When I hosted the Carnival of HR – Fall Colors Edition, professional writer Wally Bock told me I did a nice job as a host. So nice, in fact, that he wrote a blog post about it called How to Host a Blog Carnival on his Zero Draft writer’s blog. Hey, thanks, Wally! If you’re…
Business Management
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….
Leading a Meeting? How to Avoid a Snooze Fest
The last time you led a meeting longer than 60 minutes, how did it go? Were people engaged, offering ample ideas throughout? Or, did everyone’s eyes glaze over at about 1:00 PM after the catered lunch began to digest . . . and then . . . the food coma. sets. in. As a…
What Makes a Successful Business Partnership?
The other day a box arrived at my office. Carefully packed in foam was this lovely award from Inscape Publishing. Although SkillSource has been an award-winning distributor with Inscape for sixteen years, I’d never bothered to select the physical “trophy” (as my son called it); opting instead for other forms of recognition that the company…
First Class Service Shines at Amway Grand Plaza
If you’ve ever left something important behind at a hotel, you know that sinking feeling that overcomes you when you discover it’s missing. At 4:30 pm yesterday I arrived home after an excellent two days of learning (and presenting) at the Michigan Nutrition Network CHOICES Conference. At 4:31 pm after removing my prescription sunglasses, I…