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Pitching Your Idea – 5 Ways to Make It Stick
S’mores and memorable ideas – both are sticky Today is National S’mores Day, a day to honor the gooey confection that’s a staple of summertime campfires all around our nation. The stickiness of s’mores is part of their charm—when eating them you have free license to lick your fingers! “Stickiness” is a business concept too….
Graceful Leadership – 101 Managerial Tips
For a few years I’ve followed Tanmay Vora on several social media sites. He’s based in the Indian city of Ahmedabad and is a prolific leadership blogger. I really enjoy his writing. The other day he sent me a message asking if I’d care to share his new free e-book Graceful Leadership with my readers. The…
HR Bartender hosts the Leadership Development Carnival – Summer Reading Edition
The month’s Leadership Development Carnival is hosted by the always-clever Sharlyn Lauby, writer of the award-winning blog HR Bartender. She’s put together a fantastic line up of leadership-themed blog posts and as a bonus – the contributors have added a suggested book title for your reading enjoyment. So, if you’ve got a vacation planned…
Escape from the Suburbs
It’s early one Sunday morning. While the rest of my suburbanite family members sleep, I quietly tippy-toe out of the house just as the sun is rising. It’s time for my daily walk. My footsteps tap out a rhythmic beat as I pass one house, then the next . . . dodging the unexpected spurts of…