Well, the third time’s the charm as they say – and today will be my third time as a guest on the popular blog talk radio show, DriveThruHR, hosted by William Tincup and Bryan Wempen and Nisha Raghavan. The format is informal – so the general topic is “talent development” (my area of specialty within the…
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5 Ways to Kill Your Chances of Making a Fair Deal
I don’t watch a lot of reality TV, but one night we happened upon The History Channel’s Pawn Stars. The escapades of Chumlee, Old Man, Rick and Corey are hard to resist, even if their scenarios are heavily scripted. A few minutes into it and I was hooked. Here’s the thing that drew me in:…
Influence and Persuasion – A Reader’s List
When I read the book Influencer (now in its second edition) a few years ago, I became fascinated with the topic. So much so that I did quite a bit of research on influence and even put my own spin on the topic and created an e-book. (See sidebar to download your free copy.) One…
7 Ways to Improve Internal Communication at Your Business
This post was contributed by Dale Carnegie Training, founded in 1912 on the principles of one of America’s most influential speakers and leaders. I agreed to publish this guest post because even after all these years, Dale Carnegie philosophies have stood the test of time for how to influence with integrity. I liked this post…
Female Entrepreneurs Gaining Traction in Start-Up Success
Every so often I get sent a cool infographic like this one that features information on women who start tech companies. The stats that leap out at me are the ones in the section called “Challenges and Support”. See how 80% of women said they had a mentor? This is good news. But, only 45% said their…