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Zane Safrit
I can help your company create customer evangelists, engaged employees and sustain or increase the positive cash-flows that result.
Interests: Small business solutions, networking in-person or with online social media, innovation, engaged employees, customer evangelists, college basketball, running.
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Recognize the Gate-Keepers, the Routine-Makers
The rage in business today is...change, innovation and disruption. Rightfully so, as every facet of our life faces unprecedented pressures from global competition, economic and social upheavals, the rapid access to information and technology, the increasing pace of technological change.... Continue reading
Posted 2 days ago at Zane Safrit
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Marathon Training: Week 4
This is the fourth week since finishing my fourth marathon, the Pilgrim Pacer. Four weeks after a marathon means, well it means I’m past recovering from it and moving on to the next. This is the last time I’ll mention... Continue reading
Posted 3 days ago at Zane Safrit
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Be Their Leader First, Friend Later
Friendship is an earned honor. It’s one bestowed by the employees, possibly, on their manager after that manager removes obstacles for their career, for their work, for their tasks. These are the obstacles that interfere with their passion, their success... Continue reading
Posted 5 days ago at Zane Safrit
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Book Review: Why Employees Are Always A Bad Idea
Posted 6 days ago at Zane Safrit
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Make Disability Insurance a Brand Evangelist Benefit
Tim Berry has offered great advice, resources, and more for a long, long, time (in blogging years) through his blog. I wandered away from reading it. And when I returned, I see his advice, resources and support for entrepreneurs and... Continue reading
Posted 7 days ago at Zane Safrit
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What Makes Us Feel Good About Our Work?
Video from KarmaTube Excellent presentation by Dan Ariely. Continue reading
Posted Dec 3, 2013 at Zane Safrit
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Understand Their Future and Why It Matters to Them
What’s their future with the company and why does it matter to them? If we had coffee, and I asked you this question, could you answer it? Of course, you say. But would your idea of their future match theirs... Continue reading
Posted Dec 2, 2013 at Zane Safrit
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Marathon Training: Week Three
This is the third week since finishing my fourth marathon, the Pilgrim Pacer on November 9. I have this rule of thumb in my head, from some source on training for marathons, that says wait four weeks after a marathon... Continue reading
Posted Dec 1, 2013 at Zane Safrit
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Make Family Time Available for Your Brand Evangelists
When your company faces a crisis, you expect, even demand, employees drop every other commitment - immediately! - and focus on resolving that crisis. What happens when your employee’s family faces a similar challenge? Do you help, volunteer resources to... Continue reading
Posted Nov 29, 2013 at Zane Safrit
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Invest in the Health of Your Brand Evangelists
Would you buy a server and never perform regular system diagnostics or install updates? Would you work in an office building where the floors were never swept and let’s not talk about those bathrooms? Would you buy a car and... Continue reading
Posted Nov 27, 2013 at Zane Safrit
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Employee Engagement: Sometimes We Just Have to Try
There’s an enormous amount of literature rising up to address the lack of employee engagement. There’s books and ebooks and blog posts (ding) and videos and ebooks and ezines...and conversations and forums with sincere intent to address what for most... Continue reading
Posted Nov 26, 2013 at Zane Safrit
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Forgiveness
Have you heard of The Golden Rule? It’s common English phrasing is: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. The Golden Rule, the ethic of reciprocity, is found in all cultures who created a lasting impact... Continue reading
Posted Nov 25, 2013 at Zane Safrit
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Marathon Training: Week Number 2
This is a weekly post about my progress from the Pilgrim Pacer Marathon on November 9 to a marathon in February. Those choices look to be New Orleans, Greenville MS or Indianapolis. All are flat. This would be the first... Continue reading
Posted Nov 24, 2013 at Zane Safrit
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Lead By Example: Share Our Failures.
That is a tough one. For too long, we were taught that leaders are strong, remote, always right and if they are not then it is best to not remind them. We're often a tough audience. This is a tough... Continue reading
Posted Nov 22, 2013 at Zane Safrit
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Employee Engagement Percentages Point to Imminent Upheaval
70% of all US employees are at least disengaged, if not actively disengaged from their work. That's according to Gallup's latest study on employee engagement. 75% of Employees Feel Their Career is Off-Course The poll by Monster.com found that more... Continue reading
Posted Nov 21, 2013 at Zane Safrit
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Celebrate THEIR Birthdays
The whole point of celebrating someone’s birthday is to celebrate that person’s birth. So...what if you celebrate them in the manner that brings the greatest happiness to that person. Doing that recognizes that person on their day. How do you... Continue reading
Posted Nov 20, 2013 at Zane Safrit
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30-Hour Work Week: Here's Why It Works
Part-timers are more productive hour-for hour than full-timers. Sick leave and absenteeism are often caused by working long hours and juggling paid employment with domestic responsibilities. Sick workers are less productive than healthy ones. Unscheduled days off are bad for... Continue reading
Reblogged Nov 19, 2013 at Zane Safrit
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Show Your Brand Evangelists the Door
That's right. Show 'em the door. This is the junction point between accessibility and responsibility, between being a mentor, advisor and teacher versus being a manager, a leader. The door to your office is like a tollbooth. There’s an entry... Continue reading
Posted Nov 18, 2013 at Zane Safrit
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6 Reminders From Finishing the Pilgrim Pacer Marathon
The Pilgrim Pacer Marathon was held at Shawnee Mission Park, Shawnee/Lenexa, Kansas Saturday, November 8. The day was beautiful; no, it was perfect. A cloudless sky, minimal if any winds, temperatures in the 40’s to 50’s, and a gorgeous setting.... Continue reading
Posted Nov 17, 2013 at Zane Safrit
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Accountability: The Flip Side of Employee Recognition
Recognition and accountability, like ebony and ivory, live together in perfect harmony, side-by-side... As I’ve re-written this post I see the terms recognition and accountability as two sides of the same coin. I hear accountability and think of deadlines, roles,... Continue reading
Posted Nov 15, 2013 at Zane Safrit
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Stop By and Say ‘Hi’ to Your Brand Evangelists
This one's easy and inexpensive. Walk away from your desk/office and walk over to that person, persons, groups...and say...’Hi.’ Simple, efficient and packed with meaning. Walk away from your desk and those unending, lifeless reports. Go recognize someone in the... Continue reading
Posted Nov 13, 2013 at Zane Safrit
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The Most Powerful Tool of #EmployeeEngagement? Sleep
Most importantly, sleep. Besides being the greatest creative aphrodisiac, sleep also affects our every waking moment, dictates our social rhythm, and even mediates our negative moods. Be as religious and disciplined about your sleep as you are about your work.... Continue reading
Reblogged Nov 12, 2013 at Zane Safrit
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Close Those Devices and Open Your Ears
That’s right. Close your laptop, your desktop, your smart phone and open your ears. While you’re at it... stop the dialogue in your head, put down your pen, put the papers and reports and files somewhere out of sight for... Continue reading
Posted Nov 11, 2013 at Zane Safrit
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Blue-Collar Kinda Days
I was out running two weeks ago, tapering down for running in today's Pilgrim Pacer Marathon. The run was a regularly scheduled out and back, 7-miler all in, a few hills (yes, there are hills in Iowa...). I was hoping... Continue reading
Posted Nov 9, 2013 at Zane Safrit
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Want More Employee Engagement? Know Their Name and Use It
How do you recognize someone without recognizing their name? Recognize THAT person. Use their first name. Such a simple, obvious, step. It’s these simple, obvious one we often take for granted, always to our detriment. ‘Our’ includes the person we’re... Continue reading
Posted Nov 8, 2013 at Zane Safrit
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