Carnival of Anecdotes and Stories for Business

Welcome to the August 10, 2007 edition of anecdotes and stories for presentations. Do you want some articles to inspire your leadership, to motivate your team at work?

Charles H. Green presents Juries, Courtrooms and Linear Thinking > Trusted Advisor Associates > Trust Matters posted at Trust Matters, saying, "Once upon a time a jury said "a pox on both houses"."

Laura Young presents Play the Ball Where the Monkey Drops It posted at Dragon Slayer, saying, "A great story submitted to me by a blog reader the I imagine many of you would find useful."

Anna presents Leadership Tips for the Summer at The Engaging Brand.

Louise Manning presents Latin quotations posted at The Human Imprint.

Rickey Henderson presents What Rickey Learned from Jury Duty posted at Riding with Rickey.

Praveen presents My Simple Trading System: The Old Man, the Boy, and the Donkey posted at My Simple Trading System.

Millionaire Mommy Next Door presents The Millionaire Mommy Next Door Recipe for Success, Wealth & Happiness posted at Millionaire Mommy Next Door, saying, "Add ingredients generously and mix thoroughly to blend."

Ivan Rios presents 5 More Contradictions That Will Make You a Better Leader posted at artofleading.net.

Sue Massey presents The Price Of Ignoring What?s Wrong posted at Business Management Life, saying, "I talk about how it's important for employees to feel good about their job."

Karl Goldfield presents Coffee Break Pt 1 Finale - Part 1 posted at Coaching sales champions, saying, "A post with 31 listings of people's funniest interviews."

Charles H. Green presents Negotiation and the Short Term Performance Trap posted at Trust Matters, saying, "The Prisoner's dilemna tells us a lot about the nature of long term and short term thinking."

Eric Hudin presents You Can Make More Working Less posted at Everyday Marketing Ideas,

Pete Johnson presents Who's in charge? Understanding group dynamics posted at Nerd Guru, saying, "A anecdote involving a significant family event that sheds light on how understanding group dynamics can increase productivity."

Alvaro Fernandez presents Top Ten Tips for Women Who Lead Men posted at SharpBrains: Your Window into the Brain Fitness Revolution, saying, "Some of these tips may be fun to share..."

Jack Yoest presents Close the Sale: Make the Pain Worse posted at Yoest.com

Luke Houghton presents Problems Problems Problems… posted at Luke Houghton, saying, "Article about problem definitions"

edithyeung presents 7 Phrases Successful People Would Never Say posted at Edith Yeung.Com: Dream. Think. Act..

wilson ng presents Never Assume posted at Reflections of a BizDrivenLife, saying, "Funny situations or expensive mistakes occur when we assume. We always think we know what the other person wants, or thinks. Don't guess! Why not just ask?"

Jeremy Hitchcock presents Redesign time posted at WTTF: Welcome to the Future, saying, "Be thankfull we don't live in the age of time travel."

TherapyDoc presents Everyone Needs Therapy: Denial and the Predator posted at Everyone Needs Therapy, saying, "The power of denial usually fits into presentations somewhere."

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of anecdotes and stories for presentations using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

What will make the Disney Difference?

Disney are a wonderful example of how to create competitive advantage within your market place. Disney recognise that their parks need to be clean but that the sweepers - or cast members as they are called - are more than that, they are customer service people. Visitors to the park approach the sweepers for all kind of advice from where to buy something, to which rides have the longest queues. Disney recognise that after a certain point cleanliness of the park cannot be a differentiating factor - so they invest in customer service training for the sweepers. If they are to create "The happiest place in the world" then the sweepers have a key role to play.

Do you know how each person can contribute to your company vision? Do you know what will make the difference to the customer experience?
Do you measure the receptionist purely on calls taken or the service they give the customer?
Do you measure a credit controller purely on cash collection or how quickly they resolve customer queries or problems?

Carnival of How to Keep Employees

We all want ideas on how to keep employees - here is the latest blog carnival on how to keep them motivated and productive!
Riversider presents Take A Preston Minibreak posted at Save The Ribble, saying, "Keep your employees by letting them have a lunch break in beautiful surroundings."
almomento presents 9 Ways To Incorporate Win-Win Philosophy Into Your Business posted at BurstCreativity.

CA presents Leadership mistakes made by small business owners posted at Atlantic Canada's Small Business Blog, saying, "Having worked with a number of small businesses, I find a common theme among the many mistakes they make - most of them people related. Here is my most important list."

Charles H. Green presents The Sacred Cow of Retention posted at Trust Matters, saying, "Retention that is cost driven, instead of loyalty driven, doesn't work."

Amy Pedersen presents Back Injuries at Work and Your Office Chair, Preventing Injury posted at Sit On This Office Chair ...., saying, "One of the most common work-related injuries is back pain.It will also help employees maintain a healthy back and not take work home with them at least in the pain part of the job."

Hueina Su presents Life Balance Lessons: 7 Keys to Avoid Burnout posted at Intensive Care for the Nurturer's Soul, saying, " When you are burned out, you can't function at your best, and everyone you care about suffer with you. Here are some proactive steps you can take today to prevent burnout and return to balance."

Debra Moorhead presents Manager of Life posted at Debra Moorhead.com.

Editor - Dave Prouhet presents Workplace Stress Busters posted at Business Advice Daily, saying, "Here are 6 Ways to Improve Workplace Performance by Reducing Stress."

Aniq Rahman presents Listen to the Employees Before You Buy Up The Employer: Better Means Bigger posted at Fiscal Times.

Henry Bagdasarian presents Fist In A Bucket Of Water - How to identify and retain high performer employees posted at Free Identity Theft Prevention, Detection and Fraud Solutions.

Editor - Dave Prouhet presents Drugs and Alcohol in the Workplace - What to Do posted at Business Advice Daily, saying, "Imagine finding out that one of your employees has a problem with drugs or alcohol. How would you handle it? "

Pawel Brodzinski presents Perfect Employer posted at Software Project Management, saying, "How to build a company which means more that just another workplace for employees. Even when it no longer exists."

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of
how to keep employees using our carnival submission form.Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.