RJ Young

Are You Winning the War on Paper?

If your organization is still running on paper, employees are battling file cabinets for office space and documents go missing, you are not alone.  There are still many organizations that still struggle to manage their paperwork.

Making Your Work Flow

In the span of three weeks there have been three separate meetings involving dealers throughout the U.S. regarding office equipment and insight into the industry. The first meeting was the Canon National Dealer Conference held in Las Vegas. The focus of this meeting was to engage the top 200 independent dealerships in Canon’s results for 2012 and the forecast for 2013.

What is Your Biggest Obstacle in Achieving Greatness?

I read an article in Forbes entitled The Six Enemies of Greatness (and Happiness) where the author outlines what she sees as six impediments that may keep your company or individual team stagnant. I’d like to explore these in a little more depth.

Become a Champion of Change

How often have we heard the phrase, “we have always done it that way?” I expect possibly far too often when we are trying to be the agent of change.  It is recognized by everyone that humans are creatures of habit and therefore we resist change at every opportunity.

Is Your Office Headed for the Endangered Species List or Thriving?

If you look around at your office today, you may notice things are changing. Walls are coming down, space is being filled with people instead of paper and most people are working on multiple devices, from various locations at all times of the day.

Performance Check: Do I Have The Right Tools For Success?

I want to know what it looks like when I do well.  Or do poorly.  Is there some way I can gauge my performance? 

If you’ve heard this and you’re in a leadership position, you are in trouble. It’s not insurmountable, but you need to take a look at what your team is doing and what you need to provide them.

They Pick That Color For A Reason

In my time working in MPS, Managed Print Services, I can’t count the number of times I’ve had a discussion with a customer about their printer inventory that resulted in one of two findings. The first result of this discussion is the realization that the customer doesn’t have any idea how many printers they have in their office, much less the models of these printers. The second result is that there are significantly more printers in the environment than the customer thought.