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It’s the end of the year and many of you are spending down budgets and making plans for 2022. As you make your list and check it twice,...
Ellen Owens-Karcsay
- Nov 9, 2021
- 2 min
Are you changing the way you do business or transforming?
I do my best thinking when I am out running early in the morning. So last week, I was out for a jog, enjoying the cooler mornings and...
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Ellen Owens-Karcsay
- Aug 16, 2021
- 2 min
Risk Tolerance: Don't Enter When Flooded
My husband and I recently decided to try out camping with a travel trailer. We rented a great little T@B Teardrop trailer, hitched it to...
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Ellen Owens-Karcsay
- Dec 30, 2020
- 2 min
Don't Look Back...
Competitive runners and triathletes are often coached not to look back over their shoulder to see where the competition is. “Look...
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Ellen Owens-Karcsay
- Nov 25, 2020
- 2 min
Be Thankful – it’s in your control.
We are in the season of Thanksgiving, and this year, the season may be a mixed bag of things for which to be thankful. I know this...
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Ellen Owens-Karcsay
- Oct 26, 2020
- 2 min
“I’m not sure what I am supposed to do here.”
The other day, I was multi-tasking in a video conference call and responding to emails—one of the hazards, or perhaps temptations, of...
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Ellen Owens-Karcsay
- Aug 3, 2020
- 3 min
Mother Nature, Lady Luck, and COVID-19
July was an interesting month for me personally. Mid-July, I turned the half-century mark. My husband and I had big plans for my...
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Ellen Owens-Karcsay
- May 6, 2020
- 2 min
Baling Twine and Duct Tape
I grew up on a farm in the Midwest. I have fond memories of going out with my dad to the field at harvest time, riding the combine, and...
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Ellen Owens-Karcsay
- Apr 23, 2020
- 3 min
The business of getting back to business: 5 Tips
I was listening to the news this morning, from my spin bike on my private gym (aka, back patio), and the question was posed to the...
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Ellen Owens-Karcsay
- Apr 14, 2020
- 2 min
Crossing your fingers is not a strategy
If there is one thing that I have learned from all of the triathlons I have competed in, be it a short distance or long-distance race,...
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Ellen Owens-Karcsay
- Apr 9, 2020
- 2 min
The one thing employers need to be ramping up during our not so normal, new normal
We are now 3-4 weeks into our work from home models. If you weren’t already accustomed to using video conferencing, you are probably an...
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Ellen Owens-Karcsay
- Mar 31, 2020
- 1 min
Today is tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
I fondly remember my grandmother having a picture in her house with this quote from Dale Carnegie on it. As a kid, I never really took...
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Ellen Owens-Karcsay
- Mar 20, 2020
- 1 min
Suppliers offering support for transition to remote working
Technology suppliers are offering options for free or deeply discounted rates to help keep our business running during these challenging...
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Ellen Owens-Karcsay
- Jan 27, 2020
- 2 min
Sugar Packets can’t stabilize your business.
Imagine going to a restaurant with a client, only to find that the table legs are not even. You become distracted by the wobble of the...
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Ellen Owens-Karcsay
- Sep 21, 2019
- 3 min
DEVELOP YOUR M&A MUSCLE MEMORY Perfecting Your M&A Game
Muscle memory is simply defined as the ability to carry out a specific motion without really thinking about it or trying. Building it...
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Ellen Owens-Karcsay
- Jun 15, 2019
- 2 min
Going the Distance: The Importance of M&A Program Management
By Ellen Owens, member of the Board of M&A Standards Over the last 10 years, I have competed in at least 50 triathlons ranging from short...
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Ellen Owens-Karcsay
- Jun 15, 2019
- 4 min
M&A Integration: Don't Get Bucked Off
By Ellen Owens-Karcsay, Organizational Transformation Adviser and member of the Board of M&A Standards I grew up on a farm: raising pigs...
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