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 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 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...
by Bruce Hodes and CMI | Jun 26, 2020 | General
Before I read this book, I thought, like most people do, being accountable was a punishment. An “Uh oh, what did I do wrong, or what did I forget to do?” Webster defines accountability as “the quality or state of being accountable: an obligation or willingness to...
by Bruce Hodes and CMI | Jun 26, 2020 | Book Endorsements
White Fragility has made an indelible impact on my psyche. I have been avoiding this book for about a year. My friend has been encouraging me to read it in order to confront my racism. My excuse was that I did not want to; racism is an uncomfortable subject and I...
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...
by Bruce Hodes and CMI | Jun 22, 2020 | Article, General
The rowers cower, glued to the side of the rowboat. The possessed wind shrieks. Rocks crash on to the sand showering the crew with grains and surf. They are now shivering. Our lad is hoping to survive. The crew gets close to each other for warmth. They are frozen...
