By Phil M. Jones – Bestselling Author and Speaker on Persuasion, Influence, and Sales We all know that words are powerful. In fact, they’re powerful enough to dramatically affect the outcome of any sales scenario. The difference between a prospect choosing you, choosing someone like…
September always feels like the start of a new year, with a shift to cooler weather and kids returning to school. This year that feeling feels like it has been multiplied with not only kids returning to their old stomping grounds, but adults too… and often in…
By Colette Carlson – Human Behaviour Expert & Communications Speaker There has been a huge shift in the way people are looking at work. I call it “Going from YO-YO to YOLO.” Most people in corporate America lived a resume life. It was the YO-YO. We entered a company…
Over the last two weeks, we have been doing a deep dive into how organizations can become more diverse and inclusive and why this is so important for not only their cultures but for their bottom lines. A 2018 report by McKinsey Consulting found that companies…
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion are hot topics right now. But do you know why? Here is a short infographic that illustrates 7 benefits to actively building and maintaining an organization that holds Diversity, Equity & Inclusion as core values. Over the last week, we have been looking at the importance…
For as long as people have been working together, trust has played a role in who we dealt with, sold to, purchased from, or shook hands with. However, as virtual interactions became the norm over the last year, trust between colleagues, businesses, and individuals took on a different…
TEAM SYNERGY STUDY: Robyn Benincasa helps an international food services organization encourage their teams to pull together and get back to their ONE TEAM, ONE DREAM motto after the COVID Pandemic lockdown and remote working conditions. The Challenge (The Ask/The Task) The client requested a Speaker who…
The Economist has described the global economic recovery as “fast, furious – and fragile.” (Economist, July 10-16th, 2021). The author notes that while the economy is booming in the United States, the boom could be more precarious than it appears. With this in mind, we asked our Geopolitical…
By Adrian Gostick – Acclaimed Author and Speaker on Leadership, Anxiety in the Workplace and Employee Engagement In most teams I visit, inevitably there are a handful of stressed-out workhorses putting in seventy-hour weeks while other employees appear relatively happy-go-lucky, enjoying much lighter workloads. Let’s…
By Kaihan Krippendorff – Futurist, Strategy and Innovation Expert & Founder of Outthinker Innovation often looks like an uncontrollable force that only strikes upon lucky entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. However, research has proven that creative ideas are all around us, in all types of organizations. In fact, of …
