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Sep 24
2009
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Do you remember "St. Elsewhere" from the 80's? Long before ER, Chicago Hope, and House, we had St. Elsewhere. Now, I'm not old enough to really remember the plot lines of the show, nor could I tell you who starred on it, but what I do remember is the opening of the show and the theme song. It had this underlying rhythm line that mimicked a heartbeat and over it played a very catchy melody. As the heartbeat and melody played you'd see all of the doctors and nurses and respective characters doing their jobs and smiling with cheesy 80's smiles and big hair. I was able to find a video clip, and though the quality leaves much to be desired, you'll be able to see young versions of the ever attractive Mark Harmon, the amazing Mr. Denzel Washington, Howie Mandel WITH hair, a young version of the dude who played Mr. Feeney on Boy Meets World (as well as voiced KITT in the origonal Knight Rider series), not to mention a very creepy looking Ed Begley Jr.
As I mentioned before, the underlying rhythm mimics a heartbeat, and while I'm no expert on the subject, one has to think that is because people are the heartbeat of any organization. If this was the opening credits to a day at your property, what would your people be doing? How fast would they be moving? In what order would you put them? Granted, you'd probably have more than one token woman on your staff these days, but hey, it was the 80s, cut them some slack. Take a minute today to figure out who's your heartbeat, and thank them for the value they bring to your team.
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Heather is a national property management consultant, speaker and trainer. She lives in the Seattle area, where her company, BTLD Consulting, is based. Check out more of her property management ideas at www.behindtheleasingdesk.com .
