“No one wakes up and decides to be overhead” – words loaded with meaning and in need of context. So I love it when I can clarify the message – it’s significant for the future. I do NOT define people as only revenue-producing or not. Doing so only creates more silos and, in many cases, […]
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Do you think your ability to achieve your goals – sales, personal, or otherwise is possible by cramming in more video calls? Guess again. That’s low-hanging fruit and the easy way to say you are keeping your activity high. But, it’s the same as submitting your resume 100 times online. It’s a black hole, and it’s lazy. Relationships
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I made a dumb mistake this week. My client brought my goof to my attention, and I knew instantly I owed an apology. Rather than having an initial impulse to defend me, instead, I thought about the ramification of my action, the impact on them and prepared myself for the inevitable conversation! When the call
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The pandemic has exacerbated many things. Chief among them realize that we must work smarter to achieve greater levels of success. Every company is now faced with a stark realization: your people are now your competitive currency. Being faster, cheaper, quicker is only as good the people that make it happen. It is not about
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Every conversation is a selling and coaching moment that constructs lasting images in others’ minds. Considering how critical first impressions can be, three words are deadly to your career and your very psyche. These three words, when uttered, send an extremely negative message to everyone around you. These words—just nine simple letters and one apostrophe—can have an
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I don’t miss the corporate culture. Corporate culture is too often defined by the silos where people work and toil and not by how people matter. Silos isolate and keep people from engaging and collaborating, and they thwart an understanding of individual value and purpose because silos prevent the bigger picture from being revealed. We
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How do you define a “win? Is it the BIG final victory after a long battle to secure that order, a job or a new client? Alternatively, is it something that we can look at and say, “that’s a good next step or progress, and that’s a win.” The answer lies in both avenues of