by Bluewater Advisory | Jul 14, 2020 | Business Excellence, Professional Development
“I just got back to work after vacation, and need another vacation!” So here we are, the weekend after 4th of July weekend, and I feel obligated to leverage some basic business principles I had the opportunity to share with three different managers and executives this...
by Bluewater Advisory | Jan 23, 2020 | Business Excellence, Professional Development
“They do what I ask, but not what I need.” – nearly every Owner, President and CEO we work with I heard this incredibly powerful and insightful statement for the first time nearly two years ago from an Owner and President of a midsized, successful manufacturing...
by Bluewater Advisory | Jan 6, 2020 | Business Excellence, Professional Development
Instead of setting New Year’s Resolutions, my partner, Mark Debinski and his family choose a word for the year. A mantra, if you will, to focus on, remind themselves of and inspire them for the year. I love this idea and have adopted it the past few years....
by Bluewater Advisory | Dec 11, 2019 | Business Excellence, Professional Development
30 minutes. That’s about how long it would take to do your personal banking in 1990. You would get in your car, drive to your bank, fill out your deposit or withdraw slip, stand in line, make your deposit or withdrawal and drive home or back to work. Today, by...
by Bluewater Advisory | Nov 7, 2019 | Business Excellence, Professional Development
A Diet Coke. That’s all I needed, a large Diet Coke. I walked up to the counter at my local McDonald’s and after a long pause, a manager walked towards me from the back. As I smiled at her and started to say, “Just a large Diet Coke, please. I have my own cup.” (I...
