by Ron Hequet | Mar 19, 2015 | Career Development, Employment, Job, Performance Improvement, Personal Development, Professional Career, Self-Achievement
Discussions of price per hour just drive me crazy. For example, if because of my demonstrable business acumen, I am given an opportunity and asked to develop a plan of execution with the necessary ‘prove ups’ to improve performance of an $8MM company by 4+ points /...
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 | 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 | Jun 25, 2013 | Performance Improvement, Self-Achievement
While on a plane, I read an article written by a futurist. In the article he claimed that in the near 10 to 15 years, employment opportunities would be about ‘credentials’. I believe he is totally wrong. Most of the time, the more initials I see behind someone’s...
by Ron Hequet | Apr 11, 2013 | Performance Improvement
Management guru Peter Drucker observed that laws passed in response to a single instance of bad behavior are bad laws. These laws punish innocent folks in an attempt to prevent a problem caused by one wrongdoer. So, a child can’t even be carried on the mother’s lap...
by Ron Hequet | Mar 21, 2013 | Career Development
Affirmations Are Not Out Of Style Once on a flight to Chicago my seatmate asked what I did for a living. When I told him I was a consultant, a business motivational speaker and coach he replied, “I don’t believe in motivation, it doesn’t...
