Working Your To-do List When Surprises Arise
Each day when you compose your to-do list, and begin merrily proceeding down the list, do you take into account what is likely to occur in the course of a day? No matter how well we compose our to-do lists, and how productive we are in handling the products and [...]
Giving and Taking – 5 Keys to Better Relationships
Dr. Alan Zimmerman believes you can achieve astonishing results if you know how to communicate with yourself and others. By focusing on such topics as self-esteem, motivation, teamwork, conflict resolution, and change mastery, he teaches people how to bring out the best. In a Wichita State University survey, employees rated [...]
Do the Messages You Send into the Marketplace Match What You Want to be Known For as an Organization?
Dan Coughlin is president of The Coughlin Company, Inc., a management consulting firm focused on improving executive effectiveness and significance. He serves as a thinking partner for executives and business owners toward improving their most important desired business outcomes. Visit his free Business Leadership Idea Center at www.thecoughlincompany.com. Every company [...]
Put a Price Tag on Your Benefits: Association Membership
Joe Rominiecki is a contributing editor at Associations Now, a lifelong Phillies fan, and a proud alum of Ohio University. Don’t leave the value of your association’s member benefits open to question. Here’s why you should put dollar values on your benefits, plus a few examples of associations that are [...]
Gray areas: When ethics problems are not exactly black or white
Frank Bucaro is an ethics expert who is a leading advocate – speaking, training and writing – on the benefits of ethics and values-based leadership. His distinctive programs are a natural fit with organizations interested in reinforcing their commitment to ethics and values and reducing vulnerability to costly ethics and [...]
When Employee Recognition Goes Wrong
Former Merrill Lynch stockbroker turned author and Keynote Speaker, Mark Jeffries, has become a trusted adviser and communications consultant to some of the world’s largest and most successful organizations. He speaks at and moderates conferences, summits, sales meetings, user forums and conventions all over the world for clients including IBM, [...]
Let’s Define the Deal: Preparing People for Your Pitch
Christine Clifford is an award-winning professional speaker and CEO of Christine Clifford Enterprises. She is the author of eight books including You, Inc.,The Art of Selling Yourself. As a speaker, Christine has presented in 49 states and eleven foreign countries, to over 1,000,000 people. Clients include 3M, Great Clips, Inc., [...]
Stressed? Stories and Remedies From One Who’s Living It
Marilyn Tam, Ph.D. is a Speaker, Author, Consultant, Board Certified Executive/Corporate Coach, CEO of Marilyn Tam & Co. and Founder and Executive Director of Us Foundation. She was formerly the CEO of Aveda Corp., President of Reebok Apparel and Retail Group; Vice President of Nike Inc. and also a successful [...]
Don’t Just Leave a Message. Leave an Impression.
Nancy Friedman, president of Telephone Doctor Customer Service Training, is a featured Customer Service speaker at franchise, association, and corporate meetings around the world. A popular TV guest, she appeared on Oprah, The Today Show, CNN, FOX News, Good Morning America and CBS This Morning, as well as hundreds of [...]
How to Train Yourself to be a Great Leader
Mark Sanborn is the president of Sanborn & Associates, Inc., an idea lab for leadership development. In addition to his experience leading at a local and national level, he has written or co-authored 8 books and is the author of more than two dozen videos and audio training programs on [...]
Can Friendships Survive the Trump Era?
Dr. Bruce Weinstein, The Ethics Guy®, works with organizations that want to do the right thing every time and know the key to their success is the high character of their employees. Bruce gives high-content, interactive keynote presentations on ethics at conferences around the world. He also writes for Fortune [...]
Your Not To Do List for the New Year
Jeff Davidson, "The Work-Life Balance Expert®," is the world's leading personal brand in terms of speaking, writing, or reflecting upon work-life balance issues. He is the author of "Simpler Living," "Breathing Space," "The 60 Second Self-Starter," "The 60 Second Organizer," "The 10 Minute Guide to Managing Your Time," and "The [...]