Want To Make a Business Blossom? Encourage Laughter!
Word Count: 1,356 Estimated Read Time: 5 1/2 min. Laughing feels good. From a sly snicker to a hearty chuckle, laughing can be refreshing. A good ole’ from-the-gut guffaw can wash away worries. A...
View ArticleIncrease Your Brand’s Stickiness
Word Count: 1,225 Estimated Read Time: 5 min. At the very least, every entrepreneur wants his company’s products and services to be known and remembered. But, there is so much noise in the market...
View ArticleHow to Handle Mistakes at Work
Word Count: 1,794 Estimated Read Time: 7 min. Imagine this scenario. Bob, a good employee, messed up a transaction/job/task/project. It was an honest mistake. Those happen to people in every job...
View ArticleBeware the Dangers of the False Consensus Effect on Business
Word Count: 1,504 Estimated Read Time: 6 min. False Consensus Effect Everyone has certain thinking errors or biases. A common one is dubbed False Consensus Effect. That’s when people overestimate...
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Perception and Reality
Word Count: 1,387 Estimated Read Time: 5 ½ min. Cambridge English Dictionary defines perception as a thought, belief, or opinion often held by many people and based on appearances. So a perception is...
View ArticleMaking the Most of LinkedIn – Part 1
Word Count: 1,451 Estimated Read Time: 5 min. Leveraging LinkedIn to Supercharge your Career Launched in 2003 and acquired by Microsoft in 2016, LinkedIn has grown into one of the premier professional...
View ArticleMaking the Most of LinkedIn – Part 2
Word Count: 1,657 Estimated Read Time: 6 1/2 min. Avoid the Common Mistakes Made on LinkedIn If sharing and contributing is key to getting the most out of LinkedIn, it is also the trickiest thing to...
View ArticleStay in Your Lane, Part 1
Word Count: 1,444 Estimated Read Time: 6 min. In the recent running of the Kentucky Derby, Maximum Security — the horse that crossed the finish line first and was initially proclaimed the winner — was...
View ArticleStay in Your Lane, Part 2
Word Count: 1,299 Estimated Read Time: 5 min. Management by committee is often ineffective. And, empowering a person to evaluate work who is not knowledgeable about the work product is not just...
View ArticleBest Advice for Entrepreneurs Starting a Business
Word Count: 1,718 Estimated Read Time: 7 min. By most accounts, the economy is doing well. Unemployment and inflation are low. And, the new tax laws are definitely ‘pro business’. Indeed, the 2017...
View ArticleThe Biggest Driving Force is a Hunger to Succeed
Word Count: 1,593 Estimated Read Time: 6 min. What is hunger? Meriam-Webster Dictionary calls it a strong desire or craving; an uneasy sensation occasioned by the lack of food. When it comes to...
View ArticleBuilding a Team with Depth and Backup Support
The Golden State Warriors and the Toronto Raptors went head to head in the National Basketball League’s Championship Finals this month. To hear those two names in the Finals shocked just about...
View ArticlePenny Wise and Pound Foolish in Business
Word Count: 1,551 Estimated Read Time: 6 min. The Search for Spending Balance Most companies – not including big tech companies like Google, Apple and Netflix — watch their expenses carefully to...
View ArticleHow Companies deal with “Bad Employees”
Word Count: 1,233 Estimated Read Time: 5 min. When Employees Don’t Work Out Even the best companies have some ‘bad hires’ from time to time. That doesn’t mean the person is bad… just not a good fit...
View ArticleTo Meet or not to Meet, that is the Question
Word Count: 1,340 Estimated Read Time: 5 1/2 min. Even the most useful and productive meetings consume too much time and accomplish too little. And the truth is that most meetings are often wasteful,...
View ArticleMaximizing Meeting Effectiveness
Word Count: 1,255 Estimated Read Time: 5 min. The amount of time business executives spend in meetings in the U.S. is substantial. According to a 1998 MCI Conferencing white paper, U.S. workers...
View ArticleDecision-Making and the Sunk Cost Fallacy, Part 1
Word Count: 1,719 Estimated Read Time: 6 ½ min. Standing by a Bad Decision Your company’s leadership made a decision to open a new division or expand into a new territory. Or, the VP of Product...
View ArticleDecision-Making and the Sunk Cost Fallacy, Part 2
Word Count: 2,028 Estimated Read Time: 8 min. It is natural for a person to not want to lose something into which he/she has invested time, money, energy or emotions. So the person devotes even more...
View ArticleExecutive Functions and Leadership, Part 8B
Updating Helps Us Succeed How well a person’s brain functions is very important. This determines how well the individual performs at work, and that can have a profound impact on their socio-economic...
View ArticleExecutive Functions and Leadership, Part 9A
Motivation and Drive – Two Sides of the Same Coin Word Count: 1,564Estimated Read Time: 6 Min.Actions speak louder than words. In our fast-changing and increasingly complex world, power is in the...
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