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If you see something, say something

A Point of View

David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On September 8, 2016

Category: Business Travel, Common Courtesy, Life Outside of Work, Travel, Work-Life

In the brave new world we live in since 9-11-01, we all have extra concerns when traveling, especially flying. Melissa and I were traveling home from client meetings in Atlanta recently when we experienced an event that made the new realities more real than ever. I was seated at the lounge near the gate, waiting […]

Another View

Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On September 8, 2016

Category: Business Travel, Common Courtesy, Life Outside of Work, Travel, Work-Life

Although it would have made things simpler to intervene if we had been able to understand what was being said by the man and woman who were fighting in the Atlanta airport, without a doubt, the tone of their voices indicated something was terribly wrong. In addition, their interpersonal violence, in the form of shouting […]

I’ve Been Everywhere

A Point of View

David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On June 16, 2016

Category: Business Travel, Careers, Getting the Job Done, Marketing your Business, Small Business Success, Travel, Trial Consulting, Work-Life, Workplace Technology

Driving on I-95 from Jacksonville to south Florida for the second time in about 10 days, I happened to hear Johnny Cash’s version of the song, “I’ve Been Everywhere” (released in 1996) and did the song ever ring true! In our trial consulting work, we go where the clients and cases are. This has taken […]

Another View

Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On June 16, 2016

Category: Business Travel, Careers, Getting the Job Done, Marketing your Business, Small Business Success, Travel, Trial Consulting, Work-Life, Workplace Technology

Although I haven’t been everywhere, I’ve been almost everywhere, at least in the U.S.A. My traveling days began in childhood, when my parents and I took long road trips every summer for our vacation. All of my teachers knew about my dad’s penchant for traveling, thus, when school began each fall, I was asked to […]

Roger & Gizmo’s passing

A Point of View

Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On May 17, 2016

Category: Business Frustrations, Business Travel, Getting the Job Done, Getting Through Life and Work, Life Outside of Work, Partnerships, Work-Life

I have no explanation for why some things work out the way they do. I am a scientist, a person who thrives on cold, hard data and facts. But, there are some things that cannot be explained by data and facts. As readers of these posts know, I love cats, a lot. I have had […]

Another View

David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On May 17, 2016

Category: Business Frustrations, Business Travel, Getting the Job Done, Getting Through Life and Work, Life Outside of Work, Partnerships, Work-Life

As of this writing, just a few weeks after Gizmo’s untimely death, Melissa and I are still very sad. We adopted him, after getting his full approval, from the Humane Society, under very unusual circumstances. We saw his photo in the newspaper as “cat of the week” and were drawn to him. We were not, […]

Traveling for Work does not mean Fun & Games

A Point of View

David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On April 28, 2016

Category: Business Travel, Careers, Getting the Job Done, Getting Through Life and Work, Travel, Trial Consulting, Work-Life

Any reader who travels extensively as part of work can skip this post because you know the realities. We travel to trial venues for mock jury research and the reality is that traveling for work is work in itself. Over the years I have had friends whose jobs do not involve travel say our job […]

Another View

Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On April 28, 2016

Category: Business Travel, Careers, Getting the Job Done, Getting Through Life and Work, Travel, Trial Consulting, Work-Life

I can’t begin to count the number of times that, upon returning home from a business trip, I have sung (loudly): “Gee, but it’s great to be back home. Home is where I want to be. I’ve been on the road so long my friend. And if you came along I know you […]

Traveling as a team

A Point of View

David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On April 14, 2016

Category: Business Frustrations, Business Travel, Careers, Common Courtesy, Getting the Job Done, Managing Employees, Small Business Success, Travel, Trial Consulting

Like Palidin, the adventurous, “gentleman gunfighter for hire,” played by Richard Boone in the TV series from 1958 to 1963, whose calling card said, “Have Gun will Travel”, as trial consultants, we go where the action is. The action is the case; we travel to the trial venues. Members of the Magnus team have worked […]

Another View

Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On April 14, 2016

Category: Business Frustrations, Business Travel, Careers, Common Courtesy, Getting the Job Done, Managing Employees, Small Business Success, Travel, Trial Consulting

I met a naive young person recently who, upon learning I travel with a team of people for work purposes, remarked, “That must be great not to travel alone!”, to which I replied, “It depends on who is traveling with me.” I have traveled far and wide in the performance of my job on behalf […]

