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Lunchy

A Point of View

Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On August 15, 2017

Category: Business personalities, Getting through life and work, Life Outside of Work, Magnus, MagnusInsights, MagnusResearch, Work-Life

I love lunch. Lunch is my favorite meal of the day. Breakfast often arrives much too early and has to be eaten hurriedly before work, an airplane flight, or another commitment. Breakfast foods, in my view, are dreadfully boring, and often involve eggs (to which I am allergic) prepared in some form. Dinner, although many […]

Another View

David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On August 15, 2017

Category: Business personalities, Getting through life and work, Life Outside of Work, Magnus, MagnusInsights, MagnusResearch, Work-Life

There are things one learns about a spouse, a partner (business or personal), and friends that may surprise us at first. That my wife, with a Ph.D., liked “lunchy” was one of those surprising things for me. Not that she likes lunch, but that she calls it “lunchy” – and preferably, for her, it should […]

Gender Barriers

A Point of View

David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On August 10, 2017

Category: Business personalities, Business Relationships, Business Travel, Careers, Common Courtesy, Employment, Getting the Job Done, Getting through life and work, Life Outside of Work, Magnus, MagnusInsights, MagnusResearch, Managing Employees, Psychology, Small Business Success, Travel

Recently an article appeared on the front page of the Sunday New York Times entitled “When Job Puts Sexes Together, Workers Cringe.” Great title – it called out for the story to be read. But, Melissa, who read it first, and I found the story shocking in terms of the data it reported. The data […]

Another View

Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On August 10, 2017

The article from the New York Times that is the subject of this post appeared on page 1 on Sunday, July 2, 2017. The title intrigued me with its implication regarding workers cringing when working with opposite sex co-workers. My first impression was that the article’s focus was on occupations that were traditionally male, such […]

Not all weekends = fun

A Point of View

Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On August 8, 2017

Category: Business Frustrations, Business Partnerships, Business personalities, Careers, Employment, Entrepreneurship, Getting the Job Done, Life Outside of Work, Magnus, MagnusInsights, MagnusResearch, Managing Employees, Marketing your business, Partnerships, Small Business Success, Work-Life

Weekends can occur on any day of the week. Depending on one’s work schedule, a weekend can be on Monday and Tuesday instead of Saturday and Sunday. Although I have had varying days off in my work life, since my time in academia, my weekends have been Saturdays and Sundays. Like most people who work, […]

Another View

David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On August 8, 2017

When Melissa and I first met, I worked as a freelance photographer. Then, as today, I worked when there was work to be done. I kept regular office hours Monday to Friday, unless on an assignment, but many of these assignments turned out to be on weekends. Saturdays were often work days – family portraits, […]

Get it right the 1st time

A Point of View

Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On August 1, 2017

Category: Business Frustrations, Business Partnerships, Business personalities, Careers, Employment, Getting the Job Done, Getting through life and work, Magnus, MagnusInsights, MagnusResearch, Managing Employees, Small Business Success

I am careful, meticulous, and detail oriented. I like to consider all of the options before taking a particular course of action. I dislike making mistakes, especially when there is a monetary cost involved in a mistake. In effect, I like to “get it right the first time” instead of going full speed ahead, doing […]

Another View

David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On August 1, 2017

I have a memory from decades ago when I attending an open house at a trucking company with my father and seeing a sign that said “If you don’t have time to get it right the first time, when will you have time to get it right?”. That stuck with me and, like Melissa, doing […]

When there are no rules – for entrepreneurs

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David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On July 27, 2017

Category: Business Frustrations, Business personalities, Careers, Entrepreneurship, Getting the Job Done, Magnus, MagnusInsights, MagnusResearch, Marketing your business, Small Business Success, Trial Consulting

Continuing my series on entrepreneurship, I wanted address a strange issue that we face as entrepreneurs. That is, sometimes, there are no rules. I don’t mean rules meant to keep us out of trouble, I mean the rules we need to follow to succeed, to get the job done, to meet the clients’ demands and […]

Another View

Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On July 27, 2017

David is right about entrepreneurs having to write the rule book as we go about our business. When we founded our company, Magnus, for example, we had no policies and procedures manual. We had no employees at the time, but knowing that, one day in the not so distant future, we would hire people to […]

