Paul Butler: 3 workplace resolutions
January 4, 2020 6:44 am
Just like many of us will have made New Year’s resolutions, please join me in raising a glass to entrepreneurs, workplace leaders and employees in general, for this coming year
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Paul Butler, Signal Business Contributor
Paul Butler: The gift exchange
December 28, 2019 7:03 am
Regardless of your religious beliefs, most people will have participated in a gift exchange within the last few days. The gift was purchased, and so the giver had to give
Paul Butler: Influencing others
December 21, 2019 7:56 am
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
December 16, 2019 10:09 pm
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
December 7, 2019 5:49 am
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
November 30, 2019 7:47 am
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
November 23, 2019 8:25 am
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: Why your consistency is important
November 16, 2019 8:39 am
This past weekend, I was playing an old album from one of my favorite musical artists — Van Morrison. One of the songs is called “Coney Island,” and it ends
Paul Butler: A few rules for better feedback
November 9, 2019 8:33 am
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’
November 1, 2019 6:00 am
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
October 25, 2019 1:53 pm
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
October 19, 2019 8:12 am
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
October 12, 2019 9:00 am
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
October 5, 2019 9:00 am
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.
October 1, 2019 12:01 am
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
September 28, 2019 9:00 am
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
September 21, 2019 9:00 am
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
September 14, 2019 9:00 am
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
September 7, 2019 9:00 am
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
August 31, 2019 9:00 am
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