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team building

Five Ways to Inspire Teamwork Among the Troops

Second Wind
12/12/2025


Looking out for No. 1. It is an adage that many people keep close to their hearts in their personal and professional lives.

But all successful advertising agency businesses are ...

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The Single Most Important Factor for Agency Success: ENERGY

Second Wind
2/10/2024

In my opinion, the single most important factor for success in the small- to mid-sized advertising agency business is maintaining a high energy level. High energy transcends almost everything… skill ...

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To Hire People, You Need to Talk to Candidates

Deborah Budd
5/24/2022

At Second Wind, we assist many agencies seeking job candidates through our Right Fit Recruiting services. But we are encountering a curious problem with some of our agency clients. We ...

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The Great Debate: Why Conflict Can Improve Your Creative Product

Deborah Budd
5/4/2022

Differing priorities, work methods and viewpoints generate conflict. And that is all to the good in a creative agency looking to use all of its employees to fuel agency creative ...

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Use the Monthly BYOC to Improve Agency Performance

Second Wind
4/6/2022

Many smaller agency owners are so wrapped up in day-to-day operations, new business pursuit, and financial issues, that they tend to place human resources issues on the “I’ll get ...

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Put the Employees First

Second Wind
2/22/2022

David Ogilvy once said that all his agency’s assets went down the elevator at 5:00 p.m. We don’t know about the elevator or the hour, but ...

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Wildly Important Goals

Second Wind
1/12/2022

Do you ever get the feeling that the more your agency tries to do, the less you actually accomplish? As 2022 gets off to a quick start, you may begin ...

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