On this week's episode, Kurt and Steve lead off with the "Geeky Article Moment" as well as some banter about food, NFL playoffs, and seagulls eating hotdogs. Yep. It happened.

A restaurant in Pittsburgh has recently decided that it will ban "tips" for its servers. Instead, servers will receive a salary and annual bonuses. Kurt and Steve discuss how this will impact staff performance and if it's a good idea or not from a leadership perspective.

After this, Kurt and Steve discuss presentation pitfalls. Like it or not, we are all presenters. Whether its one on one, on a web conference, or in front of thousands of people, we are all on stage. Kurt and Steve discuss what the common pitfalls are that plague most persuaders.

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