Something we’ve been working on lately at The Garland Group is moving our clients toward something we like to call “Continuous Compliance.” We’ve discussed it a few times on here (intro video here), but wanted to dig a little deeper today. To explain the process and what it entails, Heath Stanley made this video to [...]
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Count Your Blessings
We had a break through at my house this weekend. My son, Anthony, who is 5, figured out he could swim. We attended a birthday party for his friend, Cole at the local Rec Center’s swimming pool. The pool is full of fountains and slides (along with a bunch of kids and [...]
Read Full PostHere’s a Little Question for You…I Think?
Here is a great question. How much change is appropriate? I mean, if you’re a business, you want to grow…and it seems you can’t grow without changing something. Not to mention that if you want to stay competitive, you must not allow yourself to become stagnant. Sometimes you can’t even help but grow…demand almost forces [...]
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I read a great book called Trusted Advisor by Maister, Green and Galford a while back. I thought I would share one of its fundamental messages. The book uses an equation to demonstrate how people we meet, and later learn to know, perceive our trustworthiness. They impressed me because of their ability to put this [...]
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