Always Compete, Communication, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Goal Setting, Growth, Marketing, Motivation, Never Quit, Personal Mastery, Problem-Solving, Professional Development
As a big user of LinkedIn, I am seeing certain trends that concern me. Putting stuff on it that really belongs on Facebook (political opinions, “can this WWII veteran get 1,000 likes?” and religious stuff). Self-congratulatory aggrandizing (“Honored to be the keynote...
Always Compete, Communication, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Marketing, Networking, Never Quit, Personal Mastery, Problem-Solving, Professional Development
I’ve learned that that key to selling anything is to speak directly to your potential buyer’s “pain” points and position your product, service, or solution to address it. That being the case, I’ve found that people who aren’t trained sales or marketing professionals...
Always Compete, Communication, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Growth, Marketing, Motivation, Networking, Never Quit, Personal Mastery, Problem-Solving, Professional Development
When I’m in town, I like to attend my local Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) chapter meetings. These are a great place to network and you can certainly learn from the topics that are presented. At the end of each session, there is a little card on the...
Always Compete, Communication, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Management Development, Personal Mastery, Problem-Solving, Professional Development
I recently spoke to a group of learning and development professionals on the topic of performance management. I always start the talk off with my Top 10 list of the Biggest Mistakes Made by Companies in Performance Management Programs. I start with #10 (a la David...
Always Compete, Communication, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Goal Setting, Growth, MACK Hacks, Management Development, Motivation, Never Quit, Personal Mastery, Problem-Solving, Professional Development
One of the most common calls we get at our company sounds something like this: We are looking for some training on how to deal with change. Right now our company is undergoing some massive changes and we can’t seem to get the employees onboard with them. Do you...
Always Compete, Communication, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Management Development, Marketing, Personal Mastery, Problem-Solving, Professional Development
Your syntax was convoluted. It was November, 1980 and our new high school Bible III teacher, Dr. Bahnsen had just finished delivering a scathing analysis of the first essays we had written in his class, ending with the above critique. What promised to be a fun Junior...
