone produces positive results.
When someone comes into a room, people are automatically drawn to their face, and a smile provides a warm greeting.
Research shows that when two people in conversation use the same kind of body movements and gestures (such as smiling), they will experience greater empathy for each other, which they may not even consciously notice.
The Value of a Smile: Increased sales!!!
Does the uniform your employees wear include a smile?
We all have walked into a business only to have the person working the counter stare at us with the “What the heck do you want?” look.
It doesn’t make you comfortable and deep inside it makes you just want to get what you came for and get out.
I once moved to a city just because every 7-11 store (I’m a Slurpee junkie) I went into all had sales folks that smiled at me. Really, no kidding! I had been living in Miami and was feeling bad about how everyone there seemed to be so grouchy. The friendly service I found made me believe that everyone in that town was happy. And by god they were (for the most part)!
So what do your employees’ faces say to your customers?
Do you want to make increase sales, add on’s and impulse buys? Do you want customers returning to your business? Do you want the people that come into your business talk to their friends about how nice your place is?
Teach your employees to smile!
TIPS:
Smile at your employees and they’ll smile too.
Teach your employee the importance of the “first impression”.
Have a short training time with your employees about appearance and its effect on customers.
OR
Talk to the folks at Teton Business Solutions about creating a training workshop for your employees.
Teton Business Solutions is in the business of helping your business succeed. Be it hiring, training, payroll, tax consulting and other services that will help your business stay ahead of the competition.
Pop in on the folks at Teton Business Solutions in downtown Flint, Michigan or click here to see their website: Teton Business Solutions.
You’ll be smiling all the way to the bank!
Stephen James Comedy Improv & Human Resource Training Consultant Flint, Michigan.
If you’re looking to re-energize your Sales Force, inspire your Marketing Department or to encourage your Board to think “Out of the Box”, “The Stephen James Comedy Troupe Corporate Team Building” will work together with you in delivering the message you want to give! Team Building will always be a top priority for today's organizations. Building effective teamwork through leading edge corporate and organizational team building programs is one of “The Stephen James Comedy Troupe” (Corporate Team Training) greatest capabilities! And we make it so much FUN! CONTACT US AT: Email: stephenjamescomedy@gmail.com Phone: 810-618-7517 Website: http://sites.google.com/site/thestephenjamescomedytroupe
Funny Business is a humorous look at some serious issues your business or organizations have to address. http://funnybusinessbystephenjames.blogspot.com/
Smile—Everyone Is Watching!
Think back to all the miserable faces you see on the way to school or work each day. Yet, when smiled at, these same people will most often smile in return.
Check out the following facts about smiling:
72% of people think of those who smile frequently as being more confident and successful.
86% of people say that they are more likely to strike up conversations with strangers if they are smiling.
Bosses are 12% more likely to promote people who smile a lot.
Research shows that 65% of communication is non-verbal (many claim an even higher percentage).
The effects of a smile are so powerful that even a smile on the telephone produces positive results.
When someone comes into a room, people are automatically drawn to their face, and a smile provides a warm greeting.
Research shows that when two people in conversation use the same kind of body movements and gestures (such as smiling), they will experience greater empathy for each other, which they may not even consciously notice.
The Value of a Smile: Increased sales!!!
Does the uniform your employees wear include a smile?
We all have walked into a business only to have the person working the counter stare at us with the “What the heck do you want?” look.
It doesn’t make you comfortable and deep inside it makes you just want to get what you came for and get out.
I once moved to a city just because every 7-11 store (I’m a Slurpee junkie) I went into all had sales folks that smiled at me. Really, no kidding! I had been living in Miami and was feeling bad about how everyone there seemed to be so grouchy. The friendly service I found made me believe that everyone in that town was happy. And by god they were (for the most part)!
So what do your employees’ faces say to your customers?
Do you want to make increase sales, add on’s and impulse buys? Do you want customers returning to your business? Do you want the people that come into your business talk to their friends about how nice your place is?
Teach your employees to smile!
TIPS:
Smile at your employees and they’ll smile too.
Teach your employee the importance of the “first impression”.
Have a short training time with your employees about appearance and its effect on customers.
OR
Talk to the folks at Teton Business Solutions about creating a training workshop for your employees.
