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 | Sep 3, 2020 | General, Planning
A client shared these questions with us and I have added to it. They are good questions for your leadership teams to engage in for planning the Fourth Quarter and beyond. Let me know what you think; I look forward to your feedback. Safety/ Hygiene (internal) What we...
by Bruce Hodes and CMI | Aug 20, 2020 | General
To recap…in March we were standing in sunlight on the riverbank seeing the possibility of spring. 2020 was to be a good year…I remember hearing the first bird and wondering about Wuhan. BAM! We are all neck-deep in frigid water. There is thick fog, impossible 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...
