Archive for November, 2008

Type your name into Google and see what happens.  If you have multiple forms of informative content about you appearing in the top ten, congratulations, you are pretty well branded.  If your results are slim, however, you have some work to do to increase the power of your name.  Large corporations understand the power of [...]

With the economy in turmoil, and an increasing number of corporations cutting back, the unemployment rate keeps on rising.  Do you have a plan in place should the cutbacks affect you?  The reality is, one of people’s biggest problems today, is that they are saving less and less, leaving many vulnerable and economically unprepared.
The first [...]

One of the best ways to increase your business is to become a thought leader in your industry.  A thought leader is someone who is always on top of industry trends and highlights, and is always pushing their boundaries to stay on top of their game.  Thought leaders are often asked to speak at conferences [...]

Last week I wrote about leadership book by David Cottrell, called “Monday Morning Mentoring,” a guide to developing leadership skills, and effectively managing teams/groups. I imparted several key leadership learnings in that blog post, with the promise to finish up the lesson this week, and reveal with the “real” secret to leadership truly is.  Today, [...]

I read a book recently by David Cottrell, called Monday Morning Leadership, an informal business guide to developing leadership skills, and effectively managing teams/groups.  In the book, Cottrell introduces the reader to Jeff, a successful middle manager for a lareg corporation, who has hit a major wall in his career. Until recently, Jeff has been [...]

As most business people know, networking is a critical part of advancing one’s career , or advertising one’s business/services, but other than handing out business cards, attending networking events, and forming contacts with as many people as possible, what else can you do?  Surprisingly, there are a lot of new innovative networking techniques out there [...]

Effective time management is critical for managing individual projects, and even your day, but you would be surprised how many of my clients struggle with this seemingly mundane task.  Time management is much more than managing your time in the day.  Instead, time management is actually activity management; it helps set priorities and make your day [...]

In the technology driven world we live, and work, in, it is easy to get swept up with the tide, and rely on modern technologies for interpersonal communication between colleagues.  Email, social networking sites, instant messaging, and SMS (text) messages, now rule business communications, due to their efficiency and availability of use.  You can now [...]

Building business in challenging economic times is absolutely possible. The critical issue is a willingness to evaluate your products and services with absolute objectivity and a new knowledge of the marketplace.
Let’s start with evaluating your products and services. If you have been in your current position, or are the owner of your own company, it [...]

There are few things more meaningful than imparting knowledge to our youth. Mr. Thomas Short has been passionate and dedicated to music all of his life. He became committed to the idea that all children should have access to music and understand its value in the world. He combined his love of music and commitment [...]