I’m old—and my mother took a lot of photos growing up—so I always end up winning at this Throwback Thursday thing. Oh, you’ve got a silly pic from high school? Which was when? Five years ago? Hold on, let me get out my box of Polaroids...

We all love a little nostalgia, even if we don’t have many years under our belts to reminisce about. In the spirit of embracing days gone by, we’ve decided to bring back your favorite reads from the past few months so you can love them all over again. Remember these…?

I love to read. I’ve been known to read two books in one day. Of course, those were fiction and I was sitting at the beach, but it tells you how much I appreciate a good book.

Fiction books aren’t the only ones on my shelf, though. I’ve read many business books over the years for professional development, to find inspiration, or, quite honestly…because I was forced to. You’ll find books about Customer Service, Sales, Marketing and Leadership in my collection. From the likes of recognized gurus Seth Godin and Ken Blanchard, as well as up-and-comers like Dale Partridge, my tastes and interest ranges based on my current experience and needs.

If you’ve been following us on social media, you know that we just wrapped up another successful Customer Service Week. How do we do it? I’ve experienced my 7^th Customer Service Week at Baudville and I can tell you by eyewitness account how we repeatedly pull off a flawless celebration every year. Read on!

I’ve spent the last several weeks analyzing teamwork, and considering what makes some teams work and other teams fail. It seems fitting that I continue on this path—after all, we can’t have too much information on this ever-elusive objective. For this month’s Five Fascinating Finds, I’m sharing a variety of great reads covering just about every facet of teamwork. Check them out:

I had another one of those a-ha moments last Friday night that compelled me to email myself at work so I’d be sure not forget my groundbreaking thought. When I arrived at the office the following weekday, this is the message that was waiting for me: “Football is a lot like teamwork.”

I had to laugh out loud. Of course it’s like teamwork. Organized sports are what gave us the concept of team collaboration in the workplace. Duh. Seriously, duh. I told Kaleigh about it and she laughed, too. But, we both concluded that there is still an important point here, despite the lack of ingenuity in my statement...