The Best Question a Manager can Answer: “Why?”
Let me lay out a situation that most of those that work at almost any company are familiar with: Company management undergoes a reorganization and change is coming. The change can be vast including entire groups or functions going-away, leaving hundreds or thousands without a job or could be something slight, like people have to …
Why Compassion Pays Big
If you watch enough reality TV, political debates or just follow the lead stories in the news – you come to believe that hate sells. You would be right. Hate like violence is fascinating to watch, from a distance.
Take crime shows. You wouldn’t want to be in the middle of a CSI crime scene, …
4 Benefits of Having A Radio Show!
I attended and presented a session at our annual Social Media Mashable Day in Miami this year, about “How to Create, Grow and Host a Killer Radio Show”!
The attendees were especially interested in elevating the podcast medium and presenting it as a Radio Show, as I have done.
We have many integrated media and …
Changing Anything Starts with Changing Something
In their new book, Change Anything: The New Science of Personal Success, Kerry Patterson and co-authors discuss the three dimensions in your life that merit scrutiny as you seek to do better in your life, business or career.
The three dimensions are:
Personal Social Structural The need for changeAs you do what it takes …
Lose Your Manners, Lose Your Job
Because the US post office is trying to stay alive amidst threats of major cuts from Congress, and with postage being so expensive even at bulk rates: I took advantage of USPS’ new EDDM program, in an effort to see if my company could be an even better corporate citizen.
EDDM allows you to help …
Three Secrets To Promoting Your Next Conference Talk
Speaking at a conference can sometimes be a hit or miss affair. You agonize over your slides and practice your talk, only to find that out of the 300 attendees, 10 of them are in your session. Hardly seems worth the effort. But other times, you find that you get more than half the people …
Generation Yers: Is Your Offline Holding Up?
Our modern lives happen in two parallel universes: one physical and one virtual. Their relationship can be compared to that of body and mind: although physical health and mental health are closely related and they constantly interact with each other, they most definitely require a different set of skills, techniques, strategies and professionals to be …
How To Manage The Decision Making Process
Business experience has taught me that as we progress in our journey we should give due consideration to all opportunities and new ideas that come our way. I laugh upon reminiscing about the people telling me I will kill my business if I should choose to study social media.
Making decisionsWhile a particular choice …
Solve Presentation Problems With This Stolen Trick
Because I teach Pitching the Perfect Presentation at UCLA Ext., I’m always asked for tips and techniques about public speaking, which apparently more people fear than they fear death.
I have an effective approach to tamping down your nerves and rising to meet your audience’s desire to be educated and entertained. I stole this trick …
8 Steps To Converting Connections After A Conference
We spend considerable time networking in person because we know it’s still the most important way to build relationships with colleagues, peers and potential new customers. We pick the events we want to go to and we prepare. For bigger conferences, we spend even more time preparing for the sessions and events we want to …