Am I Treating My Employer Like My Customer?

by Kristie A on March 9, 2010

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Technology Alabama recently printed an article titled “Teach Your Employees to Be Self-Employed”.  Being in the business of team member recruitment and retention, the title caught my attention and the article got me thinking.  It’s written by University of Alabama at Birmingham program director, professor and friend of DAXKO, Dr. Dale Callahan.  Callahan writes:
“Fact is, [...]

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10,000 Case Close Milestone – Perfect Occasion for Santa???

by The Syndicate02.22.2010

We have a lot of celebrations at DAXKO – big and small – and we have unique ways of recognizing our team’s achievements.  Case in point… when we add a new customer to the DAXKO family, we ring a large ship bell hanging in the center of our office.  (Company founder loves sailing!)  We recognize our outstanding engineers [...]

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Sensory Overload: Reaching Members When There’s Little Room for Your Message

by Amy W02.17.2010
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When a potential buyer is exposed to at least hundreds to thousands of advertisements a day, it’s hard to make the impression that you want to while using the generic marketing dollar. Countless advertisers try to make the most out of old-school marketing, going directly to TV, radio, and flyers, just hoping to get their [...]

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Competitor Arsenal: Ready… Aim… Fire!

by Saranda W02.17.2010
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DAXKO, get your guns ready…we have a new Competitor Arsenal!
Many companies gather competitive intelligence and conduct analysis, but who has their very own arsenal of competitive information that every team member contributes to?  We do!  DAXKO recently established a centralized repository of competitive information that allows for quick entry from any team member at DAXKO. In [...]

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The Agile Panacea

by Jason B02.15.2010
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There’s a LOT of buzz around the word “Agile” in the software business. Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last 5 years, you’ve been exposed to Agile ideas through industry conferences, magazine articles, blogs, colleagues, vendors, etc. Companies of all shapes and sizes have taken the plunge and successfully transitioned their teams [...]

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Snow Day at DAXKO

by The Syndicate02.12.2010
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While the northeast region of the country is experiencing blizzard-like conditions, we here in the Southeast are enjoying a winter wonderland of our own.  Granted… we’re not plowing through 80 inches of snow… it’s more like 3 inches.  But when it comes to Southerners dealing with snowy conditions, let’s face it, it might as well [...]

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Extra-Curriculars, Rediscovered

by Anne D02.10.2010
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Back in high school, my entire day was planned.  For each month. From August – May.  As a classic Gen X attention deficit teen, I thrived on constant structure.  I always knew where I would be next: English class, History Class, Track practice, Ballet lesson, Theatre….
My transition to the business world brought my regimented life [...]

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2009 Top Team… BEANS!

by Matt C02.02.2010

As Dave mentioned in yesterday’s post, our Top Team of 2009 was our Accounting Product Development team (a.k.a. the Beans team).  Two years ago when we started making some fundamental changes to how we developed software, the Beans team was the guinea pig.  2009 for that team was really the year where they hit their stride.  [...]

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“Pimp Your Office” and Other Prize Packages Awarded

by David G02.01.2010
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Each year we conduct our annual, company-wide Kickoff event. Over the last six years, it has become the way we cap off the previous year and launch into the new year.
One of my favorite happenings of the year is what takes place at the conclusion of every Kickoff. It’s our annual awards ceremony that culminates [...]

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Oh, The Insanity… of Kick-Off

by Barbara S01.20.2010
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If there’s ever a time to get kooky at DAXKO, it’s during our annual company-wide event known as Kick-Off. There’s just something about it that brings out two things in our Team Members: silliness and a seriously competitive drive. When you combine the two, you end up with ridiculous team names like, “Holy Sheep! We’re Better [...]

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Lessons Learned From My Ski Trip Mishap

by Sally H01.07.2010
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My high school basketball coach used to talk about former players coming back and telling him, “If I had one more game, Coach, I’d hit every free throw…I’d get every rebound and loose ball… I’d leave it all out on the court.” Coach would start every practice with a speech about practicing for your last game … as you [...]

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