John Canfield Why change meetings? I think changing meetings, so that they can be more collaborative, could be the most important thing an organization could do to improve its performance. If you have decided to move ahead, and develop your organization so it could be more collaborative, improve your meeting […]
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Jeremy Kingsley, President, OneLife Leadership For many of us-especially those who had lost count of the polar vortexes by mid-January-winter can’t end soon enough. But the transition is rarely an orderly one. It often starts with a deceptively sunny day in February. Everybody breaks out their light jackets and starts talking about taking walks at lunch,
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Kathleen Burns Kingsbury As CEO, you set the tone for the entire organization. With the increase in women’s economic power, it is vital that you don’t make the mistake of assuming all women consumers are the same or that all “female friendly” marketing involves is changing the color scheme on your product and website. Women
DJ Muller, President, WebLink International I started my first company when I was 14 years old selling student-scheduling software that ran on the Apple IIe to school systems around the U.S. Within a year, I had sold about 30 copies at $69 a pop – which is good money when you are 14 and your biggest
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Suzanne Evans So you decided to seize your dream and start your own business. Unfortunately, your fledgling company is losing altitude fast. Despite putting in the work, you’re not seeing the profits. No matter how much you scour profit-and-loss statements, analyze your data, tweak your advertising, encourage your employees, or suck up to potential clients,
Dr. Judith Orloff, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, UCLA Are you addicted to power? Many leaders are, and it gets in the way of their personal and professional progress. Here’s a mini-profile of a power-addicted leader. He feels he can control everything–and if he can’t, he’s going to try anyway. He believes he can “make things
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Jeremy Kingsley, President, OneLife Leadership The Underground Railroad is a remarkable chapter in American history. It assisted thousands of enslaved people-maybe as many as 100,000-in escaping to freedom under conditions of grave danger. And it did it with no formal leadership, structure, or staff. As we commemorate Black History Month, it’s an especially apt time to
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Ritch K. Eich, author, Leadership Requires Extra Innings Whether you are assembling a group of leaders to occupy key posts in your C-suite or fielding a winning Olympic hockey team, many of the essential building blocks are the same. In an increasingly turbo-charged, competitive, and global business environment, there is plenty of talent to be
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Chip R. Bell, author, The 9½ Principles of Innovative Service Organizations struggle to unravel the real reasons their valued customers leave. Most gather explanations as a customer closes an account. What they learn is almost always a tiny glimpse at a misleading symptom and almost never the accurate diagnosis of the true issue. For example, customers
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Dan Antonelli, CEO & Creative Director, Graphic D-Signs, Inc., The Small Business Advertising Agency You’ve heard of the elevator test: being able to clearly convey your resume, credentials, aspirations, and your overall value as a working professional all in the span of a quick elevator ride. Pretty tough. I’ve got a new test for you, the
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