by Kevin Brimhall | Nov 4, 2010 | Motivation / Inspiration
Ok, ready or not, I’d like to plant a tune and possibly even an image in your head: do you remember Cyndi Lauper’s hit "Girls Just Want to Have Fun!" from the early 1980s? The song is so upbeat and infectious that you can’t help but feel...
by Kevin Brimhall | Sep 18, 2010 | Motivation / Inspiration
A good friend was running late for an appointment last week as he jumped into his car and turned the key. The nice smooth sound of ignition he was so used to hearing was replaced by the horrible grinding sound of an engine not willing to turn over. He kept turning the...
by Kevin Brimhall | Aug 1, 2010 | Sales / Growth
Have you ever watched a movie and immediately known that some parts of it would stick with you for a long time? That happened to me when I first saw the critically-acclaimed Glengarry GlenRoss, a 1992 movie about four real estate salesmen who use mostly deceptive...
by Kevin Brimhall | Mar 27, 2010 | Book Summaries, Organizational Excellence
Zapp! is not a recent book. In fact, it was written 21 years ago. But its concepts about employee empowerment hold up very well in today’s challenging work environment. Employee motivation is often a difficult idea to truly grasp, yet alone to influence and...
by Kevin Brimhall | Feb 16, 2010 | Motivation / Inspiration
The year was 2006. In April, my father died of prostate cancer after a very tough struggle, and I was having difficulty dealing with him being gone. He was only 70 years old. A month earlier, in March, Mildred, my favorite great-aunt, had also passed away. She was...
