www.craigkitch.com You have always heard that to be productive and successful you must be good at managing your time. I don’t buy it. In fact, as far as I am concerned, that is a bold face lie. How the heck can you manage time? Time is intangible. It marches on second by second, year after […]

   www.craigkitch.com I watched with some amusement the other day as a rather disheveled looking man walked down the sidewalk embroiled in a conversation…with himself. It appeared he was asking questions of someone (who was not there) and then answering them. Who knows what was going on in his head? This little scene caused me […]

By Craig Kitch I have a personal board of directors and you should too. Now, someone just said to themselves: Yeah right. I cannot afford that! But you actually can. I got this idea 10 years ago from motivational speaker Andy Andrews and I can attest to the fact that it works. There are two […]

I learned a hard lesson about 20 years ago. An air conditioner in my hotel was malfunctioning and I was procrastinating the repair for a couple of reasons. First, I did not want the expense in the current quarter. I was on the bubble for profit goals and if I could just push the expense […]

You will agree that trust is foundational for any relationship, business or personal. Trust is rarely formed accidentally, especially in the workplace. It requires intentional actions, beginning with management. A few years back, I ran a business with an outside sales force. They were pretty good at their jobs and the Director of Sales was […]

I am writing this column from about 35,000 feet, on my way to an engagement in Kansas City; once again flying my favorite airline: Southwest. Not that they are the fanciest thing going or even the least expensive every time, but they sure are consistent and they have performance and productivity down to a art. […]

  So, we are in a totally different economy now. Just a few short years ago, unemployment was high and many businesses were struggling to keep the doors open. Consumer confidence was relatively low and people were hanging on to their cash. Things have changed. Business is booming and unemployment is at a record low. […]

  Taking action on what you know to do is clearly the primary barrier to success in your business. The gap between knowledge and action is much larger than the gap between ignorance and knowledge. Most people fail to reach their goals (whether revenue, customer service or employee retention) not because they don’t know what […]

PLEASE HELP ME GROW MY NEW BLOG!  Also would love your feedback. Everyone wants to be liked and appreciated for what they bring to the table. In todays environment, human capital is at a premium and good leaders have to be creative and intentional about how they create a work environment that people want to […]

PLEASE SHARE THIS BLOG IF YOU FIND VALUE IN IT! Employee turnover is outrageously expensive. For entry level employees it can be as much as half their annual salary. For executives, it can be 3 to 4 times their annual salary.  I have done a lot of informal research over the years on why employees […]