Teton Business Solutions is in the business of helping your business succeed. Be it hiring, training, payroll, tax consulting and other services that will help your business stay ahead of the competition.
Pop in on the folks at Teton Business Solutions in downtown Flint, Michigan or click here to see their website: Teton Business Solutions.
You’ll be smiling all the way to the bank!
Stephen James Comedy Improv & Human Resource Training Consultant Flint, Michigan.
If you’re looking to re-energize your Sales Force, inspire your Marketing Department or to encourage your Board to think “Out of the Box”, “The Stephen James Comedy Troupe Corporate Team Building” will work together with you in delivering the message you want to give! Team Building will always be a top priority for today's organizations. Building effective teamwork through leading edge corporate and organizational team building programs is one of “The Stephen James Comedy Troupe” (Corporate Team Training) greatest capabilities! And we make it so much FUN! CONTACT US AT: Email: stephenjamescomedy@gmail.com Phone: 810-618-7517 Website: http://sites.google.com/site/thestephenjamescomedytroupe
Funny Business is a humorous look at some serious issues your business or organizations have to address. http://funnybusinessbystephenjames.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Doing Same ole, Same ole Business as usual.
As Tom Sumner (Flint resident and radio host) so pointedly explains in his story “Would I have the blues?” that there are two kinds of people. Those that think the glass is half full (Positive thinkers) and those that think the glass is half empty (Negative thinkers). He submits that there’s a third group of people, those that say, “Hey can we get some more water in this glass over here?!”
The Positive Thinkers, or the doers, are always doing their best with what they have and the “Negtivos”, are those that complain about what they do have, both have one thing in common, limited resources.
Aren’t “resources” the number one need of any business? Be it tangible resources like products to sell or intangible resources like ideas for a new product to sell. Business is about “resource availability”.
Crap, even a genius like Einstein had limited resources. He might have understood the math but could he host a radio show like Tom Sumner does, or create an advertising campaign like The Spencer Agency can? Could Einstein make a delicious sandwich like Tracy Whipley of the Lunch Studio can make? I don’t think so. (Okay, so maybe Einstein could make a great sandwich, but resource data is limited on the subject!)
That’s why growing a business or keeping a business open is about gathering resources.
What resource is your company missing?
Maybe you need a spoke person for your business, maybe a new advertising campaign to boost sales, maybe new recipes for the menu, maybe someone to do your employee hiring and training.
STOP!
I got the last “maybe” covered! Teton Business Solutions. Yup, these folks can bring both tangible and intangible resources to your business. Need employees, they have the resources. Need staff training, covered. Want to cut tax costs, save time, money and receive consulting on ways to increase or make your business more efficient, they have the resources to do this!
Teton Business Solutions, experienced, creative, cutting edge resource that can CARRY THE WATER AND FILL THE GLASS for your business!
See more at Teton Business Solution.
Stop doing business the “same ole, same ole” way!
Stephen James Comedy Improv & Human Resource Training Consultant Flint, Michigan.
If you’re looking to re-energize your Sales Force, inspire your Marketing Department or to encourage your Board to think “Out of the Box”, “The Stephen James Comedy Troupe Corporate Team Building” will work together with you in delivering the message you want to give! Team Building will always be a top priority for today's organizations. Building effective teamwork through leading edge corporate and organizational team building programs is one of “The Stephen James Comedy Troupe” (Corporate Team Training) greatest capabilities! And we make it so much FUN! CONTACT US AT:
email: stephenjamescomedy@gmail.com Phone: 810-618-7517 Website: http://sites.google.com/site/thestephenjamescomedytroupe
Funny Business is a humorous look at some serious issues your business or organizations have to address. http://funnybusinessbystephenjames.blogspot.com
The Positive Thinkers, or the doers, are always doing their best with what they have and the “Negtivos”, are those that complain about what they do have, both have one thing in common, limited resources.
Aren’t “resources” the number one need of any business? Be it tangible resources like products to sell or intangible resources like ideas for a new product to sell. Business is about “resource availability”.
Crap, even a genius like Einstein had limited resources. He might have understood the math but could he host a radio show like Tom Sumner does, or create an advertising campaign like The Spencer Agency can? Could Einstein make a delicious sandwich like Tracy Whipley of the Lunch Studio can make? I don’t think so. (Okay, so maybe Einstein could make a great sandwich, but resource data is limited on the subject!)
