How Mavidea’s Culture Club Keeps the Life at Mavidea Buzzing. When Mavidea was founded, there was no Culture Club. The group started as our company began to grow. Our CEO, Erik Barnlund, and Marketing Manager, Kim James, envisioned it as a way for employees to help shape the future of Mavidea. Each of our departments…
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The Pixar Pitch
The Power of Simplicity and the Pixar pitch. I delivered a morning devotional at a local business meeting recently. I wanted to share something that would really help people understand how important it is for a leader to speak in simple terms. I centered the talk on the Pixar pitch. Have you heard of…
Secrets of a Great Leader
True leadership is fearless and “fear”-less. Level 5 Leadership, according to Jim Collins in his book, Good to Great, Why Some Companies Make the Leap…And Others Don’t, is a person who, “builds enduring greatness through a paradoxical blend of personal humility and professional will.” It sounds like a rare and special combination. And it is!…
You Can’t Patch People
Article written by: Chris Nichols, Virtual Chief Technology Officer Security is on everyone’s mind nowadays more than ever. Companies are becoming more aware of the steps they need to take to secure their data from prying eyes. Super unified threat management firewalls, the latest and greatest antivirus programs, and draconian password policies are becoming…
The Black Belts of Kaizen
Master the art of continuous improvement by bringing core values to employee evaluations. Part 2 of a 2-part series on making Core Values count in your daily business (check out part 1) Many people in business today have heard the term, kaizen. It’s a Japanese term that means, “improvement” or “change for the best.” In…
