Larry Kendall, Author, Ninja Selling “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.” President John F. Kennedy, Man on the Moon Speech Joint Session of Congress May 25, 1961 President Kennedy’s “We choose […]
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According to a recent survey from the Institute of Health and Human Potential’s Women under Pressure initiative, only 32% of women feel their organization has the same amount of confidence in them as they do in their male counterparts. This confirms the “confidence gap” exists – and women often feel less capable, prepared and willing
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If you’re a leader, a healthy dose of fear can be a good thing. In fact, if fear doesn’t push you to take a risk, to up your game, to push to top performance, you may hit rock bottom in your career. That’s especially true if you’re plan to speak before large groups of employees,
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Adam Robinson, Founder & CEO, Hireology What if you thought about hiring the same way you think about car insurance? Think about how the car insurance process works: The agent doesn’t need to meet you in person to know that if you have a sports car in the garage, four accidents on your driving record, and
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Josh Denning, Founder, Authority Factory As a savvy business owner, you are, most likely, familiar with the 80/20 rule (or Pareto’s Law): in many cases, 80 percent of the outcomes can be attributed to 20 percent of the causes for a given event. Popularized by Tim Ferriss is his bestselling book, The 4-Hour Workweek, the
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If you want to know about the major issues facing small business a new survey by the National Small Business Association makes it clear. The top two are ones that I know well; the cost of healthcare and the amount of time I spend just trying to figure out regulations. When I testified in Washington,
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Chip R. Bell, Author, Kaleidoscope: Delivering Innovative Service That Sparkles The super cool feature of a kaleidoscope is not the charming images that take our breath away. Or, the fact that, unlike a magnifying glass or set of binoculars, you get to actively engage with the kaleidoscope to create swoons and grins. It is the fact
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Jennifer Davis, Chief Marketing Officer, Leyard You are looking to grow your business and your executive team. You want to add another voice at the table to represent strategic marketing. Communications and brand are becoming more important and you want the organization to be more thoughtful and integrated in your approach. You want to add some
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Ted Frank, Principal Story Strategist, Backstories Studio With attention spans continuing to shrink, one way we can make our 2017 presentations much more engaging is by taking cues from the place that can still captivate us for hours at a time: movies. Movie-style storytelling is actually a perfect fit for corporate communication because it’s built on
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Mark Demos and Krisandra Parsons, Founders, Corp-DNA There is an ancient piece of wisdom that simply asks, “Can two walk together unless they be agreed?” Agreement is more than a decision to associate or combine forces. Agreement has numerous facets that relate to personality, values and motivators. Recently I overheard two HR managers discussing new hires. One said
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