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As those of you who’ve read How to Wow know, I was a mad, crazy fan of The West Wing. If you were, too, you’ll remember that there was a phrase everyone on the senior staff knew to use when they needed to pull someone out of a meeting or social situation gracefully in order [...]
This is a phrase my brother, a former captain in the Marine Corps, likes a lot— and it’s one the military uses frequently. What this maxim does is turn the somewhat fatalistic “Murphy’s law” (“Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong”) into something that you can do something about. Why am I obsessed with this [...]
With more and more business and interviewing taking place over lunch these days, I thought it made sense to take a moment or two to run through the do’s and don’ts for being an effective host and guest in these situations. As always, I look forward to any thoughts you might have after reading… Whether [...]
My new article for eHow.com: Your Team Needs Inspiration, Not Motivation While as many kinds of leaders exist as kinds of businesses, the fundamentals of business leadership remain the same regardless of who is in power or the team or company he leads. A firm grasp of three fundamentals and an ability to demonstrate them and instill [...]
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Have you ever found yourself in the middle of a business negotiation, and suddenly realized that a new element has been – sometimes delicately, sometimes not—added to the mix? And that that element is no less than– surprise– you? Now I’m a big fan of business, and I’m a big fan of pleasure. I am [...]
Published today on: The way you present yourself in company meetings can have a big impact on your career. If you take the role of passive onlooker, for example, and never offer an opinion or comment, you may be giving off the impression that you’re not sure what’s going on — or that you just [...]
When I was thinking about switching professions, from teaching to publishing, I kept going on interviews and striking out, and I couldn’t figure it out. There had to be something I was doing incorrectly, but what was it? To discover, I began going on informational interviews—setting up meetings with people whom I would have loved [...]
In this economy, keeping your team motivated can be difficult– with everything from travel to office supply budgets being slashed how can you ensure you keep your team working to their full potential? Following are three suggestions that don’t necessitate scratching around for additional funds. Additionally, each of these tools does more than motivate those involved: [...]