Entries by Dana and Ellen Borowka

How Safety Management Systems Can Help Any Size Company

By Chip Duffie In the words of the famous psychologist Karl Jung, “You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do.” So, what are you doing to manage environmental, health and safety (EHS) at your company? Most company leaders generally recognize the need to do it right. But the costs seem endless, the […]

Improving Your Odds For A Successful Manufacturing Workflow Strategy

By David Shaffer When it comes to succeeding with manufacturing workflow, we are drowning in data but starved for wisdom. That thought was first put forth by futurist John Naisbitt 40 years ago in his classic book Megatrends. Naisbitt the futurist was indeed a prophet. His prophecy is true because today even with the ever-expanding […]

How to Increase Revenues With Market Research

By Henry DeVries “As a venture capitalist, I get pitched dozens of times every year, and almost every pitch contains ‘market research’ lies,” says Guy Kawasaki, a Silicon-Valley based author, entrepreneur, and evangelist. “I am often accused of ridiculing market research and focus groups. Guilty as charged.” Kawasaki says useful market research can help you […]

Hire Right The First Time, Part 2

By Dana Borowka, MA Is your company still hiring employees using the same process it did five years ago? Think carefully about the question for a moment. Is the company recruiting, screening, interviewing, and verifying using the same techniques and procedures as in the past? Next question. Do you wonder why so many of your […]

Finding Forgiveness

By Ellen Borowka When there’s hurt, anger, betrayal – how do we find forgiveness? How do we let go and find peace? It can be a hard thing to do. ‘Forgive & forget’ is what we hear, and when someone is having a tough day, that may be easy. But what about situations where one […]

Hire Right The First Time: Are You Tired of Not Knowing Who You are Hiring?

By Dana Borowka, MA In this day and age, making the wrong hiring decision can cost a minimum of 2-3 times the annual salary! That’s a high price to pay, and it’s a conservative figure when you factor in the emotional pressures of training, evaluation, termination and then starting the hiring process all over again. […]

You Were Born with Potential – It’s Time to Use It!

By Ellen and Dana Borowka, MA Ever find yourself confused over what career direction to take?  Or how to successfully prepare yourself for that career search?  Whether one has been in a career for many years or just beginning, these are not easy areas to navigate through. It can be very difficult to find the […]

Managing Stress in Our Lives

By Ellen & Dana Borowka, MA As we deal with the various issues like the pandemic, the fluctuating economy and racism, we all need to be thinking as clearly as we can in order to stay a step or two or three ahead of the curve. The stress or “fear” of the future can prevent […]

Establishing Great Mentoring Partnerships

By Tenny Mickey, PhD It has been proven that people in organizations who are receptive to positive mentoring enhance their performance faster, enjoy more positive exposure, and appear to enjoy their work better than those who are not. Effective mentors also derive great pleasure from supporting others as they advance their careers. A relationship built […]

Finding Inspiration During Tough Times

By Dana D. Borowka, MA & Ellen W. Borowka, MA It’s so easy to get caught up with the news, lack of business, cash flow forecasting, etc. So, we are at a crossroads… do we sit down and ruminate about the dire situation we find ourselves in? Or do we rise higher… together to find […]