Sick Hotels

A Point of View

David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On January 7, 2016

Category: Business Travel, Careers, Getting the Job Done, Getting Through Life and Work, Small Business Success, Travel, Trial Consulting

The majority of our mock jury research is conducted in hotel conference space, or occasionally, a market research facility. Whether or not travel with overnight stays is involved, we conduct mock juries and focus groups in all sorts of venues. Some of these conference rooms are first class grand ballrooms, others are musty meeting rooms […]

Another View

Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On January 7, 2016

Category: Business Travel, Careers, Getting the Job Done, Getting Through Life and Work, Small Business Success, Travel, Trial Consulting

The original title of this post was “candles and hotel sickness.” David broadened the topic by including other remedies for what we have labeled “hotel sickness,” but I will limit my remarks to the benefits of travel candles. A dear friend of mine, Margie, is married to a wonderful man who, like me, travels frequently […]

Organize & Label The Equipment

A Point of View

David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On December 10, 2015

Category: Business Frustrations, Business Travel, Careers, Employment, Getting the Job Done, Getting Through Life and Work, Managing Employees, Small Business Success

My years working as a photographer taught me many lessons, some I learned on my own, some I learned from others. I’ve written about one of my photography mentors, Jon Peters, but he was a mentor about small business as much as anything. He also loved his label maker. He labeled everything and numbered duplicate […]

Another View

Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On December 10, 2015

Category: Business Frustrations, Business Travel, Careers, Employment, Getting the Job Done, Getting Through Life and Work, Managing Employees, Small Business Success

I am an extremely organized person. I believe one of the keys to my success is my level of organization. I like my office to be organized, including all of the equipment I co-own with my spouse/business partner, so that it can easily be accounted for. We take inventory of all our office supplies and […]

Adventures

A Point of View

Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On December 8, 2015

Category: Business Travel, Careers, Getting the Job Done, Getting Through Life and Work, Life Outside of Work, Travel, Work-Life

There are all kinds of adventures in life. Some adventures require travel to faraway places; others take us nearby, to places that are sometimes easily overlooked; while others happen in our back yard. I love adventures and I enjoy planning them, as well as reminiscing about them years afterward. One of the most exciting adventures […]

Another View

David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On December 8, 2015

Category: Business Travel, Careers, Getting the Job Done, Getting Through Life and Work, Life Outside of Work, Travel, Work-Life

Starting with the premise that life is an adventure, the question is how adventurous do you want to be? The boating adventure taught us a lesson in planning (and, in our boating skills which were not very strong at the time causing delays in getting underway). But the lessons from being adventurous are a big […]

Watch how many paper clips they buy

A Point of View

David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On December 3, 2015

Category: Business Frustrations, Business Travel, Careers, Employment, Getting the Job Done, Getting Through Life and Work, Managing Employees, Small Business Success, Travel

Building on my recent post about employees’ shopping issues, I am adding another scenario that has never faded from memory. Again, some things seem so obvious to me, but alas, they are not really obvious to everyone. Many years ago, some of our promotional materials were held together using a paperclip. Because this clip was […]

Another View

Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On December 3, 2015

Category: Business Frustrations, Business Travel, Careers, Employment, Getting the Job Done, Getting Through Life and Work, Managing Employees, Small Business Success, Travel

David and I evidently harbor strong resentments against some former employees, particularly those who have wasted our time, money, or both. I am saying this because, years later, we both remember having spent too much money for, of all things, paperclips! Not only did we waste money on paperclips, but we also had another employee […]

Shop price – Employees probably won’t

A Point of View

David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On November 25, 2015

Category: Business Frustrations, Business Travel, Careers, Employment, Getting the Job Done, Getting Through Life and Work, Managing Employees, Small Business Success, Travel

Having run my own photography business, mostly by myself, I co-founded Magnus with one of my roles being managing the business and staff on administrative tasks. This includes shopping to buy everything from computers, video cameras, to pens and paper. We ran Magnus without employees for a couple of years and I knew the price […]

Another View

Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On November 25, 2015

Category: Business Frustrations, Business Travel, Careers, Employment, Getting the Job Done, Getting Through Life and Work, Managing Employees, Small Business Success, Travel

It is a fact of owning a small business that some employees “get it” and some do not. When it comes to buying things, I always remind Magnus’ employees to look around at everything in the office. Everything, that is 100% of what they see, was bought by David and me. There is nothing, absolutely […]

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