Tony DiBenedetto’s Blog

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  • We can Learn A Lot from the Man on the $5 Bill

    I’ve recently been reading a lot of books about Abraham Lincoln. The latest one I read was Killing Lincoln by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. It had been at least 20 years since I picked up a book on Lincoln. I’d always found him to be fascinating and a great president, but now I really understand why. Lincoln was a true leader. Despite everything going ...
  • The Power of the Team

    I'd like to introduce a guest blogger, Jeff Lynn, Tribridge's Director of Integrations. Some of you may have been part of formal training sessions to show the power of the team over heroic, solo efforts. Two variations of this are the “Desert Survival” and “Arctic Survival” exercises. The scenario is set up that you and your teammates have survived a plane crash in a remote ...
  • All Children are Our Business

    On Friday night I was watching Real Sports on HBO. It was a story about tennis great Bob Hewitt and allegations that he abused young girls he was coaching. I am so frustrated with the abuse of authority that has been reported in the news, first out of Syracuse and Penn State and now this. All of it makes me sick. We trust these coaches ...
  • Learning the Acronyms Pays off

    Hi everyone – here’s another blog entry from my colleague, Scott, who runs Tribridge’s strategic alliance program. Most service executives spend much of their time researching customer pain points, correlating the pain to services they provide, and then work to convince customers to hire them. Success ratios vary by executive, though this “lone wolf” model is common in the services industry. Over the last ...
  • Seth Godin Usually Resonates with Me, but Not Necessarily This Time.

    The other day I was working with some of our people on strategic planning, and we were evaluating how we are doing from a cultural perspective and what we can do to better support our team. I was reminded of one of Seth Godin’s blogs a few months ago called Caring. He essentially stated that organizations don’t care about people. If you want to ...
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