7 Things Leaders MUST Have
I admit it: I’m addicted to leadership. One of my favorite, unofficial leadership “mentors” is Jack Welch. Here’s my take on the 7 things Welch says are most important for today’s leaders.
Got Habits? Strategies to Kick-Start 2013 Now
Habits: we all have them. Whether it’s hitting the snooze alarm for just-one-more-minute or grabbing that double espresso before work, it’s the habits we have that make up our daily routine. This year, give your habits a quick jump-start with these 3 tips: Turn your habit around: Recently I was chatting with a colleague who […]
Top 10 Tips for Creating a Bio that Sells
Take inventory: Be sure to assess who you are and what your area of expertise is before you begin writing your bio. Literally take a look at yourself, i.e., “I am Ann Johnson, a business development consultant in the commercial real estate industry.” Be brief: Preparing a short bio means it should be, well….short. Don’t […]
4 Questions You Can Ask Now
Who doesn’t want to create interest and excitement about their business? Grappling with how to get–and keep–a clients’ attention? Here are 4 questions you can ask yourself now to help you grow with your clients. What’s in front of me? As Dorothy said in “The Wizard of Oz”, there’s no place like home. Revisit your […]
Has Leadership Really Changed?
Close your eyes and take yourself back to your first management job. It´s one of those long, hot summer days and you´re pondering how to get your team to step up, so you may as well give it some thought. When I first began in business I worked as a new manager for a hotel […]
What Does Your Message Say? Key Questions You Can Ask
It´s a fact. Communication and transparency count in today´s workplace, more than ever before. While it´s true that you don´t have to tell everyone everything, clients and employees who feel that management communicates well with them are more likely to want to work with- and for- you. When I work with companies on how to […]
247 Billion Emails? 3 Ways to Control Distractions Now
Have you been on a conference call lately? If you have, you´ve probably noticed that it can be challenging to keep everyone´s attention on the topic at hand. If you´re like me you´re busy multi-tasking: listening to the call, sorting out a to-do list, even throwing in a few texts. In fact, experts say the […]
Want to Turbocharge Your Team? 3 Mistakes NOT to Make!
Just watch one episode of the television show “Undercover Boss´ and you´ll see what successful (and unsuccessful) team motivation looks like. Executives on the program go undercover in their own companies to learn more about their employees, the challenges they face and what motivates them. As we all do, the bosses on the show encounter […]
3 Tips to Power Up Your Pitch
You´re on the way to pitch your services to a promising prospective client. As you step out of the car, you feel a trickle of sweat making its way down your spine. In fact, you´re just a little bit dizzy. Nervously adjusting your new suit, you grasp the problem: You hate making presentations. For many […]
Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
From Peru to Portugal, and Russia to The Republic of Georgia, 2011 brought me a wealth of opportunities to not only travel to new lands, but to broaden my own business perspective. Not surprisingly-I find that professionals around the globe are much the same as they are here in the U.S. Even if faraway travel […]