Petey’s Blog

5 Ways to recruit and retain Generations X and Y: Communicate in kind, be quick to respond, recognize their individuality, keep your dealings short and to the point and seek them out on the Web. The 20 to 30 year age groups are the future of your business. Take time to show these younger generations that you value their distinctive skills. If YOU are the younger gens, take time to appreciate the experience and wisdom of the older generations. It’s a fair and profitable exchange.

The definition of the word Project: an undertaking requiring concerted effort. The big picture by exposing and connecting the dots. When was the last time you had all your dots in order and your Ts crossed? And, by the way, the dot over the letter I is called a “tittle”.

40% of McDonald’s profits come from sales of Happy Meals. Ok readers, how many of you adults are consuming them vs. that Big Mac?

Money isn’t made out of paper. It’s made out of cotton. So the old adage of “Money doesn’t grow on trees”, is really not true. I wonder if that makes it any more valuable, or if it’s not worth the “cotton” it’s printed on?

One of Andy Rooney’s (60 Minutes) ideas: Tips for Handling Telemarketers. Three little words that work, “Hold on please…” Say this, put down your phone and walk off. Eventually you will hear the phone company’s beep, beep tone, you know it’s time to go back and hang up your handset, which has efficiently completed its task.

What’s your business temperature? Are you passionate about going green?

After a lull in the action, business and innovation are on the rise! After corporations put new outsourcing projects on hold last year as the economy imploded, outsourcing specialists feared for the worst.

Dart stands for Dallas Area Rapid Transit and the photo of the ‘reclining man’ is one of three sculptures located near the Dallas Arts District. Area newspapers have had aq field day with the argument between the artistic vision strategically placing Dallas as a cultural center and the money spent that could have gone to better transit ticketing and efficie4ncies.