That’s why growing a business or keeping a business open is about gathering resources.
What resource is your company missing?
Maybe you need a spoke person for your business, maybe a new advertising campaign to boost sales, maybe new recipes for the menu, maybe someone to do your employee hiring and training.
STOP!
I got the last “maybe” covered! Teton Business Solutions. Yup, these folks can bring both tangible and intangible resources to your business. Need employees, they have the resources. Need staff training, covered. Want to cut tax costs, save time, money and receive consulting on ways to increase or make your business more efficient, they have the resources to do this!
Teton Business Solutions, experienced, creative, cutting edge resource that can CARRY THE WATER AND FILL THE GLASS for your business!
See more at Teton Business Solution.
Stop doing business the “same ole, same ole” way!
Stephen James Comedy Improv & Human Resource Training Consultant Flint, Michigan.
If you’re looking to re-energize your Sales Force, inspire your Marketing Department or to encourage your Board to think “Out of the Box”, “The Stephen James Comedy Troupe Corporate Team Building” will work together with you in delivering the message you want to give! Team Building will always be a top priority for today's organizations. Building effective teamwork through leading edge corporate and organizational team building programs is one of “The Stephen James Comedy Troupe” (Corporate Team Training) greatest capabilities! And we make it so much FUN! CONTACT US AT:
email: stephenjamescomedy@gmail.com Phone: 810-618-7517 Website: http://sites.google.com/site/thestephenjamescomedytroupe
Funny Business is a humorous look at some serious issues your business or organizations have to address. http://funnybusinessbystephenjames.blogspot.com
Monday, May 24, 2010
Running a Business Can KILL You!
You need a vacation when….
1) You find yourself thinking of reasons why you need a vacation.
2) You start thinking of early death from job stress as a comfort.
3) You start hallucinating tropical fish in the company water cooler.
Norman Vincent Peale tells the story of a man that told his physician that work was feeling like a wave covering over and drowning him. He said that every night he fills his briefcase full of work to do at home. When the physician asked “Why” the man replied “I have to get it done.” He fumed, “I am the only one who can do it!” “Everything depends upon me!”
“If I write you a prescription, will you follow it?” Asked the doctor.
Thinking it was some kind of medication the man said “Yes.”
The doctor wrote out these words on a piece of paper. “Take one hour a day off to go for a walk. Take one day off a week and use half the day in a cemetery.”
Astonished the patient demanded, “Why should I spend a half day in a cemetery?”
“Because” answered the doctor, “I want you to wonder around and look at the gravestones of men who are there permanently. Meditate on the fact that many of them are there because they thought like you do, that the world rested on their shoulders. Sit there and think about how the world will go on without you just as it’s done without them.
Wooow! Pretty sobering thought, hu!
Maybe you can relate to this business man. Running a business can KILL you! Overworked, under-appreciated, no time for yourself or family. STOP! Get help!
There’s lots of ways to cut your work load: You can delegate the work load. But then again you might not have staff talented or experienced enough to do what’s needed.
You could spend lots of time and money hiring new in-house people to do the paperwork, the hiring, firing, training, taxes, looking for ways to cut business costs, finding tax incentives for your business.
Or you could find safe, affordable, experience outsourcing business consultants that do more then talk!
I recommend Teton Business Solutions of Flint, Michigan.
Teton Business Solutions, a full service consulting agency providing HR solutions including recruiting, screening, employee leasing, contract employees, temps, and engineering studies designed to help companies reduce or eliminate federal income tax liabilities.
Teton assists in HR management at companies from just a few employees to those with hundreds overseeing the placement, payroll, training, and management of nearly 1,000 individuals annually.
Additionally Teton Business Solutions provides tax liability and risk management consulting solutions to scores of industry leading companies in Michigan and around the country.
Engaging Teton Business Solutions’ and its team will not only give you a competitive advantage through their HR and risk management solutions, but will put a solid and proven innovator and business engineer in your corner helping you design strategies that will help your company last and outlast economic trends and difficult business environments.
Call or click here to see their website: Teton Business Solutions. See what they can do for you!
It’s time you got a vacation!
Stephen James Comedy Improv & Human Resource Training Consultant Flint, Michigan.
