Whether you’re in sales, marketing, customer support, or a business leader, you have the power to influence others and how they feel and contribute to the organization. This subject was at the heart of my recent conversation with Jon Dwoskin…
Anywhere the term “productivity” shows up, the consensus is that there should always be more of it and that we should do whatever it takes to achieve it. Our relationship with increasing productivity started in the early 1900s, when self-styled…
Whether it’s early mornings at the office playing catch up or spending extra time after work finishing tasks that were sidelined throughout the day, we’ve all had the occasional long day. For some, however, it’s a constant rinse-and-repeat routine. These…
Why Return on Relationships is a vital business metric. In business, it is easy to get caught up in measuring and improving your ROI or return on investment. A narrow focus on this metric can lead to all your days…
Coaching Insights Having spent most of my career in and around technology, I get my inspiration from the pioneering greats of the new Wild West … people like Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google, who unhesitatingly credits his longtime coach,…
Lists are funny things. People often either love them or hate them – or perhaps feel both sentiments at the same time. Growing up, I remember my Mother always had a list to check off. There were even lists about…
“What do you do?” is a standard, accepted opening conversational gambit when meeting new people at parties. This high-level, career conversation is quite typical and we are all used to answering this question in most networking settings. “Why do you…
In the early 1900s, self-styled motion study and efficiency experts looked for ways to streamline industrial workers’ movements to enable assembly lines to move as quickly – and profitably – as possible. The idea was to keep workers moving nonstop…
“Practice makes perfect.” You’ve heard it a million times. And like most other sayings that have been around for so long, this one’s lost its impact. But that doesn’t make it any less true. As individuals, some of us may…
Productivity has pretty much been a buzzword in the technology sector for decades. It appears in companies’ operational plans, employee motivational materials, monthly economic reports and individual goal-setting documents. Anywhere it shows up, the consensus seems to be that there…