The Mavidea Bookshelf – Death by Meeting

Death by Meeting, By: Patrick Lencioni Death by Meeting….I am guessing that a lot of business people feel like this is a good summary of their average week.  The interesting thing about the title to this book is that it might be slightly misleading for those expecting a book about how to not have so…

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How Do Others View You?

Live in such a way that if someone were to speak badly of you, no one would believe it. – Bob Beaudine What a great way to look at what others might say about us. What if you could live in such a way that you build up so much trust you are always given the…

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My Big Geek Family

  Coming from a big, Italian family, Mikie discovered something very familiar at Mavidea. By Mikeleen Means, Director of Controlled Chaos at Mavidea My name is Irish but I’m actually German and Italian. My parent’s wanted to have twin daughters named Kathleen and Mikeleen. My older sister is named Kathleen, so I became Mikeleen. I…

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All You Can Do is Enough

“All you can do is all you can do, but all you can do is enough! ” A.L. Williams What a great attitude to have. We all have the same 24 hours in a day, the question is “What are you going to do with it?” If we consistently do all that we can, we…

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Should you outsource your IT?

Small businesses benefit from outsourcing their IT needs to a managed IT company. A common misconception is that hiring a full time “IT guy” will solve their IT problems as they are just a quick holler down the hall…Although it may alleviate your “right now” problems with that old printer and that pesky word doc,…

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