Boundaries & Structure

  Hi, everybody. I’m Mike Staver. This is Mondays with Mike, a weekly video series where I answer questions from people just like you. Here’s this week’s question. “When my significant other and I met, we agreed to certain boundaries and structure. We both discussed it, and without pressure, agreed. We have been together five…

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Division

  Hi, everybody. I’m Mike Staver. This is Mondays with Mike, a weekly video series where I answer questions from people just like you. Here’s this week’s question. “I think people are more divided than at other times in my life. Granted, I’m only 43, so I haven’t had all the time in the world.…

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Happy New Year 2023

  Hi, everybody. I’m Mike Staver.  Happy New Year. Can you believe it? I remember when I was a kid, I used to sit around my friends at the lunch tables and say “Can you imagine the year 2000? What do you think the world will be like?” I can’t imagine the year 2000 now…

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Merry Christmas 2022

  Hi, everybody. I’m Mike Staver.  Can’t believe it. It’s the holidays. ‘Tis the season to be stressed out. What am I doing in this stupid mall? Yeah. ‘Tis the season. I go on a rant every year. I’m not going to go on a rant now because I want it to be a happy…

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Redirecting Focus

  Hi, everybody. I’m Mike Staver. This is Mondays with Mike, a weekly video series where I answer questions from people just like you. Here’s this week’s question. “Things are very different this year than they were last year. Our salespeople have come through two years of the most trying times in business in many…

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Managing Family Businesses

  Hi, everybody. I’m Mike Staver. This is Mondays with Mike, a weekly video series where I answer questions from people just like you. Here’s this week’s question. “My 36 year old works in our company. They have significant responsibilities, but are not ready to lead the entire organization. They on the other hand, think…

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Managing a Team

  Hi, everybody. I’m Mike Staver. This is Mondays with Mike, a weekly video series where I answer questions from people just like you. Here’s this week’s question. “I lead a team of ten. It’s a sales team, and I have never managed a group before. I have always been a do it myself person.…

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Happy Thanksgiving 2022

  Hi, everybody. It’s hard to believe it’s that time of year. Here we are, sitting in the studio, me and Marty, trying to get a lot of work done, and it’s time for a holiday message. Would you believe it! You know what, there was a Mondays with Mike, once upon a time, that…

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Let’s talk about unhappiness

  Hi, everybody. I’m Mike Staver. This is Mondays with Mike, a weekly video series where I answer questions from people just like you. Here’s this week’s question. “All in all I’m a happy person. When I’m not a happy person it worries me. How do I know when my unhappiness is something to be…

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Vacation Time

  Hi, everybody. I’m Mike Staver. This is Mondays with Mike, a weekly video series where I answer questions from people just like you. Here’s this week’s question. “I get six weeks of vacation a year. When I put in for vacation though my boss seems to resent it. They make sarcastic comments in the…

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