If you have ever played a sport or practiced a guided extra-curricular activity, you have seen how structured coaching or advice can enhance your performance. Perhaps you use a team of professional advisors or consultants to keep your business on track, or maybe you have hired a personal trainer to get
As we watch the world shift from a traditional corporate environment to an entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial landscape, it is becoming increasingly more difficult to disconnect from our digital devices. People in the workforce today crave a work-life balance, but what does that really mean – especially if you work for
We live in a world today that is driven by data and storytelling. We use financial data to pinpoint the pulse of how a company is doing. We load up PowerPoint presentations with stats and facts that draw the audience’s eye to the screen rather than the presenter. We argue with
If you do not have a complete LinkedIn profile, you’re leaving cash on the table. Literarily. The problem is even worse if you run a B2B company because LinkedIn accounts for 80% of B2B social media leads. That’s why LinkedIn is the most-used social media platform among fortune 500 companies; boasting
To many, the art of focus may seem a crucial factor to attaining great heights of success in business and life. And I agree! But the focus is not as important as the power of choice, as author Greg McKeown reminds us, and he refers to ‘choosing to focus on
With so many shiny opportunities to look at, how does a privately held firm bring an idea to execution? Especially industry related marketing messages for clients and centers of influence? Some days are busier than others, but there are always to-do lists that span longer than the capacity of a
While reading a book called “Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less,” there is a strong emphasis on how important it is to be selective about the opportunities we spend energy on. If we say “yes” to an opportunity just because it’s an easy reward, we run the risk of having to
Smoke signals. Fax machines. Voicemails. Emails. Text Messages. The applications and options are endless. I actually just learned about a ‘walkie-talkie’ app called Voxer the other day where you can communicate on your smartphone like a walkie-talkie and have a trail of mini-voice messages that notify you if a message