Our lives so often feel cluttered,confused,and complex.One word concept shows the way to the simplicity of focus.It guides you to what should currently matter most and clarifies how to live from that place. This is a game changing idea that will transform how you live your life.Get One Word.Read One Word. Find your One Word….and […]
Plasticity
Its pretty easy for some kids to switch gears. They can go from sad to ebullient in seconds, and switch contexts without much fuss. Others have more trouble. As we get older, our natural ability to thrive in a new situation can decrease. But, like a muscle or a skill, it responds to practice. The […]
5 Secrets To Getting The Raise You Deser...
What would make your job better? More money? More vacation days? If you truly feel you deserve a raise or a bonus, why not just ask for one? Yes, asking for a raise is a scary proposition. Its intimidating to ask your boss for a raise, but if you deserve it and you add value […]
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Assume lack of context
The person youre working with might not know what you know, might not see what you see. Its tempting to begin where we are. But its more useful to begin where they are.
What will I tell my boss?
If you cant answer that six-word question, youre selling a commodity. Organizations dont buy things, people do. And people at companies arent spending their own money, so this is the only question on the table. A cogent story, based on affiliation and status, one that sees and respects the dynamics of the organization, is actually […]
This Is Why You Didnt Get Promoted
Everyone aspires to climb the career ladder. To do that, you need to get promoted at work. Seeking out promotions is the logical path for any professional like yourself. Its no easy to task to land a promotion and sometimes we dont always get what we want. If you didnt get promoted, you need […]
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Indifferent overhead
Every business and individual has overhead. The bills we have to pay and the costs we incur that aren’t directly related to our income. You pay them whether or not you’re busy. But there are two kinds of overhead, worth differentiating: Different overhead- The investments that help you and your product or service become better […]
Comfort and convenience
For the last thirty years, the easiest shortcut has been convenience. If a marketer or a politician or an institution wants to gain acceptance, make it convenient. That is ; trade almost anything to save a few moments of hassle or thought. But that doesn’t mean we’ve been spending our time and money on comfort. […]
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9 Reasons To Join A Professional Organiz...
Are you a member of any professional organizations? If youre not, you should be. Joining a professional organization is a smart career move. Find out why below. Professional organizations exist for just about every single employment niche. You can join a professional organization for CEOs,finance,insurance,PA,accounting, nursing, marketing,insurance, sales,project managers,construction,real estate,banking,education, forestry, sports, engineering, medicine, photography,arts,CSR, […]
Should You Hire Humans Or Robots?
The world is changing quickly. According to Wired.com, before the end of this century, 70 percent of todays occupations will likewise be replaced by automation. Thats an important fact for both job seekers and businesses to keep in mind. Robots are coming. Are you ready? Businesses of all shapes and sizes are starting to wonder […]
Hammer time
So, if it’s true that to a person with a hammer, every problem looks like a nail, the really useful question is, “what sort of hammer do you have?” At big TV networks, they have a TV hammer. At a surgeon’s office, they have the scalpel hammer. A drug counselor has the talk hammer, […]
The three elements of full employment
You will never be out of work if you can demonstrably offer one of the following: Sales Additive effort Initiation Sales speaks for itself. If you can sell enough to cover what you cost and then some, there will always be someone waiting to hire you. Additive effort is distinguished from bureaucracy or feel-good showing […]
16 Reasons Why People Quit Their Jobs
As a HR professional, its your job to hire the right people for the job. No matter what you do, there is always a fair bit of employee turnover. Do you ever scratch your head and wonder why people quit their jobs? People quit their jobs for a wide variety of reasons. While every situation […]
Employer Insights; The Easiest Way To Bo...
How do you measure the success of your company? One of the most important goals of any business is to be financially healthy. There are countless ways to boost your bottom line, but often the best way is to focus on your team. Its easy to make a business look good on paper, but if […]
Watch the money
“How much life insurance do you have?” Zig Ziglar liked to say that with that one question, you could tell if someone was a successful life insurance agent. If they’re not willing to buy it with their own money, how can they honestly persuade someone else to do so? If you’re in the music business […]
In search of customer intimacy
Many brands want deep and long-lasting relationships with their customers. Social media makes these interactions even more likely, because it encourages customers to speak up and to connect. The fallacy is believing that whining equals intimacy. It doesn’t. Whining and complaining is easy and natural, but it’s not a foundation for a long term relationship. […]
12 Ways To Break Down Communication Barr...
When everyone is on the same page, its so much easier for everyone to do their job. So why is effective communication such a challenge? No matter what company you work for, there is always room for improvement when it comes to communication. When you take an active role in trying to break down communication […]
15 Questions To Ask Before You Fire Some...
Firing an employee is not a pleasant part of anyones job. Unfortunately when you work in HR, the burden of telling someone that they are fired often falls on your shoulders. Its not something you look forward to, but it is part of the job and it never gets any easier. Firing someone isnt […]
The difference between hiring and recrui...
