Entries by amindaxer

“No Excuses!”

Where do you really want to be in five years? In ten years? How can you get there? What will it take to succeed in reaching those goals?

The Change Leader

“The most effective way to manage change successfully is to create it.” These are the words of business management guru Peter Drucker.

Good Times Require Discipline, Too!

Former Green Bay Packers Coach Vince Lombardi stated, “Winning is not a sometime thing – it’s an all-the-time thing.” We are currently facing a difficult situation in the dairy industry today. As I write this column, we are enjoying some higher milk prices. However, by the time you read this article, we could very well be seeing lower prices again. While I hope that is not the case, it is always a possibility.

The Virtues of Speed

For a fascinating example of speed and action combined, just watch what happens in the pits at an Indy car race. As outlined in Fast Company’s book “The Rules of Business,” there are four primary rules that guide both the driver and his pit crew in their respective roles.

The Search for Meaning

Throughout the crazy events sometimes surrounding us, it’s often difficult to find meaning – in effect, to make sense of things that are occurring every day. Victor Frankl was a survivor of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany.