Wendy Marx — January 29, 2017 Follow @wendymarx— January 29, 2017 In small business PR, it’s easy to suffer from product or service egomania. OK… so I made up that diagnosis. But the point is to succeed as a small B2B business, you need to believe in the greatness of your product or service. It … Continue reading How to Empower Your Small Business PR with Thought Leadership
Category Archives: Leadership Lessons
The 1 Simple Behavior All Great Leaders Leverage
John Nemo — January 6, 2017 Follow @JohnNemoPR— January 6, 2017 Leadership Expert and CEO Nigel Green shares the singular, defining approach that separates good leaders from great ones. Whether you’re an a solo business owner or the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, leadership is something you can’t live without. If you want to … Continue reading The 1 Simple Behavior All Great Leaders Leverage
3 Signs Your Company Needs a Leadership Development Consultant
Rick Lepsinger — December 27, 2016 Follow @onpoint_llc— December 27, 2016 Your company can have a well-loved, successful product or service and a solid strategy in place, but without the right leadership at the helm, you are gambling with your organization’s future. Identifying, developing and retaining talent are some of the most critical issues facing … Continue reading 3 Signs Your Company Needs a Leadership Development Consultant
CEOs and the Importance of Taking Vacation Time
David Kiger — December 24, 2016 Follow @davidkiger— December 24, 2016 The week between Christmas and New Year’s Day is typically when many of us take vacation time. It’s good to get away from work to spend time with family and friends and wrap up the year, just as summertime can be an ideal time … Continue reading CEOs and the Importance of Taking Vacation Time
The Top 10 Most Desired Leadership Behaviors
Daniel Stewart — December 22, 2016 Follow @stewartleader— December 22, 2016 Several years ago, a group of students won the opportunity to submit an experiment for a shuttle flight into space. The students wanted to see how well a spider could adapt to weightlessness in a near zero gravity environment. When in space, the spider … Continue reading The Top 10 Most Desired Leadership Behaviors
Want to Be a Better Leader? Ignore Popular Advice
Christine Watts — December 20, 2016 Follow @IOUFinancial— December 20, 2016 Any person in a position of power likely strives to be a better leader. After all, most of us have encountered unfair treatment as we climbed the ladder to success, and now that we secured a leadership role, being the best possible boss is … Continue reading Want to Be a Better Leader? Ignore Popular Advice
Effective Sales Leadership Of Your Trade Show Plan
by Gretchen Gordon Follow @BraveheartSalesOctober 26, 2016 Trade shows offer a unique opportunity for face-to-face communication with potential buyers; however, your sales team must have a focused plan to produce a superior return on the investment. Even though there is so much publicity about the wave of selling in the future being so dependent on … Continue reading Effective Sales Leadership Of Your Trade Show Plan
Systemic Leadership Failure
by Dave Brock Follow @davidabrockSeptember 26, 2016 The Wells Fargo saga is a tragic example of systemic leadership failure. Excuses offered by top leadership continue to provide rich examples of their failures in serving their customers, their people, their communities, and shareholders. Unfortunately, as bad as they are, the current data probably only shows part … Continue reading Systemic Leadership Failure
7 Standards of an Exceptional Leader
by Daniel Stewart Follow @stewartleaderSeptember 20, 2016 As I work with leaders, especially those being primed for higher roles, I find they often communicate and work from three perspectives: the Peer Leader, the Hesitant Leader, and the Confident Leader. Each perspective or mindset sounds very different, but poorly trained leaders can deceptively believe they all … Continue reading 7 Standards of an Exceptional Leader
8 Team Building Tips for Leaders That Actually Work
by Rick Lepsinger Follow @onpoint_llcSeptember 7, 2016 Great teams are the building blocks of any organization. A great team has shared goals, clear roles, transparent processes for solving problems and making decisions, and the ability to deal with conflicts constructively. A good team may have some of these elements; a great team will have them … Continue reading 8 Team Building Tips for Leaders That Actually Work