Comments on: Celebrate each victory. https://berkonomics.com/?p=761&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=celebrate-each-victory Dave Berkus' business insights Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:13:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Oli Thordarson https://berkonomics.com/?p=761&cpage=1#comment-1989 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:13:37 +0000 https://berkonomics.com/?p=761#comment-1989 Great story Dave. Inspiring.

]]> By: Bob Leisy https://berkonomics.com/?p=761&cpage=1#comment-1987 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 02:17:00 +0000 https://berkonomics.com/?p=761#comment-1987 Certainly the key to the effectiveness of your message is in the title “Celebrate every victory” and your note “…each time our company would hit a key milestone”. It has to be a real accomplishment.

Some years ago I was with a company in difficulty. The President got everyone together and promised a significant cash bonus he would pay out of his own pocket if certain fairly reasonable objectives were achieved. It went over like a lead balloon. I walked out of the meeting with the President, and he asked why the tepid response — “I thought everyone would stand up and cheer.” I went out and talked to Walt, our shipping and receiving clerk, for the answer. Walt said “I know the company’s in trouble, just by adding up what going out and coming in. If Ward, the President, had said we are all going to have to work twice as hard, maybe even with a cut in pay, that’s something I would have cheered for”.

Thanks again, Dave, for your sharing.

]]> By: Michael O'Daniel https://berkonomics.com/?p=761&cpage=1#comment-1986 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:24:39 +0000 https://berkonomics.com/?p=761#comment-1986 Dave,

Could we clone you and make you the CEO of about 20,000 other companies?

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