By Meg Soper – Speaker on Resilience & Teamwork In my April Blog (When You Can’t Go Out, Go Within) I explored the importance of being mindful of where we direct our mental energy, during these very challenging times. Given that we have somewhere around 50 thousand thoughts…
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9 Basics of Sales Everyone Must Know
By Marc Wayshak – All-American Athlete, Sales Author and Speaker Ever find yourself in a selling situation where you thought things were going well…but then suddenly the prospect disappeared, or the sale just didn’t go the way you expected? Most of the time, sales situations that unexpectedly…
What 2021 Requires from Leaders
By Denise Lee Yohn – Leading Authority and Speaker on Building Exceptional Brands Leadership is critical in 2021 if we want our organizations to withstand the challenges of the pandemic that will continue well into the new year. We can’t afford to hope things will…
How to Deal With an Obnoxious Know-It-All
By Dianna Booher – Communication and Productivity Speaker How to manage an obnoxious employee or vendor? Glad you asked—and I know you’re “asking for a friend” because no one wants to admit they’ve hired such a jerk. You may ask, Aren’t all Know-It-Alls obnoxious? Although…
The #1 Most Important Leadership Quality
By Tom Flick – All-Pro Authority on Leadership, Leading Change and Increasing Performance Last week I posted an article entitled The Humble Leader: Giving and Receiving Feedback, and this week I would like to expand on this critical leadership quality. It is a quality often overlooked by many. Yet,…
21 Tips To Plan Your Virtual 2021 Sales Kickoff Meeting
By David Meerman Scott – Business Growth Strategist, Entrepreneur & Speaker The sales kickoff meeting is a fixture of many companies’ sales calendars. Typically occurring at the turn of a new year, it’s when the organization comes together to motivate the sales team to win and win big!…
A Fly on the Wall in a Fearless Organization
By Amy C. Edmondson – Speaker and Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management The trickiest part of organizational change is translating the big idea into the little interactions that happen hundreds or even thousands of times a day. What are team members actually saying to one another in situations…
Release the Keynote! 3 Ways to Disrupt the Virtual Event
Over the last year, we’ve worked with organizations around the world on virtual events and have learned a few things in the process about how to make the most out of your events. Virtual Events have released the keynote from the stage, presenting…
5 Lessons Leaders Say They Are Taking Away From 2020
By Adrian Gostick – Speaker on Leadership, Anxiety in the Workplace and Employee Engagement I received a holiday card this year that summed up 2020 perfectly. It read: “Well, that was weird.” For businesses, 2020 has indeed been like nothing we’d experienced before. We saw pandemic-related closures, a…
A Lesson From 2020: Get Simple Before You Get Strategic
By Lisa Bodell – Global Leader on Culture Change Focused on Simplification and Innovation If your strategic plan for 2020 was scrapped in Q1, you’re in good company. Beyond the new best practice of adding contingency plans for a global pandemic, this year offers a rare opportunity to…