  Independence Day!! (huppstiverson)
posted Sat July 5th @ 1:44 AM
I love the 4th of July. A true American Holiday! Thank You to all the Service Men and Women serving our country. Land of the free and home of the brave. Read More »
 Australians Making Odd Choices For Funeral Songs (huppstiverson)
posted Thu July 3rd @ 1:52 PM
This is an article I read on Boing Boing. Great blog, lots of off the wall stuff. The article was originally posted on Yahoo News. I found the article to be very interesting. Times are changing, and the way we do funeral services is changing. The funeral industry is being revolutionized! Read More »
 Funeral Industry: Plan to Relax (huppstiverson)
posted Thu July 3rd @ 8:13 AM
How many of you plan to get away for the July 4th long weekend? How many of you are wondering why you are doing it? Vacations should reduce, not increase stress. You should try your best to get the most out of your holiday down time. Here are my hints for a relaxing vacation. Read More »
 The Safety Pin (huppstiverson)
posted Wed July 2nd @ 8:19 AM
Motivated employees can be an integral part of your overall business strategy. But when your recognition programs backfire, your employees can end up doing more harm than good. Many companies have extensive and sometimes expensive employee-recognition programs that go a long way towards maintaining an aligned and motivated workforce. Other companies have similar programs that have no impact on performance whatsoever as you'll see in the example below. Read More »
 Don't Let Your Competitor "One Up" You (huppstiverson)
posted Tue July 1st @ 11:23 AM
It is not a fad, it is not a trend, it is the way our society has learned to function. It is the way people find information about things they don’t know a lot about. It is the Internet, and people use websites to find information out about businesses. Last time I wrote about getting your website up to par, now once that is done what is next? Read More »
 Funeral Industry: If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too? (huppstiverson)
posted Tue July 1st @ 8:38 AM
On January seventh I conducted his service. Eight days later I conducted hers. Today I repeat the identical scenario for another family. Both families hadn’t even started the estate process for their dad when suddenly their mom died… they hadn’t even settled into the reality of life without him. All week they had substituted the grief of their loss with added attention to their mother. The situation of being alone in the world without parents is now overwhelming to them. They are all over fifty and they are all a mess. They are adult orphans. Read More »
 Who’s On Your Dream Team? (huppstiverson)
posted Mon June 30th @ 8:18 AM
No one person has all the answers. Have you ever heard of ‘Mirror, Mirror on the Wall’? If you haven’t, listen up. In business, when growth is part of the plan, you need to delegate certain tasks involved with the day to day operations. You need feedback from others. You can't only take your own advice or consider only your own viewpoints. It is very difficult for you to grow if you don't learn from other successful people. I repeat … Alone; you don't have all the answers. Read More »
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