Bob wonders if there’s a difference. I’m pretty sure there is. Hiring is what you do when you let the world know that you’re accepting applications from people looking for a job. Recruiting is the act of finding the very best person for a job and persuading them to stop doing what they’re doing and […]
The world worst boss….
The world’s worst boss That would be you. Even if you’re not self-employed, your boss is you. You manage your career, your day, your responses. You manage how you sell your services and your education and the way you talk to yourself. Odds are, you’re doing it poorly. If you had a manager that […]
Dont waste the good days
If youre feeling creative, do the errands tomorrow. If youre fit and healthy, take a day to go swimming,jogging or take a walk. When inspiration strikes, write it down. The calendar belongs to everyone else. Their schedule isnt your schedule unless it helps you get where youre going.
Dont mistake movement for achievement..
Here are some wisdom from Jim Rohn; Learn how to separate the majors and the minors.A lot of people don’t do well simply because they major in minor things. Dont mistake movement for achievement.Its easy to get faked out by being busy.The question is;busy doing what Days are expensive.When you spend a day; you […]
Who is really the head of marketing ?
The head of marketing. Its easy to be confused about this job, because its not one job, its at least three. This is why its a difficult job to fill, and why turnover is so highwere not allocating resources or setting expectations in a way that matches the work to be done. Marketing strategy: […]
Getting better at bucket management
If you throw a bucket of water on a small campfire, youll succeed in putting it out. Pour a bucketful of sake into one of those little glasses and youll waste most of it and ruin the table setting. And try to use a bucket to refill a dried-out lake and not much will […]
Are you doing what you said you wanted t...
If you want to be a poet, write poetry. Every day. Show us your work. If you want to do improv, start a troupe. Dont wait to get picked. If you want to help animals, dont wait for vet school. Volunteer at an animal shelter right now. If you want to write a screenplay, write […]
The whiners room
When my friend Elly taught in a middle school, he never hung out in the teacher’s room. He told me he couldn’t bear the badmouthing of students, the whining and the blaming. Of course, not all teachers are like this. In fact, most of them aren’t. And of course, trolling isn’t reserved to the teacher’s […]
Raising the bar or Raising the average ?
Raising the bar Thats not the same as raising the average. With the advent of the high jump, the idiom raising the bar became well understood: If you cant jump over the bar that the current leader cleared, you dont win. But most of the innovations that change our culture dont actually increase the simple […]
Stevie and Marvin
When Marvin Gaye joined Motown, he went with his strengths. He wanted to work only in the studio. He hated touring and was sure he lacked the charisma and other gifts that made some musicians great onstage. This didnt really fit the labels strengths, and he struggled to find his footing. In 1962, Berry […]
How long is forever?
And how soon is never? Most organizations are fundamentally incapable of planning ten years out. When a company promises to be carbon neutral by 2030, theyre actually saying that they may never be. Thats because almost all the pressures on them are short-term pressures. And it doesnt help that few people expect to be in […]
Are you arguing for inaction..?
is surprisingly easy. Weve done all this work and things havent gotten better, so, apparently, we should stop trying and go back to what we were doing. Weve done all this work and things are getting better, so that means that theres no need to keep trying and we can go back to what we […]
Im not that smart
Someone said that to me the other day and it was heartbreaking. The number of tasks in our culture that require someone who was born with off-the-charts talent is small indeed. Just about everything else we need people to do is the result of effort, practice and care. Its true that variations of that work […]
The chief hype officer…Really?
The chief marketing officer at a big company has an impossible job. The typical duration of a CMO is 18 months because once the CEO realizes that hype for money cant solve their problems, they get restless. The problem lies in what people think marketing is. Marketing isnt paying for ads, changing the logo or […]
Logistics vs (and) innovation…
When innovation arrives, the logistics people have to scramble to keep up, because innovation always makes it hard to do things the way we used to. Over time, an innovative company thrives if it can get its logistics in order. Ship the right stuff to the right people on time and on budget. Once this […]