by Jon Cline | Jan 24, 2022 | Blog
The old ‘carrot and stick’ approach to team motivation offers positive incentives or negative consequences. Here’s a third option: ice cream. Using the carrot and stick method is all about creating external motivators to get the behavior you want. If your team uses...
by Jon Cline | Jan 18, 2022 | Podcast
This time on Salesforce Trails and Trials, hosts Jon Cline and Erik Yewell talk about admin power in the wrong hands. Plus Slack bot platforms, Miro decision trees, bow ties, gratitude, and holiday lights. Jon Cline has been working in IT since 1998 and is a very...
by Jon Cline | Jan 14, 2022 | Blog
Every day in December I donned a bow tie as part of Dressember, a style challenge to fight human trafficking. Together with more than 50 donors, we raised over $7,000. We haven’t reached my goal of $10,000 (yet!), but we still made an incredible difference. Thank...
by Jon Cline | Dec 31, 2021 | Blog
Every day in December, I’ve worn a bow tie to raise awareness and donations for Dressember to fight human trafficking. We’re down to the very end and we’re coming up a little short. My goal is to raise $10,000 and as of this writing we’re about $3,400 short. Can you...
by Jon Cline | Dec 30, 2021 | Blog
The end of one year and the beginning of another is a good time for employees to reevaluate what they’re doing and move on. We’re seeing that happen more than ever with the Great Resignation. Workers are rethinking what they do, and smart employers need to understand...