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When we think of the armed forces, many times we think about a drill sergeant yelling at the new recruits. While this approach is...

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Pat had a distribution business that was struggling. The business was started almost 10 years earlier. At first the business had grown...

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Two partners came to me with a company that had flat revenue for three consecutive years with little profits. They were frustrated and...

One day I had lunch with Mack, a manager at a light manufacturing company. He told me he was frustrated with the supervisors in his...