If you’re looking to re-energize your Sales Force, inspire your Marketing Department or to encourage your Board to think “Out of the Box”, “The Stephen James Comedy Troupe Corporate Team Building” will work together with you in delivering the message you want to give! Team Building will always be a top priority for today's organizations. Building effective teamwork through leading edge corporate and organizational team building programs is one of “The Stephen James Comedy Troupe” (Corporate Team Training) greatest capabilities! And we make it so much FUN! CONTACT US AT: Email: stephenjamescomedy@gmail.com Phone: 810-618-7517 Website: http://sites.google.com/site/thestephenjamescomedytroupe
Funny Business is a humorous look at some serious issues your business or organizations have to address. http://funnybusinessbystephenjames.blogspot.com
1) You find yourself thinking of reasons why you need a vacation.
2) You start thinking of early death from job stress as a comfort.
3) You start hallucinating tropical fish in the company water cooler.
Norman Vincent Peale tells the story of a man that told his physician that work was feeling like a wave covering over and drowning him. He said that every night he fills his briefcase full of work to do at home. When the physician asked “Why” the man replied “I have to get it done.” He fumed, “I am the only one who can do it!” “Everything depends upon me!”
“If I write you a prescription, will you follow it?” Asked the doctor.
Thinking it was some kind of medication the man said “Yes.”
The doctor wrote out these words on a piece of paper. “Take one hour a day off to go for a walk. Take one day off a week and use half the day in a cemetery.”
Astonished the patient demanded, “Why should I spend a half day in a cemetery?”
“Because” answered the doctor, “I want you to wonder around and look at the gravestones of men who are there permanently. Meditate on the fact that many of them are there because they thought like you do, that the world rested on their shoulders. Sit there and think about how the world will go on without you just as it’s done without them.
Wooow! Pretty sobering thought, hu!
Maybe you can relate to this business man. Running a business can KILL you! Overworked, under-appreciated, no time for yourself or family. STOP! Get help!
There’s lots of ways to cut your work load: You can delegate the work load. But then again you might not have staff talented or experienced enough to do what’s needed.
You could spend lots of time and money hiring new in-house people to do the paperwork, the hiring, firing, training, taxes, looking for ways to cut business costs, finding tax incentives for your business.
Or you could find safe, affordable, experience outsourcing business consultants that do more then talk!
I recommend Teton Business Solutions of Flint, Michigan.
Teton Business Solutions, a full service consulting agency providing HR solutions including recruiting, screening, employee leasing, contract employees, temps, and engineering studies designed to help companies reduce or eliminate federal income tax liabilities.
Teton assists in HR management at companies from just a few employees to those with hundreds overseeing the placement, payroll, training, and management of nearly 1,000 individuals annually.
Additionally Teton Business Solutions provides tax liability and risk management consulting solutions to scores of industry leading companies in Michigan and around the country.
Engaging Teton Business Solutions’ and its team will not only give you a competitive advantage through their HR and risk management solutions, but will put a solid and proven innovator and business engineer in your corner helping you design strategies that will help your company last and outlast economic trends and difficult business environments.
Call or click here to see their website: Teton Business Solutions. See what they can do for you!
It’s time you got a vacation!
Stephen James Comedy Improv & Human Resource Training Consultant Flint, Michigan.
If you’re looking to re-energize your Sales Force, inspire your Marketing Department or to encourage your Board to think “Out of the Box”, “The Stephen James Comedy Troupe Corporate Team Building” will work together with you in delivering the message you want to give! Team Building will always be a top priority for today's organizations. Building effective teamwork through leading edge corporate and organizational team building programs is one of “The Stephen James Comedy Troupe” (Corporate Team Training) greatest capabilities! And we make it so much FUN! CONTACT US AT: Email: stephenjamescomedy@gmail.com Phone: 810-618-7517 Website: http://sites.google.com/site/thestephenjamescomedytroupe
Funny Business is a humorous look at some serious issues your business or organizations have to address. http://funnybusinessbystephenjames.blogspot.com
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Sweep Down, Down Town Flint and a whole lot more!
Goody Excuse goes to see her supervisor in the front office. "Boss," she says, "We're doing a Sweep Down, Down Town with our neighborhood association, Flint DNA this weekend and I’m going to need Saturday May 8th off.
