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“First and second, one out.” or What We Can Learn from Mariano Rivera’s Last Game

October 23, 2013

The World Series starts today, but my mind is still on Mariano Rivera’s last game. Typical Yankees fan? Maybe. Typical pitcher and manager? No. It was a momentous occasion, looked forward to throughout the season. Celebrated from city to city, stories told, gifts bestowed on the greatest closer of all time. So, you’d think Girardi […]

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Stories of Excellence: “Come with me.”

February 27, 2013
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David LeCheminant DSW was a sink or swim environment. It would have been easy to get overwhelmed. Gratefully, Dave LeCheminant took me under his wing. I had met Dave through my work at United Way where he served as a volunteer. Now, here he was, the savviest Account Executive at DSW, willing to help me! […]

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Stories of Excellence: “You’re hired. Now you’ve got 90 days.”

February 26, 2013
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Darrell Smith I finally got my big break: a job at Dahlin Smith White Advertising (DSW). Once out of graduate school, I came home to the mountains of Salt Lake. I already knew that DSW was where I wanted to work. The agency worked for Intel, in fact, they were about to make Intel Inside® […]

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On-Demand Expertise: The Right Tool for the Job, Right on Time

September 28, 2012
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This morning I was thoroughly impressed by my bark guy. No, not my new puppy Henry*, but Jeff from LandSystems. He showed up right on time with just the right tool for the job – specifically, a custom truck with a built-in blower system. Man, was it cool! As his son and partner said, “It’s […]

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Are You Over the Top? Interested, Dedicated, Fascinated

September 14, 2012

Interested, dedicated, fascinated. I got this string of words from Neil Armstrong. Together they describe the team that got man to the moon and back. You could say that team was “over the top”. They worked long and hard hours to get it right, precisely right. Gosh, I just love that. I love people who […]

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