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Pretty simple statement, but also a very powerful one. In any relationship there has to be something, or a multiple of things that bring the two parties together. When this doesn’t happen often times one or both parties look elsewhere. Before we got to this point, however, we probably argued, yelled and screamed and went […]

Time Magazine bought a house in Detroit and has moved in. One of their reporters committed to spending a year here in Detroit and writing about it for several high profile magazines. His efforts will be relayed in the form of blogs and articles ‘branded’ Assignment: Detroit. I think it’s great that someone from the

As you might remember, the head of a company survived 9/11 because his son started kindergarten.Another fellow was alive because it was his turn to bring donuts.One woman was late because her alarm clock didn’t go off in time.One was late because of being stuck on the JN Turnpike because of an auto accident.One of

What’s the number one reason that employees stay with an organization? Usually, it is simply because they enjoy working with their supervisors, according to numerous studies. Building good relationships between staff members and their bosses can pay off handsomely for your company. In fact, some experts estimate that the cost of replacing an employee ranges

Many, many thanks to those who helped compile this list! I’ve learned a lot about the different restaurants (not to mention driving directions!) while working on this list. Although I have not eaten at all, or even most, of them, I am looking forward to trying some! In my request to put this list together,

These days we cannot be careful enough in our job search. We put out resumes, complete profiles, create cover letters and when we get a response, we don’t want to let it go. But are there times when we should back away from the phone? How do we know? I mean, really know? While some

Judy and I made a field trip over to the festival in Northville today, interested in meeting fellow Michigan based business owners and seeing what products/services they had to offer. Since it was almost lunchtime, we got sidetracked by the vendors that had food products, and boy, are we glad we did! Two vendors of

Not literally, if we get enough of a response, we may be!Earlier in the week, Judy and I knew we wanted to go out for lunch and couldn’t figure out where to go. We googled some things, tried to look up some restaurants, but nothing was hitting us. What we really wanted was someone to

I know this story has been passed around over the internet for years, but it still says a lot about who we are. Every one of us see ourselves in this story, in one form or another. Next time, which one will you be? ‘Some people!’ snorted a man standing some distance behind me in

Twice last week I read articles about ‘funemployment’. At first I wasn’t sure what to make of it, and the more I thought about it, the angrier I became (I even sent an email to one of the ‘journalists’, but I haven’t heard back yet). Apparently ‘funemployment’ is a term used for someone who is