Procrastination – An Unwelcome Friend
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.
Success Aligned Her Passion & Expertise
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 […]
Does Love Have a Role at Work?
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.
The Hard Call
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 […]
A Star Trek Moment
“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 to be heard
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.
The Interesting and Aligned Path of a World Class Strategist and Fundraiser
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, […]
Your Company’s DNA
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 […]
An Unconventional Success Story
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 […]
Clarity the Key to Delegation
I have had numerous clients voice frustration with tasks, once delegated, not being completed on time, with the quality in which they expected, or the person to whom they have delegated takes the assignment, with an ‘attitude,’ so to speak. Each of these situations has led to irritation, lack of the deliverable being ready ‘on time,’ […]