by Bruce Hodes and CMI | Sep 9, 2020 | Article, General
What follows is my latest thinking on what we are dealing with. Blue sky. … I am standing in the sun’s warmth on a grassy bank with a steep decline overlooking a meandering river. A winter chill is present. I am thinking business is good and 2020 is shaping up to be a...
by Bruce Hodes and CMI | Aug 21, 2020 | Article
I know that you are engaged and dealing with the next phase of this pandemic and the new abnormal. This was written by colleagues and I think it has a lot of great messages. Creating unnecessary complexity in your company can be a business killer. It quickly leads to...
by Bruce Hodes and CMI | Aug 13, 2020 | Article, General
On a Leadership Team of a Commercial Uniform Laundry, there is a Latina woman leading Production, a Latino male leading Maintenance and Executive Projects, a black woman leading Administration and a black woman leading HR. There are two white women, one in the...
by Bruce Hodes and CMI | Jul 16, 2020 | Article, General
The piece below is written by a colleague…I think it is right on the money. I am sharing it with you; let me know your thoughts. It’s Time to Refresh Your Strategy June 2020 I believe most would agree that it is refreshing to see business reopen and our...
by Bruce Hodes and CMI | Jul 1, 2020 | Article, General
This is something I wrote a few years ago…. As we all grapple with the murder of George Floyd and a myriad of African American people by the police and others I thought this again had relevance, pertinence, and was worth re-exploring. I have visited this and updated...
by Bruce Hodes and CMI | Jun 25, 2020 | Article, General
He is a wisp of a boy turning into a man…. a reddish barely visible beard on his chin, hair unkempt, a torn gray shirt. He is sunburned, gaunt. Climbing slowly up the rigging he arrives. On top of the crow’s nest he looks out. He sees nothing. Been out at sea since...
