We are all influencers in our world. Whether we are selling, working with colleagues or dealing with our children we are influencing. And often times it is not overt. Sometimes it is just our presence that has an impact. What’s yours? A colleague shared this with me. She was called…
I had coffee with Bob (not his real name) last week. He and I went to college together and over the last decades he has been unhappy with every job he has had; regardless of the position or the company. This time I asked: “Has there been anything common to…
Over the last 25 years more and more people have are working remotely. An article in Forbes Magazine from January 2014 showed estimates ranging from 30 – 45 percent. I think it depends a lot on the industry. Although, I know of several virtual call centers, where people are working…
I was speaking with my friend Tom over breakfast the other day about how helpful it has been for me, to have a community of people that could hear me over this past year as I have processed my way through a reinvention of myself. This community did not necessarily…
Recently I have noticed a trend in many of my conversations. The people I am speaking with are talking about a different way of doing business. What encourages me is that these conversations are about more than the bottom line. They are about doing business from a conscious place. Yesterday…
I was reading an Article in Wired Magazine this week and was struck by the observation that online, being mean pays bigger dividends. The author noticed more retweets when he was snarky than when upbeat so he went to the researchers and found evidence that we as humans actually think…
