Santa Clarita Valley Business Journal
Ken Keller: What’s behind your missing profits?
If the employees in your company understand the value they bring to the business, they’ll be more engaged. If any employee is engaged, they are more productive.
Paul Butler, Newleaf Training and Development. Submitted photo
Paul Butler: Whistle while you work
I love singing, but for some reason, I don’t like whistling — there’s something about whistling for me that sounds like chalk scratching on a blackboard. My brother-in-law whistles a…
Paul Butler, Newleaf Training and Development. Submitted photo
Paul Butler: Marathons are a team sport
Last Sunday, my wife and I served as volunteers at the Santa Clarita marathon. We were course monitors, which was a pretty easy task. Our main job was to encourage…
Paul Butler, Newleaf Training and Development. Submitted photo
Paul Butler: The rules of the road
Awhile back, I picked up a ticket from a police officer in Muscatine, Iowa. My crime? I drove over a STOP line at about 7 mph. When one of Iowa’s…
Paul Butler, Newleaf Training and Development. Submitted photo
Paul Butler: Mission drift, mission creep
Within organizational development, you’ll often hear the phrase “mission creep” — this is when an organization broadens its focus beyond its original purpose, and as a result, dilutes its core…
Paul Butler, Newleaf Training and Development. Submitted photo
Paul Butler: Worth more than 9 cents
To help get our children through college without debt, my wife, Gaynor, and I took on part-time jobs to help pay for college. I teach college on a Monday in…
