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June
Top 20 TV Shows
1. Seinfeld
2. Modern Family
3. The Sopranos
4. Breaking Bad
5. Friends
6. Shark Tank
7. NCIS
8. Mad Men
9. Law & Order
10. Criminal Minds
11. Blacklist
12. 24
13. The Wire
14. The Big Bang Theory
15. Parenthood
16. Scorpion
17. Lost
18. Homeland
19. Scandal
20. Downton Abbey
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May
Top 20 Celebrity Idols
1. Michael Jordan
2. Ronald Reagan
3. George Clooney
4. Barbara Walters
5. Robert De Niro
6. Jim Carrey
7. Tom Hanks
8. Sean Connery
9. Walter Payton
10. John Wayne
11. Cary Grant
12. George W. Bush
13. Jay Leno
14. Stephen Hawking
15. Robin Williams
16. Bill Clinton
17. Jonathan Toews
18. Paul McCartney
19. Oprah
20. Jack Nicholson
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April
Top 20 Authors
1. Malcom Gladwell
2. Jim Collins
3. Stephen King
4. John Steinbeck
5. David McCullough
6. Ken Blanchard
7. William Shakespeare
8. Dr. Seuss
9. Agatha Christie
10. Doris Kearns Goodwin
11. Bill O'Reilly
12. Dale Carnegie
13. Michael Lencioni
14. Jane Austen
15. Stephen Covey
16. Ray Bradbury
17. J.R.R. Tolkien
18. John Ward
19. Jon Krakauer
20. Robert Frost
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March
Top 20 Apps
1. LinkedIn
2. Facebook
3. Dropbox
4. Outlook
5. Shazam
6. Instagram
7. Uber
8. Yelp
9. United Airlines
10. Evernote
11. Google Maps
12. Twitter
13. Angry Birds
14. FaceTime
15. Words with Friends
16. Pandora
17. Flipboard
18. Pinterest
19. Find My iPhone
20. Pulse
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February
Top 20 Songs
1. Happy – Pharrell Williams
2. What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
3. Wind Beneath My Wings – Bette Midler
4. Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen
5. Beethoven Symphony No. 9
6. Free Fallin’ - Tom Petty
7. Chelsea Dagger – The Fratellis
8. Alive – Pearl Jam
9. With A Little Help From My Friends – Joe Cocker
10. Livin’ On A Prayer – Bon Jovi
11. Back in Black – AC/DC
12. Me and Bobby McGee – Janis Joplin
13. Yesterday – The Beatles
14. Mirrors – Justin Timberlake
15. It’s 5 O’clock Somewhere – Jimmy Buffet
16. Creep - Radiohead
17. Surrender – Cheap Trick
18. Pink Houses – John Mellencamp
19. Love Is Like An Itching in My Heart – The Supremes
20. You’re My Best Friend – Queen
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January
Top 20 New Year Resolutions
Happy New Year, CFBC! We wish you all a happy, safe, and joyful 2015. Take a look at some of the goals and aspirations many of you are aiming to accomplish this year.
