Sam Carpenter

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In 1984, Sam Carpenter founded Centratel, the number one commercial telephone answering service in the nation, located in Bend, Ore. With a background in engineering and publishing, he is a telephone answering service industry consultant, writer and speaker. Sam is author of the book Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less, published by North Sister Publishing, Inc. in April 2008.

Measuring the Body

Here’s an excerpt from Sam Carpenter’s book Work The System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working…

Gone Missing

Several years ago we had our house remodeled. Immediately after, we “flipped” another house. In both cases, numerous…

The Tip System

Here is an evaluation system, albeit waggish. It’s about tipping in restaurants, and I’ll preface things by saying…

Losing Key Employees

In my small business, Centratel, each of our half-dozen key management people has had several years of on-the-job experience.…