Marc Drizin

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!! My big brother and I often heard this phrase from one or both of our parents.  It might have been said while we were sitting right up against the dividing line my folks would have created in the back seat of the station wagon.  Barry got the passenger side of the car, [...]

“extremely annoying, difficult, or the like; straining one’s patience and goodwill to the limit” Not exactly the definition I thought I would find first, but fitting. I’m tired of “trying” That was the original title of this blog, but as is often the case in life, where you thought you were headed doesn’t always come [...]

Happy Friday… and welcome to Snowbound, Indiana.   Three inches so far, and the white powdery stuff keeps fallin’.  I’ve always believed that unless snow gets you out of school (younger Drizin) or work (older Drizin), there really isn’t much use for it.  Yea, I know, some people love to race down the slopes on [...]

I’m honored to be the Special Advisor on the international APQC project on awarding and retaining talent.  The initial work with the best-of-class candidate companies has been a wonderful learning opportunity for me, it’s amazing to see what companies are doing to attract, motivate, and engage their talent. In a couple of weeks we’ll be [...]

It’s been too long, I have much to write, and much to comment on.  But that will wait until tomorrow. I got something in the mail yesterday to get me out of my birthday doldrums. attract motivate retain Music to my eyes. In small letters on a postcard no-less. Those three words are an integral [...]

First off, I can’t believe nobody groaned at me about my Worldwide Pants comment in yesterday’s blog.  Not only was it pertinent to my snarky comments about David Letterman, it also happens to be the name of his entertainment company.  However I found it hilarious. Anyways… Two studies showed up on my electronic doorstep today, [...]

Yes, I know, it’s been a while.  Lots of travel, lots of airports, lots of cabs, lots of hotel rooms, lots of speeches, lots of laughs, lots of “ah’s”. But that shouldn’t take me from writing my blog, and for that, lots of apologies. I’m here in Virginia Beach, looking out onto the ocean.  Hypnotic [...]

(yea, I’m back)… I’m blessed with having really great clients.  Some push me (and my products and services) to higher and higher levels of quality.  Others invite me into strategic discussions about talent management.  Still others ask me to involve myself in their process improvement efforts related to workforce engagement and customer satisfaction. And then [...]

Yup, a grabber.  See, the story is about Intuit (they make Quicken), so I used their name in the title, and then added some other letters to make it another word…oh never mind. Anyways… At an upcoming HR Technology conference, the VP of Rewards at Intuit will be giving a presentation titled With Lower Bonuses, [...]

A recent article in theloyaltytreatment newsletter created by synovate Loyalty was titled Make in Memorable, Creating a good memory is perhaps the most important ingredient in building customer loyalty. Dr. Crosby and Ms. Johnson (who I worked with a couple of business lives ago) showed the importance of customer loyalty and bottom line performance: Companies [...]