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LUCRUM Birthdays & Anniversaries

August 31, 2009

-blue-and-green-balloonsWe will be announcing birthdays and anniversaries on our blog monthly.  Since September is  quickly approaching (where has the year gone), I wanted to let everyone know the birthdays and anniversaries of the month.

Below are some of our fellow employees celebrating a birthday in September.

John Bostick – Sept. 3rd

Jody Detzel – Sept. 8th

Kay Parnell – Sept. 17th

Jefff Morris – Sept. 28th

Now on to LÛCRUM Anniversaries:

On Sept. 10th Eric Rauckhorst is celebrating two years

On Sept. 17th Patrick Ryan is celebrating one year

On Sept. 18th Karthik Krishnan is celebrating three years

On Sept. 27th John Gump is celebrating five years

On Sept. 29th Ted Wimmel is celebrating his first year return to LÛCRUM

We would like to say, “Happy Birthday”, to all of our employees celebrating in September & “Congratulations”, to all celebrating their LÛCRUM anniversary and here’s to many, many more!

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Doing What Matters

August 28, 2009

I was helping my mom clean out her office over the weekend and I found some books that she had stashed in a box labeled “Work”.  While I was pulling out the books from the box to place on her bookshelf a book fell to the floor.  The book was titled, “Doing What Matters: How to Get Results That Make a Difference” by James M. Kilts.  Of course this sparked my interest and I asked my mom if I could borrow it.  What I found out is that James Kilts is the former chairman & CEO of Gillette Company, and prior to that, CEO of Nabisco and Kraft.  In the book, James Kilts talks about developing people.  The story that stood out for me was:

“One of the most important responsibilities of a leader is to create the right environment and then give the employees development opportunities that enable them to realize their full potential. I like to use an analogy that I heard some years ago of the Japanese carp, known as the koi, to make the point.
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The fascinating thing about the koi is that if you keep it in a small fish bowl, it will grow to be only about two to three inches long. Place the koi in a larger tank or small pond and it will reach six to ten inches. Put it in a large pond, and it may get as long as a foot and a half. However, if you put it in a huge lake where it can really stretch out, it has the potential to reach sizes up to three feet.

People, like the koi, will grow to the dimensions of their boundaries. Fortunately, unlike koi, we have the advantage of helping our people select their boundaries. And it is the leader’s job to set the kind of boundaries that allow people to reach their full potential.”

After reading, I thought that is what we do at LÛCRUM!  We give our employees ample development opportunities to realize their full potential.  Some of the opportunities are: project management, Lunch and Learn workshops, Resource Lead opportunities, Initiative Team Leads, Newsletter contributions, continuous training, etc.  I could go on and on.

I think our employees are fortunate to be koi in the LÛCRUM Lake.

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Back to the Future

August 20, 2009

Over the past 15 months, this site has been a wonderful experiment in social media, marketing, recruiting and more.  I know that I have personally learned quite a bit from my own participation in this endeavor.  As a result of this little science project, LUCRUM has found new employees, developed new client relationships, promoted new ideas, participated in numerous conversations, and received coverage print publications and business presentations.  It has opened doors and opened minds.

Admittedly the project has not been without its share of challenges.  What to write?  Who will create content?  What to do about comments?  How to measure effectiveness?  Who else can we engage with this?  How can we be more transparent?  What are we trying to say to people and why?

I am happy to say that the project lives on.  In fact, we are renewing our commitment to making this project successful.  In the coming days, we plan to create new content daily.  This will involve new authors speaking about new subjects and showing new sides of our company.  We hope that in doing so we can paint an accurate view of the company and the value we deliver to our Clients, Employees, and Community.  Rather than having a few contributors periodically chime in on items of interest, we are taking a more structured approach to blogging.  We will begin following an editorial calendar that will reflect some of the recent structural changes within the company.  Not only will we talk data and business intelligence, but also community involvement and employee engagement.

We hope that you will enjoy the future of thefuturevalueofbusiness.com and strongly encourage you to take part in our ongoing dialogue by commenting, contacting, and engaging us as you see fit.

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