Leadership
Make Your Training Engaging, Memorable, and Unexpected
“Fire Hose Training,” “Death by PowerPoint,” and “Data Dumping”—experiences we have either had, heard about or are (unwilling to admit) created. Training experiences don’t have to bore participating audiences and can be unexpected engaging and…
How Difficult Is It to Reach You?
Is your organization’s telephone number and email address buried deep in its website? How difficult is it for people to reach you? The last thing you want is for existing and potential customers and partners to give up…
Getting Control of Your Email
The drive toward complex technical achievement offers a clue to why the U.S. is good at space gadgetry and bad at slum problems. ~John Kenneth Galbraith Email is one of those things you can both…
Double Down!
This piece of wisdom came from Jeff Bezos, founder & CEO of Amazon, during a board meeting for one of the companies where he sits as board member. Jeff asked the question, “Is there anything…
6 Simple Ways to Keep Morale Up in the Workplace
According to the American Psychological Association (APA), happy employees are more likely to have better health, relationships and even money management skills. Keeping morale up in the workplace is essential to keeping employees happy and…
Why Your Company Should Use Motivational Speakers
Motivation is an essential ingredient in any workplace. A motivated employee is likely to be happy and will certainly be more focused and productive. The issue that every employee must decide is how best to…
How to Craft the Best Mission Statement for Your Small Business
Putting together an effective and appropriate plan for a new small business is critical to achieving long-term success in any industry. Typically, some type of mission statement is included in such a business plan. To…
Don’t Stop Believing: What to Do When Your Business Encounters a Setback
As much as we don’t like to admit it, setbacks are unavoidable in business. But what really makes the difference is not whether we encounter failures—because we all do—it’s how we respond to them. The…
Does Everyone Need Coaching?
Participating in a webinar the other day, for a moment I was stumped by a question, “Does everyone need coaching?” I guess, more than being stumped, I was stunned with the question. But on reflection,…
Deal with Setbacks in a Positive Way
Losing doesn’t eat at me the way it used to. I just get ready for the next play, the next game, the next season. -Troy Aikman Being a manager has its up and downs. There…
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