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"Craig, thank you so much for facilitating our Chapter's Strategic Planning Session. It was beneficial to have a third party involved, but more importantly to have YOUR input because of your depth of experience in the industry and knowledge of other Chapter successes." More..
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(2011 & 2012)
South Carolina Chapter CAI


CRAIG'S BLOG

You Never Know What You Might Hear (Craig's blog)

When I Larry Pothast and Mike Kennedy walked into my office on a cool spring day in April of 1984. Larry and Mike worked for the Bank of San Francisco in the marketing and finance departments. The appointment had been on my calendar for two weeks; they wanted to introduce us to a new program the bank was using. Okay fine. I was always willing to listen. I believe that managers are too quick to dismiss the input and ideas of other people. In fact, keeping an open mind to new ideas can't be overestimated. How many times have you hung up on a salesman or said, "Take me off your call list," even before you've heard what they have to say?

  

Hard I have a rule of thumb: if a salesman has the guts to call me, I always do him the courtesy of listening. If he or she leaves a message, I call back. I never know what I might hear. And Larry and Mike were the perfect example. Had I not invited them into my office that day, my career path may have gone in a completely different direction. (Read more)

 

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Learn more about the Craig Huntington book "Risk: A Road Worth Traveling"

If you want to know what the difference is between someone taking a risk and someone thinking about taking a risk, read Risk: A Road Worth Traveling by author Craig Huntington. Take an inside tour of the motivation and thoughts of someone who lives the “get-it-done” philosophy by doing things his way, in spite of adversity.  Innovative ideas and unique ways of approaching obstacles are at the core of this inspirational book. (Learn more)




 

UPCOMING EVENTS:

APRIL 17                            LACA Seminar                       Zeeland, MI

MAY 2-5                                CAI National Conference        Las Vegas, NV

MAY 11                               CAI MI, One Hour Board Meeting  Traver City, MI

May 22                                CAM Profitibility Seminar    Atlanta, GA





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