by Ron Hequet | Dec 1, 2014 | Career Development, Employment, Job, Networking, Performance Improvement, Personal Development, Professional Career, Self-Achievement
I am not an award show watcher and really don’t watch T.V. in general. I can’t remember how many years it’s been since I watched the academy awards show – I think John Wayne won ‘best actor’ for True Grit. But even if my T.V. time is very limited, i.e. football and...
by Ron Hequet | Sep 19, 2014 | Career Development, Employment, Job, Networking, Performance Improvement, Personal Development, Professional Career, Self-Achievement
I really like minor league baseball and I arrived at a client’s city early enough to attend a game. I got a ticket for the upper deck behind home plate. The ballpark was packed, and the scoreboard stats showed that the pitcher was throwing at around 97 MPH. A batter...
by Ron Hequet | Sep 2, 2014 | Career Development, Employment, Job, Networking, Performance Improvement, Personal Development, Professional Career, Self-Achievement
With all the companies that I have been blessed to have owned over the years, I never refused to listen to a contrary idea; because it’s contrary ideas that spawn innovation, effectiveness and enhanced profitability. But, when a team member of mine only had the...
by Ron Hequet | May 26, 2014 | Career Development, Employment, Job, Performance Improvement, Personal Development, Professional Career, Self-Achievement
Are we are running out of eagles? We seem to be over run with parrots who are content to sit safely in their cubical and repeat the hunkered down party line. We are fast becoming overpopulated with bright-colored parrots with soft under-bellies, big beaks, and...
by Ron Hequet | Apr 25, 2014 | Employment, Networking, Performance Improvement, Self-Achievement
One of the myths is that we are all a bunch of rugged individualists, but it simply is not true. There are some exceptions, of course, but for the majority, it is not that way. You may imagine yourself as a combination of Patrick Henry, Davy Crockett, John Wayne, or...