When faced with a problem, it often helps to grab someone and talk it out. This is a great collaborative strategy for problem-solving, because everyone has a different personality and sees t... Read more
Are you completely satisfied in your career or work? Whether you are just starting your career, or are more seasoned in your position, it can sometimes become a challenge to stay motivated,... Read more
“People management” has drastically changed since earlier decades, when the corporation was king and people were just workers to serve operational efficiency. The operational model for today... Read more
Good leaders are hard to find, and great leaders are even more elusive. Whether there’s a team reporting to you or not, you have the ability to lift your level of respect among your peers wh... Read more
Wow! This morning at IST Magazine headquarters in Flint, MI, the temperature was a frigid -6°F. That’s right, minus 6! The big news was a winter storm called a “bomb cyclone” which overtook... Read more
Bill Hurt, founder of Sun Industries, Inc. and the man who began manufacturing some of the first indoor tanning systems in the USA way back in 1979, shared an interesting observation with me... Read more
Sheila Routon Marketing Manager, Four Seasons Sales & Service How did you get into the tanning industry? In my “former life,” I was in sales and marketing for U.S. Foodservice, an... Read more
For anyone charged with allocating marketing dollars, it can seem like an arduous and even dicey process to decide how much to spend annually, and on what. For some, it’s the autopilot respo... Read more
When it comes to constructing a team of people who work well together to create winning outcomes, knowing “how to” and understanding “how to” are two very different phenomena. The strong and... Read more
A New Year, and another tanning season ahead … are you ready to hit the ground running? You probably spent last December getting your tanning systems cleaned and re-lamped, replacement... Read more
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