by Billy Craig, Featured Contributor FINISHING A THOUGHT that I had the other day ... Touching greatness is addicting, as it relates to peak performance of any kind, giving the best that you have,whatever the outcome. It's the little victories along the way but more so the big pay off after you put your blood, guts and time into a …
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by Dr. Mary Lippitt, Columnist & Featured Contributor Telling, Selling, Tracking and Engaging It is fair to say that the adage “the more things change, the more they stay the same” does not apply to leadership. The trends in leadership practices has actually been shifting significantly; from leaders assuming the sole decision-making role based on the premise that front line …
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by Mark A. Cohen, Columnist & Featured Contributor WHO WOULD HAVE IMAGINED even a few years ago that the Chinese would jump head first into the global legal marketplace? If history does repeat itself — as is so often the case — then China’s “One Belt, One Road” (OBOR) development strategy enacted in 2013 might prove a catalyst for a …
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by Debbie Ruston, Columnist & Featured Contributor IN BUSINESS AND IN LIFE, our minds can either work with us, to move forward, or, hold us back. Very often it is the small distinctions in thinking that allow us to remove stress, worry, anger, fears, limitations, conflicts, struggle, etc. I live my life based on principles for success. Initially when I …
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by Marcia Zidle, Columnist & Featured Contributor We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out." –Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, 1962. There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." –Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977 The is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn …
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by Melinda Fouts, Ph.D., Featured Contributor Enthusiasm is the greatest asset you can possess, for it can take you further than money, power, or influence.” ~ Dada Vaswani EVERY SUMMER, I try to make a trip across the pond, and last month, I was fortunate to return to Switzerland and hike the Engadine Valley. I love to travel, and …
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by Carol Anderson, Columnist & Featured Contributor I GET DOZENS of emails each day telling me how a great product can have a miraculous effect in my company. Twenty years ago, I would get excited about new products, new technologies and best practice ideas. Now, not so much. I have become cynical, I suppose. This most recent one promised to reduce …
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by Beth Banks Cohn, Columnist & Featured Contributor HOW MANY TIMES have you heard this statement: “This isn’t personal, this is just business.” Or “We need to take the emotions out of it, this is about the business only.” Those statements make me cringe. Mostly because they negate something that can actually help a change be successful – emotion or …
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by Alessandro Daliana, Featured Contributor I HAVE TO ADMIT I am a big believer in words and their meaning, all sorts of meanings in fact, and this has often been to my detriment. In a world based ever-increasingly on communication I think it is time for a word Renaissance, if I can call it that. To be clear, I think people …
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By Joel Elveson, Columnist & Featured Contributor GOOD EVENING and welcome to our Stock Holders, Board Of Directors, Regional Managers, and last but certainly not least our beloved CEO Bob Slanderer who will be one of our featured presenters for this evenings annual meeting. Tonight we will share with you our exciting and innovative vision for Slanderer & Co. for …
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