The 5 E’s to Extraordinary Results
What’s Your Mission Statement?
When we typically discuss a mission statement, it is associated with some sort of enterprise or organization. In the digital age, I see the need for a personal mission statement becoming a necessary ingredient for one’s personal brand portfolio. In other words, who are you and what do you stand for? Beyond what you do, …
What the Interview Process Says About Your Company’s Brand?
There are not too many things more daunting or more stressful than the interview process. Regardless of how much experience you have, it is often not easy to have your entire professional career examined under a microscope. It is actually not that much different from being a clown in the circus as people wait to …
Brand Incongruence and Southwest Airlines
I am a creature of habit when I travel. I tend to frequent many of the same restaurants, hotels and airlines as I value brand consistency (service). I am extremely loyal to my brands and I expect a consistent experience much like others. My favorite airline is Southwest. Like a comfortable pair of shoes, the …
Social Media, Customer Service and Home Depot
There are thousands upon thousands of people that still doubt the enormous power of social media and its ability to affect change. In some ways, you cannot blame them. Everywhere you turn; it is being thrown in your face (your inbox) by the media or some self-proclaimed guru claiming to have mastered the social media …
Some Tips To Assist You In Developing Me, Inc.
Things are never as bad as they seem. (Nor as perfect) One of the keys to success is progress not perfection.
Don’t spend so much time trying to be liked by everyone in your network. It is important to be liked, but it is as important to be respected by your contacts.
Liked and respected…Hail To The Chief!
I like so many boys grew up watching Cowboy and “Indian” movies. I spent quite a few afternoons in front of the family television fixated on the trials and tribulations of each group. For whatever reason, I found a certain affinity with the Chiefs of these tribes. More times than not, the Chief and tribe …
More = Less In Las Vegas
I just spent a few days in Las Vegas and I walked away uninspired. I have been there a handful of times and each time I tend to notice something different about the culture in Sin City. This particular trip was different though because I left with far more questions than when I arrived.
More…Next One!
I have not had much success selling people stuff they did not want or need. When I sold in the high-tech space, I had much more success with companies and individuals who had a need for the solution that I was selling. When I sold medical devices, I had my best results with surgeons who …
What Is “It”?
If so, you must start that process right now. You will improve your results by changing your behaviors. What does that mean? What got you here may not get you there.
Most would agree that our economy is still not in the greatest shape. If you happen to be starting a new venture, I suspect …