Design Your Own Productivity System For Greater Efficiency
I’m organizationally challenged. As result, I’ve read nearly every book and tried all kinds of systems to keep me focused and on track. The problem is that I seem unable to adopt many of the tips and tools suggested by productivity experts. I suspect that there is a gene for organization and productivity. People who …
Get To Know Your Personal Brand
When creating an identity for your personal brand the goal is to make a lasting impression that will stick in the minds of your followers. The mission should be to focus on what you represent both online and offline.
Over a period of time an audience becomes familiar with the characteristics of a brand, such …
How Small Business Leaders Fail Engaging in Candid Communications
Last week you read why it is important for small business leaders to engage in direct, candid communications in their workplaces.
They should also invest some energy in creating a culture of candid communication, where direct, candid conversations between all personnel and all levels is the expectation.
Few do, however.
The reason is, it is …
Hope is Not a Strategy
What do you think when someone precedes any statement with the following two words:
“I hope”
For example, if you are waiting for a report at work do you want to hear:
1. I hope to have it to you by the end of the day.
-or-
2. I will have it in your hands …
3 Thoughtful Thanks Necessary to Build a Stronger Connection
We know that appreciation that is seen as fake or manipulative is not received as appreciation at all. That fact, most all of us get. Yet, what also happens is mediocre attempts to appreciate someone that’s done more out of obligation or convenience can also have no effect to negative effects, too.
1. Appreciate someone …
So You Are an Intern This Summer
If you are one of the fortunate students who has landed an internship for the summer, congratulations. You have an opportunity to learn some practical skills in your field of study, add a valuable piece to your resume, and possibly make a little money (if it is a paid internship.)
There is a good chance …
The “Little Mermaid Principle” for Career Advancement
In my previous two blog posts I shared wisdom from Tarzan and The Lone Ranger. Realizing that these are both male and old characters, I will do my best to move forward to more recent fictional characters from which we can learn. This week, let’s examine Disney’s The Little Mermaid.
If you or your children …
How to Convince Influential Entrepreneurs to Endorse Your Brand
How can I get a big-name entrepreneur to publicly endorse my product / service?
The following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only organization comprised of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective, a free virtual mentorship program that helps millions of entrepreneurs start …
Developing Worthiness of Equality
Entrepreneurs, in their first ten years of business, usually feel some type of inadequacy. From a sales perspective, meetings or partnering are not about being equally matched in experience. Instead, the matter is about what we each bring to the table that your prospective client needs, wants and deeply desires.
Sometimes all that is required …
How to Turn Networking into Interviews
People in transition know that 60 to 80 percent of job seekers get their next positions through networking. Consequently and whenever possible, they focus their daily activities on such networking. But despite their—sometimes admittedly awkward—efforts, nothing comes of it. The reason is that they don’t have an understanding of the actual purpose of networking and …