Paul Butler: Influencing others

I was getting dressed in the locker room after a workout this morning and I noticed the guy next to me putting his dress pants on before putting on his

Paul Butler: Three types of employees

I’ve come to the conclusion there are essentially three types of employees — those who need a light, those who ARE the light and those who need to be lit

Paul Butler: Gratitude at work

Recently, I was reflecting on all the reasons we have to be grateful for our work in this land of plenty, and here are seven that stood out to me:

Paul Butler: Applying the Golden Rule

Like many of my fellow Santa Claritians, I am still musing over the dreadful events that occurred at a local high school recently, where a lone gunman shot and killed

Paul Butler: Addressing workplace violence

It would be remiss of me to not reflect upon the tragic event that unfolded last week in my hometown of Santa Clarita, where a lone assailant shot and killed

Paul Butler: A few rules for better feedback

This daily dialogue stirred me to think of the uselessness of most customer surveys. It’s almost as if the questioner is asking, “How are you?” and yet doesn’t really care

Paul Butler: Managing without the ‘remote control’

Kevin is a writer and he writes from home. Hang on, that’s not completely true. Kevin has to travel a lot for his writing job, so when he travels he writes from wherever he is. In the truest sense Kevin is what we might call a “remote worker.”

Paul Butler: Workplace politics

This week, I thought I’d keep it light and talk politics! People are paying a lot of interest to what the politicians are saying or not saying and, even more

Paul Butler: Lessons learned

Recently, I was asked to present to a group of business students on the lessons I’ve learned starting and sustaining a business and organized my thoughts into eight points. I

Paul Butler: Talking workplace politics

This week, I thought I’d keep it light and talk politics! People are paying a lot of interest to what the politicians are saying or not saying and, even more

Paul Butler: Improving yourself

I hadn’t seen Joe for a while, and then I bumped into him recently. We were catching up. and he was trying to recall what I do for a living.

I mainly go to the gym because I like food.

I find that if I don’t go to the gym, I become a bigger version of myself, but not in a good way! Joking aside, I have always enjoyed health and fitness. My wife and I met at a gym nearly 27 years ago and, in fact, we’re part way through a long-term goal of running a half-marathon in every state.

Paul Butler: Workplace aristocracy

Are you sitting down as you read this?   Good.   This might shock you — I don’t like “Downton Abbey.” There, I said it.   In fact, if you were to ask

Paul Butler: Follow the leader

When I was a young English schoolboy, we used to play a game called “Follow the Leader.”   Did you play that here as a kid? The basic premise of the

Paul Butler: Ethics in the workplace

Many people don’t finish the books they start reading. On my business travels, people ask me what our company does and when I tell them, it’s quite common to hear

Paul Butler: Achieving your goals

It’s my birthday today. A few years back, I wrote up a list inspired by The Beatles song of the same name and headed it: “When I’m 64.” I still

Paul Butler: Loving thy co-workers

Last weekend was rather sad for us. We moved from a house we’ve lived in for nearly 14 years. Our children essentially grew up in that house and, now that

Paul Butler: Hard workers

I had mixed feelings last week when I read an article in our local newspaper about the city I live in — Santa Clarita, California. According to Kempler Industries we’ve