Moving into a leadership position comes with a collection of additional responsibilities and (often) unspoken expectations. When communicating as a leader, you must constantly be aware of the intricate details of your own behavior. It’s essential to communicate in a way that will be heard, understood, and encourage action. Not every leader is born with… [Continue Reading]
Age and Treachery, or Youth and Skill
July 16, 2018 by ·
Our culture is youth obsessed in many ways, not the least of which is the perception that twenty-something’s have an edge in entrepreneurship over older (Boomers) business people despite the latter’s broader and deeper experience. Several researchers decided to test the conventional wisdom and took a look at entrepreneurial success by age group. This summary… [Continue Reading]
How You Make It, How You Take It
July 13, 2018 by ·
We create much of our own reality by our actions, but much of what happens to us is beyond our control. In the latter instance, how we decide to respond, can not only impact our well-being, but can often by itself create a new outcome, as this short video of a driver and passenger will attest,… [Continue Reading]
Trust
July 12, 2018 by ·
In the late 1950s, 78% of Americans trusted their government. To find out what the number is today, check out Peggy Noonan’s recent WSJ article “We Must Improve Our Trust” for some insights into how we got to the current state of mistrust and what we might do about it. Ms Noonan takes the President, Congress and… [Continue Reading]
Own the Phone, or be Owned by it
July 9, 2018 by ·
Good habits are hard to acquire and bad habits are hard to break…and our dependence on smart phones doesn’t seem to helping in getting rid of the bad ones…until now. This short HBR article provides some great insights into habits good and bad, and offers some interesting technology options for dealing with both. Spend a few… [Continue Reading]
Days of Disruption (No. 2): Meet Zander Futernick
July 6, 2018 by ·
Meet 21 year old Zander Futernick who may be about to teach the airline industry how to run, well, an airline. Existing businesses are often reinvented by finding an unserved market and/or creating a different business model for an old product. This short article from Forbes relates how Mr. Futernick is exploiting the market space between… [Continue Reading]
Independence in Real Time
July 2, 2018 by ·
The introduction of the telegraph in the 1830s made news available instantaneously. Until its invention, news could only travel as fast as a horseman or ship could carry it. Were the Declaration of Independence to signed today, the announcement would be shared everywhere at once (assuming of course it hadn’t been leaked first). This graphic… [Continue Reading]
Voicemail Mayhem
June 29, 2018 by ·
We all have outgoing voicemail messages but have you ever wondered if these messages are inviting people to not call you again. Nancy Friedman’s has some advice about his matter. Known internationally as “The Telephone Doctor,” Ms. Friedman has trained thousands of salespeople and customer service reps how not to shoot themselves in the foot with a telephone. This… [Continue Reading]
Mr. Milken’s Meeting
June 28, 2018 by ·
If you like TED Talks, check out financier Michael Milken’s Annual conference website. Top notch thought leaders in a wide variety of fields, not just business, are featured in compelling video recordings of this year’s Milken Conference. There are dozens to choose from and you can search by topic and by prior year conferences. Click here for… [Continue Reading]
Leadership In Eight Easy Lessons
June 26, 2018 by ·
Tomes have been written about leadership, but maybe pictures may help provide some additional understanding and insight regarding the most important trait of every CEO: Leadership Check out these compelling graphics regarding the essentials of leadership. If a picture is worth a thousand words, these eight counterintuitive graphics will give you much to consider and a checklist for… [Continue Reading]
