Are you encouraging your employees or co-workers? Are you helping them grow and thrive or do you only give negative feedback when you catch them doing something wrong? We’ve all known both kinds of managers. I think it was Ken Blanchard in The One Minute Manager who I first heard say, “Catch them doing something […]
About Steve Rae
I love to play... play golf, play guitar, play it smart... I am a partner in the Wizard of Ads Group and my background was the radio industry for 34 years - 15 of those as an owner. We got to try really neat stuff with our clients and had some huge and very profitable successes. We sold a few years back, so now I speak and write and help a select number of clients grow their own businesses.
Money To Burn
Do people have money to burn? Am I the only person who sees a new business startup and thinks, “This business doesn’t have a chance.” Who does the due diligence for these people? Don’t they think that previous trends might have some impact on their new business idea? My favourite “What were they thinking?” business […]
Payroll Pressure
(Steve Rae’s living The Dream. He took risks, worked long hours, and went above-and-beyond what was required to semi-retire in his early 50s. He’s the newest contributing editor to The Daily Blur.) “I can’t sleep.” So goes the refrain of small business owners everywhere. The pressure of running a small business can be immense, but […]
One Simple Question For Managers
(In addition to being a mentor and friend and golf partner for ten years, Steve Rae’s living the American Canadian Dream. He took risks, worked long hours, and went above-and-beyond what was required to semi-retire in his early 50s and travel the world with his lovely wife Carolyn and help schlubs like me follow in his footsteps. […]
Online Surveys Help Recruitment
(In addition to being a mentor and friend and golf partner for ten years, Steve Rae’s living the American Canadian Dream. He took risks, worked long hours, and went above-and-beyond what was required to semi-retire in his early 50s and travel the world with his lovely wife Carolyn and help schlubs like me follow in his footsteps. […]
14 Questions For Every Job Applicant
(I introduced you to his brilliance yesterday, and today we welcome Steve Rae as the newest Contributing Editor to The Daily Blur. In addition to being a mentor and friend and golf partner for ten years, Steve’s living the American Canadian Dream. He took risks, worked long hours, and went above-and-beyond what was required to […]