"We're short-handed, Goody" the boss replies. "I can't give you the day off."
"Thanks, boss," says Goody Excuse "I knew I could count on you!"
Sweep Down, Down Town
Saturday May 8th
Time: 9am -12:00pm
Meeting Place: Flat Lot parking
This is your chance as Downtown, Flint residents to show our support for our city.
Project goals:
Sweep Down, Down Town
Trash pick-up
Rake out trash
Painting of iron rails along Saginaw Street Bridge
Noting further clean up or areas in need of repair
But wait, did you also know that the Annual Flint River and Community Cleanup Celebration is set for 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, May 8 and that later in the day there’s a free concert at Good Beans Café!
Start getting your excuses ready for not taking part in this good excuse for meeting your neighbors, having some laughs, shaping your body for summer swim-wear by doing deep knee bends while picking up trash, enjoying a free concert and helping to clean-up our city’s streets.
Try some of these on for size
I have amnesia from when my two year old hit me over the head with his toy dinosaur... wait I don't have a two year old.....do I?
I can't come to help today, my head hurts and it only hurts when I work!
My foot is stuck in the toilet and there is no one home to help me get it out.
I need to stay home to sit in front of my computer to post discouraging commits on Mlive, Flint Talk and any other blog that see’s good things happening in Flint!
Stephen James Comedy Improv & Human Resource Training Consultant Flint, Michigan
If you’re looking to re-energize your Sales Force, inspire your Marketing Department or to encourage your Board to think “Out of the Box”, “The Stephen James Comedy Troupe Corporate Team Building” will work together with you in delivering the message you want to give! Team Building will always be a top priority for today's organizations. Building effective teamwork through leading edge corporate and organizational team building programs is one of “The Stephen James Comedy Troupe” (Corporate Team Training) greatest capabilities! And we make it so much FUN! CONTACT US AT: Email: stephenjamescomedy@gmail.com Phone: 810-618-7517 Website: http://sites.google.com/site/thestephenjamescomedytroupe
Funny Business is a humorous look at some serious issues your business or organizations have to address. http://funnybusinessbystephenjames.blogspot.com/
"We're short-handed, Goody" the boss replies. "I can't give you the day off."
"Thanks, boss," says Goody Excuse "I knew I could count on you!"
Sweep Down, Down Town
Saturday May 8th
Time: 9am -12:00pm
Meeting Place: Flat Lot parking
This is your chance as Downtown, Flint residents to show our support for our city.
Project goals:
Sweep Down, Down Town
Trash pick-up
Rake out trash
Painting of iron rails along Saginaw Street Bridge
Noting further clean up or areas in need of repair
But wait, did you also know that the Annual Flint River and Community Cleanup Celebration is set for 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, May 8 and that later in the day there’s a free concert at Good Beans Café!
Start getting your excuses ready for not taking part in this good excuse for meeting your neighbors, having some laughs, shaping your body for summer swim-wear by doing deep knee bends while picking up trash, enjoying a free concert and helping to clean-up our city’s streets.
Try some of these on for size
I have amnesia from when my two year old hit me over the head with his toy dinosaur... wait I don't have a two year old.....do I?
I can't come to help today, my head hurts and it only hurts when I work!
My foot is stuck in the toilet and there is no one home to help me get it out.
I need to stay home to sit in front of my computer to post discouraging commits on Mlive, Flint Talk and any other blog that see’s good things happening in Flint!
Stephen James Comedy Improv & Human Resource Training Consultant Flint, Michigan
If you’re looking to re-energize your Sales Force, inspire your Marketing Department or to encourage your Board to think “Out of the Box”, “The Stephen James Comedy Troupe Corporate Team Building” will work together with you in delivering the message you want to give! Team Building will always be a top priority for today's organizations. Building effective teamwork through leading edge corporate and organizational team building programs is one of “The Stephen James Comedy Troupe” (Corporate Team Training) greatest capabilities! And we make it so much FUN! CONTACT US AT: Email: stephenjamescomedy@gmail.com Phone: 810-618-7517 Website: http://sites.google.com/site/thestephenjamescomedytroupe
Funny Business is a humorous look at some serious issues your business or organizations have to address. http://funnybusinessbystephenjames.blogspot.com/
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