Good For Business.
Spreading The Good Word About Catawba Valley’s Companies & Their Impressive Talent.
Good For Business.
Spreading The Good Word About Catawba Valley’s Companies & Their Impressive Talent.
Welcome Back...To Us
In the March issue of GFB Monthly, I began with the importance of the word, “Welcome”. After a one-month sabbatical during the early crunch of the evil virus and all the confusion surrounding it, we offer ourselves a Welcome Back message. Honestly, we were so impressed and honored by so many of you who contacted us saying you missed us during April. We assured all we would be back and never meant to leave…not unlike so many of our “on hiatus” small, entrepreneurial and innovative businesses who are now at the forefront of the “recovery”, we hope.
As always, our mission is to support business and economic development in the Catawba Valley with a narrow focus on small, entrepreneurial and innovative businesses and the people who make them successful.
THINK
Learning and Leading Through the Darkness to Assure a Better Tomorrow
After 30 years in higher education administration, it is evident that I could have never prepared enough to deal with the rapid change and the complexity that evolved in all educational sectors and the world as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
LEAD
Smart Work, Regardless of Where Work Is to be Done
O.K., I admit it, though I hope this short piece will be of help to you as you do whatever you do, it is really written as a “self-help” piece…for ME. So why are we placing this article under the LEAD category? Because we are all the sole leader of ourselves, right?
CREATE
The Butterfly Says It All
Panic, frustration, idle curiosity, aggravation, too much time, and the need to re-focus. Now those are hardly typical reasons to start a company, particularly if they are all being encountered at the same time.
ENVISION
Visions Coming to Life
Several images came to mind during a drive to Hickory following a multi-hour luncheon with Gary L. Herman (Alexander County Public Information Officer) and Connie Kincaid (Alexander County EDC Business Development Manager and former highly-regarded Director of Hickory’s Downtown Development Commission).
IMPROVE
Technology: Tips & Taboos Working from Home
Although I am hopeful that this article finds you, your family and friends safe and healthy…I am guessing that life has been far from ‘normal’ lately. If you are like me, you were forced to shift your mode of operation abruptly with the COVID-19 outbreak.
INNOVATE
The Old Habit of Homeworking
Nations declaring a state of emergency, countries’ economies stopping, stock markets collapsing, supermarket food shelves empty, people protecting themselves with masks, and a newly mutated pandemic virus rapidly expanding among humanity.
LEARN
Taking Bets on Catawba County – A Good Move
There is no doubt that our “New World” will be different than our old world in many ways, but, to slightly paraphrase Warren Buffet’s bullishness on America, I’d say “Don’t count out Catawba”.
READ
Good Reads: May 2020
The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson, my favorite historical novel author. This is yet another fine example of how Larson weaves parallel stories to a common intersection point.
SERVE
So, Just How Do You Do That?
You just know it; you feel it from the minute you enter the door. This place is all about service to the customer. To translate that feeling to the words they use, “We want to be the Most Caring company in the area”.
APPLAUD
Hands Together, Thumbs Up, Congrats!
The Catawba County Chamber of Commerce. Always busy, always supporting, always championing the continued growth and economic development of our fine county, the Chamber has announced (May 20 on the Chamber website, accessible whether you are a member or not) an assist to local businesses (member and non-member) as they move toward a “re-opened community”.
WORK
Want A Job? Sell Yourself First.
Whether we see a dramatic shift to “work from home”, “work remotely”, “work your own best schedule” or simply changes in the design, furnishing, lighting, and workflow of our current workplaces…things will be different.
ENJOY
Just Enjoy
FIRST and foremost, celebrate with me the upcoming release of the 33rd annual edition of Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader – another classic, I am sure.
THINK
Learning and Leading Through the Darkness to Assure a Better Tomorrow
After 30 years in higher education administration, it is evident that I could have never prepared enough to deal with the rapid change and the complexity that evolved in all educational sectors and the world as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
LEAD
Smart Work, Regardless of Where Work Is to be Done
O.K., I admit it, though I hope this short piece will be of help to you as you do whatever you do, it is really written as a “self-help” piece…for ME. So why are we placing this article under the LEAD category? Because we are all the sole leader of ourselves, right?
CREATE
The Butterfly Says It All
Panic, frustration, idle curiosity, aggravation, too much time, and the need to re-focus. Now those are hardly typical reasons to start a company, particularly if they are all being encountered at the same time.
ENVISION
Visions Coming to Life
Several images came to mind during a drive to Hickory following a multi-hour luncheon with Gary L. Herman (Alexander County Public Information Officer) and Connie Kincaid (Alexander County EDC Business Development Manager and former highly-regarded Director of Hickory’s Downtown Development Commission).
IMPROVE
Technology: Tips & Taboos Working from Home
Although I am hopeful that this article finds you, your family and friends safe and healthy…I am guessing that life has been far from ‘normal’ lately. If you are like me, you were forced to shift your mode of operation abruptly with the COVID-19 outbreak.
INNOVATE
The Old Habit of Homeworking
Nations declaring a state of emergency, countries’ economies stopping, stock markets collapsing, supermarket food shelves empty, people protecting themselves with masks, and a newly mutated pandemic virus rapidly expanding among humanity.
LEARN
Taking Bets on Catawba County – A Good Move
There is no doubt that our “New World” will be different than our old world in many ways, but, to slightly paraphrase Warren Buffet’s bullishness on America, I’d say “Don’t count out Catawba”.
READ
Good Reads: May 2020
The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson, my favorite historical novel author. This is yet another fine example of how Larson weaves parallel stories to a common intersection point.
SERVE
So, Just How Do You Do That?
You just know it; you feel it from the minute you enter the door. This place is all about service to the customer. To translate that feeling to the words they use, “We want to be the Most Caring company in the area”.
APPLAUD
Hands Together, Thumbs Up, Congrats!
The Catawba County Chamber of Commerce. Always busy, always supporting, always championing the continued growth and economic development of our fine county, the Chamber has announced (May 20 on the Chamber website, accessible whether you are a member or not) an assist to local businesses (member and non-member) as they move toward a “re-opened community”.
WORK
Want A Job? Sell Yourself First.
Whether we see a dramatic shift to “work from home”, “work remotely”, “work your own best schedule” or simply changes in the design, furnishing, lighting, and workflow of our current workplaces…things will be different.
ENJOY
Just Enjoy
FIRST and foremost, celebrate with me the upcoming release of the 33rd annual edition of Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader – another classic, I am sure.
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