Similarities and Shared Challenges: JMI comparison

A Point of View

David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On July 20, 2017

Category: Business Frustrations, Business personalities, Business Relationships, Careers, Getting the Job Done, Magnus, MagnusInsights, MagnusResearch, Managing Employees, Marketing your business, Small Business Success

As I’ve posted previously, I had the honor of being selected to participate in a “continuing education” program recently. The program was the Small Business Executive Program, sponsored by the Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship of the Florida State University College of Business. The program was 9 full program days over 3 months and […]

Another View

Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On July 20, 2017

In David’s role as the business person in our company, he attends numerous networking functions, meetings with prospective clients, and programs such as the recent Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship. David has learned many things about operating our business, Magnus, from the people with whom he has interacted while attending these meetings. I am […]

Britt

A Point of View

Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On July 11, 2017

Category: Business personalities, Careers, Common Courtesy, Employment, Getting the Job Done, Jury consultants, litigation research, Magnus, MagnusInsights, MagnusResearch, Managing Employees, trial consultants, Workplace Technology

My first professional job upon earning my Ph.D. in social psychology was Director of Marketing Research at Baptist Medical Center in Jacksonville, Florida. My job duties were to analyze the attitudes, opinions, and beliefs of all the hospitals’ constituents: (1) patients; (2) the community at large (the hospital’s source of patients); (3) the medical staff; […]

Another View

David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On July 11, 2017

I remember Britt as smiling, cheerful, and a true southern gentleman. The photo I took of him had him showing off his suspenders under his suit coat. I don’t know if Britt ever wore the pink lady jacket that the few men who were volunteers were expected to wear at that time, but he was […]

Take Notes

A Point of View

Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On July 4, 2017

Category: Business Frustrations, Business personalities, Careers, Employment, Getting the Job Done, Getting through life and work, Jury consultants, jury research, litigation consultants, litigation research, Magnus, MagnusInsights, MagnusResearch, Managing Employees, Small Business Success

Having been a student from the time I was 4 years old until I earned my Ph.D. at the age of 26, I learned how to take notes to document the important things in my life. My note taking abilities have served me well in my career. I have calendars dating back almost 40 years; […]

Another View

David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On July 4, 2017

As we have written, many of these posts are at least partially inspired by our experience as employers. By way of background, I fully agree with Melissa about the importance of note taking, though my notes are usually more cryptic and abbreviated than hers. (I don’t know how she does it the way she does, […]

When to memorize

A Point of View

Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On June 27, 2017

Category: Business personalities, Business Relationships, Careers, Common Courtesy, Employment, Getting the Job Done, Getting through life and work, Jury consultants, jury research, litigation consultants, Magnus, MagnusInsights, MagnusResearch, Managing Employees, trial consultants, Trial Consulting

There are many things in life that do not require memorization, such as complicated mathematical and statistical formulas that can be looked up or nowadays, calculated by a computer. In addition, there are some things that used to be memorized by most people, such as frequently dialed telephone numbers, which are now programmed into speed […]

Another View

David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On June 27, 2017

I once took a memory class in Jacksonville, Florida by a local memory expert named John Currie. Currie gave seminars on memorizing things, especially names and faces. His “trick” was to suggest that one form a picture using the name as tied to the face. I found this trick moderately helpful; I was not as […]

“No thanks” to Bad Clients

A Point of View

Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On June 6, 2017

Category: Business Frustrations, Business Partnerships, Business personalities, Business Relationships, Careers, Common Courtesy, Getting the Job Done, litigation consultants, litigation research, Magnus, MagnusInsights, MagnusResearch, Marketing your business, Partnerships, Small Business Success, trial consultants

The older I get, the more I choose to spend time with nice people and the less time I choose to spend with mean people. My philosophy has evolved to include family members, spouses of family members, friends, spouses of friends, and clients. Even though clients, unlike the other categories of people I have listed, […]

Another View

David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On June 6, 2017

We are fortunate that we have encountered only a few clients who are so abusive as to be the bad ones Melissa described. The worst one we have encountered was a scorched earth litigator, but in his world, this extended to even include everyone on his team – and to us. But, his true self […]

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