Communication

Irrelevant communication can drain your company. With the proper communication a good leader can get the best results from their marketing, employees, and relationships. The Communications category helps shed light on improving the working relationships of executives.

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Very PINTERESTing: How the Web’s Newest Social Media Sensation Can Help YOUR Biz …

Over the past weeks, there’s been an almost deafening buzz from the tech blogosphere about the latest social networking site to take the Web by Read More

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Mobile … Moolah!!! Report Says Mobile Apps Saved Small Business $17.6B

Small business leaders are always looking for a way to cut costs and maximize revenue. And it’s no secret that technological innovations are the preferred Read More

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Got Video? Start the Shooting, or Lose the War …

If you’re in business today, you have to be engaged in social media.

After all, more than 62 percent of all consumers aged 25 to Read More

Google+ For Business: A Talk With Chris Brogan

Google+ For Business: A Talk With Chris Brogan

Over holidays, I read two books that I enjoyed very much:  Google + For Business by Chris Brogan Read More

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‘How Do I Get THROUGH to Them …?’ Connecting With Gen Y

The biggest complaints I hear from Vistage CEO and Key groups about the Millennial Generation are generally variations on two themes, and are always delivered Read More

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HOLD That Remote!!! What Steve Jobs Might Say About Remote Employees …

It’s 6 a.m., Pacific U.S. time. No sign of sunshine yet.

The product team manager clears her eyes, logs on and dials in. Team members Read More

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Hey You, Good Job!!!!@! (Sheesh, Well Forget That …)

So what’s with all the “feel good” stuff?

Aren’t you tired of having to be so super-sweet all the time, when what you really want Read More

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Just … Say … NO!!!!! Say ‘No’ to Your Staff, Manage Your Own Time

A big challenge for many leaders is how to limit interruptions or requests from staff so that they can get their own work done.

And Read More

Well Meaning Communication

Well Meaning Communication

This post is not about meaning well.  It’s about clearly defining terms you commonly share with your clients or employees.  It’s Read More

The New Uncertainty Principle

The New Uncertainty Principle

Seems we have a new “uncertainty principle.”  I’m not referring to Heisenberg and quantum theory, as it’s not nearly that complex.  The uncertainty Read More

Talking and Listening to Your Employees Is Critical

Talking and Listening to Your Employees Is Critical

It sounds obvious, even elementary, but two-way communication is not happening too much in many of today’s businesses and organizations.

In a recent USA Today Read More

Is Glossophobia Hurting Your Bottom Line?

Is Glossophobia Hurting Your Bottom Line?

Are you a Glossophobic?

If you don’t know what that means, ask yourself if you would prefer to walk on hot coals instead of speak Read More

The Tap Test and Why It Sticks

The Tap Test and Why It Sticks

In 2007, Chip & Dan Heath wrote a book titled Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die . The book offers six Read More

Assumptions Are the Termites Of Relationships

Assumptions Are the Termites Of Relationships

In all business relationships we are always at a choice point, to assume and blame or tell the truth about how we are feeling and Read More

Communication: Vanity and Responsibility

Communication: Vanity and Responsibility

Two concepts every communicator should understand are vanity and responsibility (you want to avoid the first and accept the second).  If you can do those two Read More

An Open Letter To Cable News

An Open Letter To Cable News

Dear Cable News:

In recent weeks, I’ve had the good fortune to spend time with some hard working public servants on both sides of the Read More

Just make up your mind…decide already!

Just make up your mind…decide already!

I have a crystal ball. It’s an amazing tool and makes my life so much simpler. I no longer ruminate over what to do or Read More

Seriously?

Seriously?

Social media is a breath of fresh air.  It demands openness, honesty, and transparency.  It derides corporate speak, rewards authenticity, and challenges us Read More

Lessons in Customer Service from Southwest Airlines

Lessons in Customer Service from Southwest Airlines

I flew in from Arizona on Sunday. Southwest Airlines from Phoenix to Burbank. For those of you in Southern California, you Read More

Beware of Geeks Bearing Tips

Beware of Geeks Bearing Tips

Today’s title is a reference to the line, “Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts” which comes from the story of Troy and Read More

Don’t Blame PowerPoint for Your Poor Presentation

Don’t Blame PowerPoint for Your Poor Presentation

I think PowerPoint gets a bad rap.   I find people making disparaging remarks and writing critical articles about it all the time.  The Read More

Bush, Assange, YPO & Controversy

Bush, Assange, YPO & Controversy

Last weekend, I attended the YPO Global Summit in Denver, Colorado.  As a member of both Vistage and YPO, each organization Read More

Time to Schedule Your First “Pessimistic Monday Morning”?

Time to Schedule Your First “Pessimistic Monday Morning”?

During a recent episode of the VistageCast Series, Vistage speaker Steven Snyder recommended a highly unique approach to the eradication Read More

You Can’t Handle A Bigger Logo!

You Can’t Handle A Bigger Logo!

Here’s an oldie but goodie – a high stakes exchange that strikes at the heart of truth to power and the enduring struggle between ad Read More

Tiger Mom and Winning the Future

Tiger Mom and Winning the Future

In recent weeks, Amy Chua (aka The Tiger Mom) endured a firestorm of criticism, aimed largely at her parenting methods, which Read More