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Self Calibration
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http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-SelfCalibration01.mp3The purpose of self calibration, like self awareness, is to improve your chances at success through recognizing, analyzing, and...
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Loud Quitting: Tantrum your way out of future job prospects.
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http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-QuietCuitting01.mp3The trend had been “quiet quitting” where an employee stops putting out any effort at all at work, but...
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Back To Work! (in-person)
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http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-BackToWork01.mp3Major companies say productivity and creativity are suffering from remote work and are now ordering workers back to the...
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Be more than just about profit, and profit follows.
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http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-MoreThanProfit01.mp3Fictional Wall Street tycoon Gordon Gekko famously uttered the words, “greed is good.” But, for real life CEOs with...
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Belt Tightening in Recession
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http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-BeltTightening01.mp3You can’t control the world, but you can lead your company through a downturn. How? In this Tough Things...
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Quiet Quitting: How to reverse it in the age of remote work.
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http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-QuietQuitting01.mp3Quiet quitting isn’t just a buzzword, it’s happening. In this Tough Things First podcast, Ray Zinn discussing this costly...
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The Right Company Hires the Right Person
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http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-HiringAdvice01.mp3In thirty-seven years as CEO of Micrel Semiconductor, Ray Zinn has done his share of hiring at all levels....
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Friendly, Not Friends
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http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-FriendlyNotFriend01.mp3Entrepreneurs can either learn this quickly or slowly, but eventually they’ll learn or fail. Relationships with employees are about...
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Strategies for Managing Work Stress
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http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-WorkStress01.mp3No matter what phase a company is in, or the level of employee or management, work stress goes with...
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Toxic Corporate Culture
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http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/RayGuy-ToxicCulture01.mp3How do toxic corporate cultures arise, and how do you cure them? The Silicon Valley leader with the lowest employee...
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Polishing Your Business Narrative
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Your business idea is like a diamond hauled from the dirt. You have to clean it off and polish...
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Happy Innovation
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Many leaders don’t see the connection between happiness and corporate innovation. Well, at least until everyone is unhappy and...
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What Stymies Success?
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Do people fear success? No. They fear what success requires or brings. Success is defined as the accomplishment of...
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Dealing with Renegade High Achievers
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I was a renegade employee. I got fired for it. That led me to becoming the longest serving CEO...
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People Do Good
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“Corporate good” is not a new thing, though it has been the subject of a lot of recent chatter....
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Posts tagged with ‘employees’

Self Calibration

Loud Quitting: Tantrum your way out of future job prospects.

Back To Work! (in-person)

Be more than just about profit, and profit follows.

Belt Tightening in Recession

Quiet Quitting: How to reverse it in the age of remote work.

The Right Company Hires the Right Person

Friendly, Not Friends

Strategies for Managing Work Stress

Toxic Corporate Culture

Polishing Your Business Narrative

Happy Innovation

What Stymies Success?

Dealing with Renegade High Achievers

People Do Good