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Editorial: Saving local journalism is in everyone’s best interest

Local journalists, and the publications that they contribute to, are currently standing at the base of a mountain. The mountain represents the onslaught of industry-defining innovations that continue to shape, and sometimes erode, the very definition of journalism. We can…

Counting on common sense

There are many photographs of Albert Einstein standing in front of a chalk board. On…

Paying tribute to the Women of Influence

Gale Mote/Tree Full of Owls As I write this article, I think of the many…

Your brand and your bottom line

Lynn Manternach/Tree Full of Owls Why do your customers choose your product or service over…

Should strategic planning be re-imagined?

By Heather Rast/Tree Full of Owls Strategic planning. For many companies, it’s an initiative tackled…

Poor expectations can lead to poor consequences

By John Langhorne/Tree Full of Owls “You see Colonel Pickering, really and truly, apart from…

Making happiness work for you

Gale Mote/Tree Full of Owls was facilitating team-building training for an organization in 2004. It…

The impact of the power of purpose

Lynn Manternach/Tree Full of Owls Why does your business exist? If it’s just to make…

Managing people? Repetition works. Repetition works.

Dennis Schrag/Tree Full of Owls Penny. Knock, knock, knock. Penny. Penny. Knock, knock, knock. Penny.…

Take time to reflect as 2012 begins

John Langhorne/Tree Full of Owls In an earlier article, we took a rather comprehensive overlook…

Is it important who controls the message?

Heather Rast/Tree Full of Owls What happens to your brand in social media? Interesting question.…

Do your recognition efforts pass the test?

Gale Mote/Tree Full of Owls In 1986, I was working as a master production scheduler…

Celebrating the land between two rivers

John Langhorne/Tree Full of Owls Steven Bloom recently wrote an article that ran on the…

Coaching an attitude problem

Gale Mote/Tree Full of Owls One of the most frequent requests I receive from managers…

Is social media in your 2012 plan?

Lynn Manternach/Tree Full of Owls Has your company joined the social media community yet? Whether…

Life, liberty and the pursuit of…

By John Langhorne/Tree Full of Owls Happiness is an interesting topic. Last week, a colleague…