Frank BocchinoJune 1, 2015 Some people (and businesses) often strive for the mundane and average because it’s safer and easier. Before you ask for exemplary efforts from your employees, your team, your managers, your partner, first ask yourself: “Do I really want that?”Everybody wants the best right? Wrong. We all have the ability to be … Continue reading Excellence? I Bet You Don’t Want It.
Leslie BrokawJune 1, 2015 Companies can benefit from the trend toward “collaborative consumption” through creative new approaches to defining and distributing their offerings. Not everyone wants to own all the products they use. Instead, “increasing numbers of consumers are paying to temporarily access or share products and services rather than buy or own them.” That’s … Continue reading The Untapped Potential Of Unused Capacities
Susan GilbertJune 1, 2015 Run Your Business More Efficiently With These Project Management Tools Monday Memos is a short list of the best finds across the internet to start your week off right. Today I have some project management resources to help you improve your schedule and efficiency. Here’s four links with tips and tricks … Continue reading Get Organized With These 4 Project Management Tools
Erika HashemiMay 31, 2015 What does the classic business pitch look like to you? I bet you’re envisioning a scenario similar to the following: a presenter in the front of the room, reading off an un-engaging slide deck, while the rest of the room looks on … uninformed and bored. What if you could make … Continue reading Take Your Next Meeting From Snooze To Stellar With These 3 Tips
Julia MellonMay 29, 2015 In the wake of the crisis, finance has been no stranger to disruptive forces. From an increased regulatory environment to the rapid pace of technological change, the financial world has weathered a perfect storm of disruption in short order. Nimble businesses dodging their own “Kodak moments” watch disruptors as signals for … Continue reading Mind the Disruptors
Alicia DoddMay 28, 2015 A few weeks back, I was sitting with a client who was ready to reach out via LinkedIn to an individual that he’d recently met, but wasn’t sure what to say when reaching out. I quickly brainstormed with him an appropriate message and voila, within seconds his request to Connect was … Continue reading KISS – Keep it Short + Simple
James ClearMay 24, 2015 In 2009, Fred Stutzman was a graduate student at the University of North Carolina and he was trying to grind out some important work on his thesis. But there was a problem. His favorite coffee shop, which had previously been a quiet sanctuary where he could escape distraction and get work … Continue reading How To Eliminate Procrastination (The Surprising Strategy One Man Used)
Maria DuronMay 23, 2015 Feel always behind and that you’ll never get ahead? Do you wonder if all these delayed tasks, missed meetings and unkempt desk are negatively affecting your personal brand? Yes, they are. Being unproductive or giving the impression on being ineffective taints you in a negative light that will have lasting effects. … Continue reading Want To Get Ahead? Go On Vacation!
Mark HammarMay 23, 2015 If you have implemented your quality management system (QMS) per the requirements of ISO 9001, and are getting ready to certify your QMS, you may wonder if there is really a difference between the many certification bodies that are out there. It may surprise you that there is. To find out … Continue reading How Should You Pick an ISO 9001 Certification Body?
Dave EvansMay 19, 2015 What do wearing two pairs of basketball shorts, bringing shower sandals to a tennis court, and eating chicken before a game have in common? Aside from being odd, these quirks are related to the massive success of the athletes who performed them. Well, some may call it quirks – but experts … Continue reading Routine Success: Developing Productivity Through Ritual
