What To Do When Your Heart Isn’t In Your Work Anymore

Call it what you want: Career fatigue, burnout, and boredom. The truth is almost all of us go through times when we feel our heart isn’t in it anymore. In fact, research shows that only one in three of us are actually engaged at work. I realize there are circumstantial issues that contribute to this; [...]

By |2018-07-24T10:33:43-04:00July 24th, 2018|Leadership, The Creedy Commentary|2 Comments

The Neurosis That Defines Funeral Service: Perfectionism

I have a book on my office shelf entitled “Perfectionism...Sure Cure For Happiness”. The reason this is important is that, having performed almost 100 culture assessments in funeral service I know that perfectionism is the dominant industry neurosis. Yes, I agree, “Funeral Service Is In The Details”. But it’s how we measure performance that gets [...]

By |2018-07-08T10:00:43-04:00July 9th, 2018|Blog, General Topics, The Creedy Commentary|1 Comment

Business Partners: The Rainmaker & The Operator

Partnerships, by their very nature, are problematic. They are worse when there is not a clear vision of role differentiation that is understood by all and mutually respected. This role differentiation is key to smooth and successful partnerships. When differentiation is not present roles tend to overlap and conflict. Competition among partners develops and eventually [...]

By |2018-06-27T17:59:39-04:00July 2nd, 2018|Blog, Leadership, The Creedy Commentary|0 Comments

New & Improved Funeral Home Valuator

I have chosen to celebrate the re launch of my new website with an updated and improved funeral home valuation calculator. This calculator is part of my effort to help practitioners access quick and easy tools that will help them make better choices for their business. You can use these calculators any time and [...]

How to Make Change More Fun And Effective

It seems like funeral service has been talking about change for my entire career of almost 40 years. Sometimes it gets a little...well you know...boring. It seems like everything changes: Families Employees Laws While we all feel stuck and even depressed as we try to accommodate (rather assimilate and [...]

By |2018-03-05T09:53:00-05:00January 24th, 2018|The Creedy Commentary|0 Comments

Difficult Conversations For Those Who Hate Conflict

Funeral directors are notorious for being conflict avoidant. Yet they have a job where they must engage in difficult conversations with staff, vendors and their customers. I used to attend a church with a pastor who would go to bizarre lengths to avoid conflict. He was beloved by the congregation and staff alike. But the [...]

By |2018-01-19T13:21:04-05:00May 29th, 2017|The Creedy Commentary|2 Comments
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