Business Explained by Stever

 

 Stumbling on Beauty-Creating passionate devotion [3:22m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

How better to build devotion in customers (or friends, for that matter) than to arrange for them to stumble on a little beauty now and then.

 

 Deciding What to Do Your Last Four Weeks at Work [6:03m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

A listener has given notice, and wants to know how to approach The Boss to decide what to work on before leaving for good.

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 What does a CEO do, anyway? [5:51m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

At my first job, a 20-person computer company, the CEO sat in his glass-walled office while the rest of us busted our butts creating the product. I used to look at him and wonder, “What does a CEO do?”

Now that I coach CEOs, I know. Sadly, many of them don’t…

This isn’t exactly a business topic, but an article caught my eye about people who get scientific degrees based on traditional science, then use their credential to lend support to non-scientific groups. http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/02/12/america/web.0212create.php

If someone gets a legit scientific degree from a major institution, should they be allowed to trumpet that connection when presenting teachings that [...]

 

 Dealing with an Ex-Boss [5:34m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

When an ex-boss calls who wasn’t your favorite, wanting to reopen a friendship, what do you do?

Ok. I can’t keep quiet about this any longer. It’s driving me nuts. I just read a story titled $2 million US settlement in Boston TV ad bomb hoax. This is a fine example of how the wrong words can do damage, even when intending to inform.
“Bomb hoax” implies intent to deceive people into believing [...]