Develop The Muscle To Lead Difficult Conversation
My muscles are very much on top of my mind as I’ve been working with a personal trainer lately. He somehow leads me to find muscles I never knew I had each week we work together. It’s amazing how much easier and more fun it was to gain weight and lose muscle function over fourteen […]
Leadership Event: Leadercast Women 2019 -> Our CEO Speaks! (Announcement #1)
LinkedIn post – full announcement Leadercast Women 2019: “Take Courage” – registration
Compromise or Comply: Do You Believe In Your Idea ‘til “Death”?
I read an article that struck me deeply enough to contact the author to interview him on my radio show. It also prompted me to order, watch, and share the video the article references. And I want to start a discussion on the topic because I think it hits at the heart of our ideas that […]
Presentation Tips for Success
You give a presentation to convey a message you want your listeners to receive. Keep their interest by making your message interesting with these tips. Capture and hold your audience’s attention by relating personal stories. Research and use quotations to add other people’s words to your presentation. Use the Internet to search for “quotations on […]
How Your Corporate Social Learning Network Can Create Breakthrough Business Ideas
Does life-long learning and professional development increase the number or quality of the ideas you generate? Perhaps. The manner in which learning takes place in companies is evolving. Corporate training continues to consist of on-site classroom experiences because for some aspects of skills development and practice the in-person structure rules. Additionally, a trending mode of […]
Difficult Situations
Difficult Situations Take difficult decisions bravely. Stand by your decision and be firm when challenged. If you consider alternatives and have solid support for coming to your decision, you should not waver when you deliver your message. Be honest, but sensitive, in the way that you give bad news or criticism. Investigate, investigate, investigate. Separate […]
Here We Go Again – Generational Shift
Have you noticed something about generations in the workplace, as business owners, and entrepreneurs? They’re getting younger and older all at the same time. Five generations of people are actively full-time in professional positions as entrepreneurs, owners, and decision-makers in an industry in the US and Canada. You’re one of them if you’re watching and […]
Leadership According to Jack Welch
Jack Welch: 8th Chairman and CEO of GE. Speaker & Author−“Jack: Straight from the Gut” There is only one way – the straight [direct] way. It sets the tone of the organization. Be open to the best of what everyone, everywhere, has to offer. Transfer learning across your organization. Get the right people in the […]
Fad or Forefront?
Is your idea a fad, or is it at the forefront of something bigger? A fad is a short-lived trend whereas the forefront of something bigger can be of relevance for years to come. When you invest in starting and building a business from your ideas, consider whether your ideas are single products and services, […]
Motivation – Recognition
Accentuate the positive. Express things in terms of what should be done rather than what should not. Two words: “Thank you.” Said publicly at the appropriate time, these two words are immeasurably amplified. Even the most staid and stoic adults secretly cherish the simple and silly when they let themselves do so. It’s not what […]