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  • Begging for a Return to Respectful Communications

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    Because we are all uniquely different human beings, it is not surprising that the chances are that most people...

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  • Five Ways to Make Your Company More Employee-Centric

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    I know many companies feel that if you don’t take care of your customer, somebody else will. At Micrel,...

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  • Episode 29: Heroes – you and your team can easily be heroes every day

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Episode-29-Heroes-you-and-your-team-can-easily-be-heroes-every-day.mp3What are the criteria for a hero? Simple habits make a person a hero in the eyes of those...

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  • Episode 28: Friday Talks and Employee Motivation

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Episode-28-Friday-Talks-and-Employee-Motivation.mp3Looking for employee inspiration, education and motivation? In this week’s podcast, Ray Zinn talks about the “Friday Talk” technique...

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  • Episode 27: The American Dream

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Episode-27-The-American-Dream.mp3Is the American Dream still alive? In this episode, Ray Zinn discuss the role of optimism in the entrepreneurial...

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  • Election Civility

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Special-Edition-election-civility.mp3This presidential election has demonstrated the lowest levels of common decency and the most disgusting form of vulgar communications,...

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  • Special Edition: David Greer and Corporate Culture

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Special-Edition-David-Greer-and-Corporate-Culture.mp3David Greer — an entrepreneur, angel investor and business coach — discusses with Ray Zinn why corporate culture is...

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  • Picking your first Board of Directors

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    Congratulations! You have grown your business to the point that you need a board of directors (BOD). The good...

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  • Special Edition: David Greer and Corporate Planning

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Special-Edition-David-Greer-and-Corporate-Planning.mp3David Greer — an entrepreneur, angel investor and business coach — discusses strategic corporate planning with Ray Zinn, who...

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  • Episode 22: Key to hiring the best employees

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Episode-22-Key-to-hiring-the-best-employees.mp3Hiring really good employees predisposes your company toward success. But how do you do this? Ray Zinn knows how,...

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  • Episode 21: Momentum: How to keep employees engaged

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Episode-21-Momentum-how-to-keep-employees-engaged.mp3Life and work are marathons, not sprints – regardless of what too many startups believe. But few employees are...

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  • Episode 20 – The employee happiness quotient

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Episode-20-The-employee-happiness-quotient.mp3What makes happy people, and thus happy employees. Silicon Valley’s longest serving CEO tells you the secret and how...

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  • Plans, Funds and Thinking

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    Go-to-market plans seem nearly out of vogue in Silicon Valley. After leading the most consistently profitable semiconductor company, and...

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  • Episode 19 – Being Driven but not Being a Slave Driver

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Episode-19-Being-Driven-but-not-Being-a-Slave-Driver.mp3Entrepreneurs are driven. How can they remain driven without driving their employees crazy? Ray Zinn, the longest serving CEO...

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  • Debt: the toothsome tiger

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    Cheap money is like cheap food. It tempts some people to overeat. Money has never been cheaper. Some nations,...

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