Four Public Speaking Myths That Keep Ruining Your Presentations While some people may have more natural speaking ability than others, nobody can become a great speaker with talent or personality alone. It takes practice and effort over time. Lots of people think that if only they had more time to prepare a script–or at least memorize some key bits of phrasing–they’ll be much better speakers. Wrong…read more at fastcompany.com The Best Days and Times to Send …
Learning never stops for leaders Leaders who want to be successful cannot remain complacent — they must continue to grow through learning. Learning should be a lifelong pursuit for anyone, but it’s especially crucial for leaders. The acquisition of knowledge is the best endorsement for showing others that it’s OK not to know everything….read more at exclusive.multibriefs.com 5 Ways Your Goal-Setting Is Holding You Back There’s nothing more disappointing than having goals that never see …
6 Ways to Take Your Business from Profit to Purpose In the fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment that is New York, we see businesses measuring success through profit, head count and reputation. While those elements are essential to driving your business forward, thinking about what lies behind those factors is key to ensuring your company makes an impact. read more at entrepreneur.com Why The Solopreneur Economy Is The New ‘Buy Local’ Solopreneur ventures are on the rise, and I’m …
5 Workplace Practices That Are on Their Way Out Some things, like hair scrunchies and jazzercise, simply run their course and go by the wayside. The same should be true for things in the workplace, but sometimes it can take a little longer for people to realize those practices and trends have reached their end. As we head towards the future of work, more outdated practices will start to be replaced by newer, more innovative …
5 Ways to Lead Your Employees Through Major Organizational Changes Change is inevitable, and the strongest companies across verticals recognize that ongoing change is a necessary ingredient to remaining competitive. Consumer behaviors today are changing at an unprecedented pace thanks to rapid technological advancements; most brands have robust dedicated social media teams, whereas ten years ago social media was the last item on a marketing team’s checklist. Businesses today have to be nimble and willing …
37 Workplaces That Stand Out From the Rest What separates great workplace cultures from the rest? We’ve found that regardless of company size, location, culture or industry, the very best organizations all share one undeniable trait: They have an intense and intentional focus on engaging their employees. That focus means more than administering a survey once or twice a year… read more at gallup.com Creating a Great (and Legal) Internship Program Businesses hire interns to share …
A Face-to-Face Request Is 34 Times More Successful than an Email A new study finds that people tend to overestimate the power of their persuasiveness via text-based communication, and underestimate the power of their persuasiveness via face-to-face communication. In one experiment, 45 participants were instructed to ask 10 strangers to complete a survey. Half the participants made the request over email, and half made it face-to-face…read more at hbr.org How The Most Successful People Start …
5 Public Speaking Lessons From a Presentation Gone Wrong I’m the founder of a successful digital and creative agency with 15 employees. And even though I speak in front of large audiences on a regular basis, I’ve had my fair share of embarrassing moments. One of these stands out in particular. I was invited to present Sarah Bird, CEO of Moz, at the Seattle Interactive Conference. Since I wasn’t the main speaker, I never would’ve imagined …
Seth’s Blog: Nickels and dimes are worth less than that No one will say anything, no one will put up a fuss, until one day, they’re gone. Those extra few dollars you made with some fancy footwork have now cost you tens of thousands of dollars in lost value. The opposite is clearly true: invest a nickel or a dime every chance you get, and the trust you earn pays for itself a hundred times …
How to Get Your Team to Follow Through After a Meeting After a meeting ends it can be challenging to keep your team motivated and focused on getting agreed upon tasks done. Of course, you need to end the meeting with clear agreements on specific actions and completion dates for each item but that’s not enough. Ask people to communicate if one of their action items becomes at risk of non-delivery. read more at hbr.org …
5 Healthy Habits All Entrepreneurs And CEOs Should Have All of these CEOs manage to oversee multinational companies while balancing the demands of their personal lives. To stay healthy in the business world, you have to become CEO of your body and mind and run your health like a business. Make Time to Exercise More CEOs are deciding to add corporate gyms to their facilities to encourage employees to work out more. read more at forbes.com …
Press Snooze? You Lose. Over the course of a lifetime, the average American spends 3-1/2 months dozing after pressing snooze, according to a recent study conducted on behalf of Withings, a consumer electronics company that sells wearable devices tracking sleep quality. Unfortunately, research suggests that every time you capitulate to its siren call, you’re actually making the wake-up process more painful. more at entrepreneur.com 10 Ways to Treat Yourself (and others) Better | …
How to Get More Grit in Your Life – Freakonomics The psychologist Angela Duckworth argues that a person’s level of stick-to-itiveness is directly related to their level of success. No big surprise there. But grit, she says, isn’t something you’re born with — it can be learned. Here’s how. read more at freakonomics.com Avoiding the Collapse of Independent Wealth Advisory Businesses We have spent years working with hundreds of advisory businesses and talking to thousands …
10 Must-Have Tools for Small Businesses In a world where entrepreneurship is so large and only getting larger, you need to stay on top of all the latest tools available for your small business’s success. Ever since the first Internet boom back in the 90’s companies such as Salesforce have made billions tailoring business solutions to increase productivity. In order to keep your efficiency up and allow yourself to focus on the tasks most important …
This Road Warrior Shares Business-Travel Productivity Tools Technology has given us the ability to grow any business to a global level quickly, with remote workers around the world and multi-site operations at our fingertips. Still, despite our digital connectivity, global and multi-site operations still require travel — in some cases, a lot of it. read more at entrepreneur.com How To Train Your Brain To Go Positive Instead Of Negative It saves the happy chemicals (dopamine, …
How to End Every Day Feeling Accomplished – Michael Hyatt If there’s one thing that has the power to encourage and motivate us unlike anything else, it’s the feeling of accomplishment and the momentum it brings. It’s a feeling we all want, but one that often eludes us. The busyness of the day takes over, and instead of celebrating the day, proud of what you’ve accomplished, you look back and wonder what exactly you were …
Why The Most Productive People Do These Six Things Every Day | Fast Company | Business + Innovation Of all our available resources, everyone has the same number of hours in a day. Here are six things super-productive people do every day to maximize their results and success: 1. They Start With A Morning Routine Consistency and routine are helpful for starting the day in a proactive mode. read more at fastcompany.com MultiBrief: 3 …
20 Quotes From Football Legends to Help Take Your Game to the Next Level I thought it was extremely fitting to compile some of my favorite football quotes and share them with you to help take your game to the next level. Whether it be a legendary coach or player, these individuals have exemplified the true characteristics of what it takes to be a winner. read more at entrepreneur.com 13 Motivational Quotes About Winning …
Skills Learned in School Differ From Those Demanded at Work | Gallup The global war for talent is heating up as human capital is becoming a competitive advantage for companies fighting to stay profitable. Companies are looking for intellectual talent that can meet the challenges of this quickly evolving business landscape. Unfortunately, employers believe that college graduates aren’t developing the skills needed for the 21st-century workplace. read more at gallup.com 5 Things Successful People …
22 Qualities That Make a Great Leader “It’s been said that leadership is making important but unpopular decisions. That’s certainly a partial truth, but I think it underscores the importance of focus. To be a good leader, you cannot major in minor things, and you must be less distracted than your competition. To get the few critical things done, you must develop incredible selective ignorance. Otherwise, the trivial will drown you.” read more at entrepreneur.com …