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Dec, 17 2018

Starbucks Couldn’t Make Coffee

By |2022-01-11T21:54:25+00:00December 17th, 2018|Categories: Articles by Ken Okel|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Starbucks Couldn’t Make Coffee

The day Starbucks couldn’t make coffee taught me several important business lessons. At the time, I was leaving a Target store and decided a coffee for the road would be [...]

Aug, 22 2011

Train Employees Early Or Pay Later

By |2011-08-22T17:35:50+00:00August 22nd, 2011|Categories: Articles by Ken Okel|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Train Employees Early Or Pay Later

When someone joins your organization, how well is he or she trained? Are policies in place to make sure they learned what they need to know? The rush to make [...]

Oct, 14 2010

Do Starbucks Execs Need to Switch To Decaf?

By |2010-10-14T19:35:33+00:00October 14th, 2010|Categories: Miscellaneous|Tags: , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Do Starbucks Execs Need to Switch To Decaf?

Does speed equal quality in your business? If not, is slowing down a solution? The Wall Street Journal reports that Starbucks executives believe that many of their baristas are in [...]

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