How can we stand out? How can we entice new companies, organizations, clients, and potential customers to take notice of what we have to offer? This question is top of mind for many who are interviewing for new positions internally within their current company, as well as those looking for opportunity outside their company. There…

Procrastination is not a trait I’m known for, yet when I made the decision to write my first book, it became an unwelcome friend. In this podcast, I offer a few tips that helped me push through this problem.

  In today’s “Smooth Landing,” I want to reference an article I ran across in Entrepreneur Magazine about eFlirt Expert and it’s founder Laurie Davis, a former Fortune 500 marketing consultant. I found the article charming, powerful, and uniquely appropriate for Valentine’s Day week! It is a story about how a marketing expert turns her skills…

Wait! This isn’t about the mushy kind of love. No it’s about the types of love in a workplace that require “tough love,” or that requires compassion for an employee or taking a stand on behalf of the team.

Record cold temperatures raged havoc on Dallas this past week, capped off with another 7 inches of snow and ice. Many important meetings, not to mention the Super Bowl, were impacted. Several of my clients were faced with having to cancel meetings; placing participants in limbo who were coming in from literally all over the…

“Going where no man (or woman) has gone before” has become a modern day cliche representing adventure, bravery, and futuristic thinking. OK, I’ll admit, I have always loved Star Trek – both the William Shatner version and the modern version. I am not an obsessed ‘trekkie,’ yet I love the chemistry of the leadership team on…

How do you get the decision makers to listen to you? There’s no magic pill to make this happen. Kristin talks about the “so what” factor and testing it against the message you’re wanting to impart.

I have heard Bill speak on a number of occasions, and have gotten to know him well. I’ve tried in a small way to touch on his keys to success based on what I’ve heard in presentations and read. How Bill arrived in this notable and highly visible position is a study of twists, turns,…

I loved this particular The Corner Office article in the New York Times from earlier this month. It was with Jeremy Allaire, chairman and chief executive of Brightcove, an online video platform for websites, and conducted and condensed by Adam Bryant. It focused on Jeremy’s background, what formed his leadership style, and how he continues to…

Timothy Ferriss’s life has followed a quite unconventional path. In 2001, at the mere age of 23, Timothy Ferriss founded BrainQUICKEN, a San Jose based online company that sold sports nutrition supplements. He sold the company in January 2009 to an unnamed London-based private equity firm. He is now a full-time angel investor and has…