1. Do what makes me happy.
2. Continue to try new things: food, systems at work, etc. You never know until you try!
3. Spend more one-on-one time with family members.
4. Innovate something extraordinary.
5. Travel.
6. Stay active.
7. Learn to say “I wish I could, but…”
8. Become more patient.
9. Knock a few items off my bucket list!
10. Take a long week in Positano, Italy.
11. Don’t let other people’s judgments keep me from doing what I want.
12. Read.
13. Meditate.
14. Strive to be better.
15. Develop a list of my top 8 - 10 pizza places and make a concerted effort to determine who has the BEST thin crust!
16. Spend more one-on-one time with employees.
17. Spend more one-on-one time with key customers.
18. Keep everything in moderation.
19. Sharpen my Forum protocol skills.
20. Know there is always room for improvement.
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December
Top 20 Restaurants
1. Wildfire
2. Rosebud
3. Gibson's Steakhouse
4. The Capital Grille
5. Gene and Georgetti
6. Chicago Cut Steakhouse
7. Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab
8. Erie Café
9. Perry's Steakhouse
10. Bien Trucha
11. Catch 35
12. Carmichael's Chicago Steak House
13. Girl and the Goat
14. GT Fish & Oyster
15. Morton's The Steakhouse
16. Ruth's Chris Steak House
17. Mastro's Steakhouse
18. The Purple Pig
19. Greek Islands
20. Carmine's
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November
Top 20 Employee Engagement Activities
1. Christmas and Holiday Parties
2. Annual Meetings, Retreats, & Team Educational Events
3. Appreciation!
4. Baggo Tournaments / Bags & Brats
5. BBQs: Sales team cooks for the production department or the President cooks!
6. Listening to employees one-on-one to learn what drives them.
7. Staff meetings, face-to-face meetings, leadership team monthly meetings.
8. Bowling
9. Picnics: Cash picnics during the work day at the office, Hot Dog Social Picnic, Roscoe's Annual Family Picnic
10. Charity and Volunteer Work
11. Games: Company Olympics and Minute to Win It
12. Attending sports events such as Cubs Rooftop games or the Blackhawks Suite
13. Family Day at the Zoo with employees & their families
14. Favorite Sports Team support days. Wear Bears Bulls, Hawks, Sox, Cubs, or other favorite sports teams apparel.
15. Formal discussions about positive experiences with customers - sharing 'hero' moments.
16. Weekly emailed flash reports from key reports. Flash report format: 3-5 things I accomplished this week, 3-5 things I will accomplish this week, assistance/support I need from others to accomplish next week's goals.
17. Goals: Set goals and then throw a goal achievement party or 'Good to Great' goal setting meetings where employees pick and commit to goals they think are achievable.
18. Mentoring program with the local elementary school. One hour per week paid time for employees to mentor a child.
19. Pizza Days!
20. Pot-Luck Lunches with staff to celebrate birthdays.
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October
Top 20 Movies
1. The Shawshank Redemption
2. Forrest Gump
3. Goodfellas
4. Lord of the Rings
5. Saving Private Ryan
6. The Big Lebowski
7. The Godfather Part II
8. Caddyshack
9. Braveheart
10. Anchorman
11. Gladiator
12. The Departed
13. Pulp Fiction
14. Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark
15. Notting Hill
16. The Hangover
17. Toy Story 3
18. You've Got Mail
19. Dead Poet's Society
20. Harry Potter
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September
Top 20 Business Books
If you’re seeking the best business resources around, look no further! The CFBC has composed a Top 20 list for must-read business books.
1. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…And Others Don’t by Jim Collins
2. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen R. Covey
3. The One Minute Manager by Kenneth H. Blanchard
4. Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in your Work and In Your Life by Spencer Johnson and Kenneth Blanchard
5. Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne
6. The E Myth: Why Most Small Business Don’t Work and What to Do About It by Michael E. Gerber
7. The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox, and David Whitford
8. Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business by Gino Wickman
9. How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
10. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable by Patrick Lencioni
11. Six Disciplines Execution Revolution: Solving the One Business Problem That Makes Solving All Other Problems Easier by Gary Harpst
12. Coach Wooden: The 7 Principles That Shaped His Life and Will Change Yours by James Denney
13. It’s My Company Too!: How Entangled Companies Move Beyond Employee Engagement for Remarkable Results by Kenneth R. Thompson, Ramon L. Benedetto, Thomas J. Walter, and Molly Meyer
14. Open-Book Management: The Coming Business Revolution by John Case
15. Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
16. Strategic Acceleration: Succeed at the Speed of Life by Tony Jeary
17. The Power of Strategic Thinking: Lock in Markets, Lock Out Competitors by Michel Robert
18. Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ by Daniel Goleman
19. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
20. What Color is Your Parachute? by Richard N. Bolles
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