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In This Issue
- Dare to Achieve!
- Be Silent. Be Still.
- ICEL Chair: It's December!
- NACM Credit Reporting Connections
- How to C.A.P.T.U.R.E. Your Own Communication Skills
- ICEL Recap: How to turn High Potential into High Performance

Looking Ahead

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Dare to Achieve!
by Erik Wright, CBF, Spectrum Engineers

Perhaps many of us have had one of those moments in our lives that has inspired us to make a needed change. Oftentimes these pivotal moments are when we turn a negative event or circumstance into a positive experience that we learn and grow from. If you haven't had one of those moments, surely you will.

Congratulations New Designation Holders

Stephanie Johnson, CCE, Gritton & Associates

Samantha Gross, CBF, Intermountain Wood Products

Christi Cupp, CBF, Midwest Floor Coverings

Be Silent. Be Still.
by Rachel Beohm, 2018 Credit Congress 

Do you want or need to get people's attention? You can get it with volume and movement: yelling and screaming and waving your arms. It's hard to resist looking, when you hear a sudden squawk from a baby or voices raised in an argument, isn't it? But then what do you do? The noise gets your attention, but does it keep your attention? Once you get over the shock, you tune out the noise (assuming you can!) . . . . Read Full Article

ICEL Chair: It's December!
by April Tanner, CCE, Kimball Equipment Company

Happy Holidays	Merry Christmas	Seasons Greetings
Happy Hanukkah	Joyous Kwanzaa	Feliz Navidad
Joyeux Noel	Frohe Weihnachten	Buon Natale

Yes, I just did it - I used many messages and words to say essentially the same thing - Happy December everyone. Out of respect, I often use the words Happy Holidays when I don't know my audience. Working in the national food industry - with meats mostly, forever changed my desire to be inclusive . . . . Read Full Article

NACM Credit Reporting Connections

Are you constantly being bombarded with credit reference requests?

Members who contribute their A/R data have free access to the Non-Member Credit Reference feature. Benefits of this free service include:

 

Effectively "outsource" responding to incoming credit reference requests
You control who has access (and who doesn't) and to what frequency
Risk is reduced by reporting consistent, historical and factual data only
Allows you focus valuable resources on more significant tasks

 

For more information or to sign up, contact kristy@nacmint.com  or  lexington@nacmint.com

How to C.A.P.T.U.R.E. your own Communication Skills
by Andrew Michael, Business Credit Magazine

Every day, people communicate with one another. Whether it's face to face, over the phone or through social media, people are constantly engaging to accomplish daily tasks. For credit managers, Syntesis Global LLC President and CEO Rick Hernandez says communication is pretty much in the job description, as it is the key to running a successful operation with colleagues and customers alike. As part of FCIB's leadership webinar series, Hernandez explored how best to communicate with these parties during his presentation, "C.A.P.T.U.R.E. the Excellence of Communication," . . . . Read Full Article

ICEL Recap: How to turn High Potential into High Productivity
by Kelley Kunz, CCE, Henriksen Butler Design

Our ICEL speaker in November was Emily Gregory, M.D. Emily is the Vice President of Development at VitalSmarts and a dynamic speaker and consultant. For more than a decade she has helped organizations including Intel, Yahoo, and the Mayo Clinic achieve new levels of success. Emily received a Medical Doctorate degree from the University of Utah and a Master of Business Administration from the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University. Her work centers on identifying and leveraging behaviors crucial to effective living and leading . . . . Read Full Article