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Andy Rooney’s segment on organizing made me think of the many individuals who find themselves wallowing in years of “stuff,” with no apparent way to extricate themselves from their predicament.

Andy Rooney: Organizing

Mr. Rooney has many accumulations in different categories, but has subsequently forgotten the purpose of why he began sorting these materials, or storing them in the first place. For those employees who are senior in experience, there are probably many lower ranking individuals who could benefit from your expertise. Before tossing what you may consider “useless” possessions, consider the following: Turn the page…

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[The following is a guest blog posting from Mr. Jim Holland, former CEO of Holland Enterprises].

Somerset Maugham said, “There are four basic steps to becoming a great leader. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.” Trying to describe a great leader is like trying to describe the wind. You can not really describe the wind itself. However, you can certainly see its effects. There have been tens of thousands of books written, thousands of classes taught, and eons of seminars lead on the subject of leadership. Therefore, I feel thoroughly unqualified to offer my humble thoughts on the subject. However, I believe there are some very basic characteristics of leadership, especially as it relates to the workplace, that we all could use a bit of a reminder. Turn the page…

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