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One of my favorite pieces that we produced this year was this infographic, which tells the story of why North American employee engagement is at an all time low. (Start in the top left corner and follow the arrows): (you’ll want to download it and view it in full screen to read all the section [...]
Posted in Leadership, Professional Maturity, Salaried Entrepreneur, seeking change, What's Happening | Leave a commentLast December, Seth posted his #yearinreview which prompted to me to create and post my own. I think it’s a great exercise, and have found myself thinking about it sporadically throughout 2011. Reminding myself that I would posting my “Shipped” work in Dec 2011 kept me focused, persistent and action oriented. So, without any further ado, [...]
Posted in New Years Resolutions, site update news, team growth, What's Happening | Leave a commentAs we get ready to say goodbye to 2011 and usher in a brand new year, we wanted to take a moment to compile our top 5 most popular business book summaries, as well as our most watched author interview of the past year. We hope you enjoy the list as much as we enjoyed [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentSo, follow this with me, if you will: 1. I recently reached out to a very cool blogger named Willie Jackson, just to say hey. (took me 90 seconds) 2. Because Willie is a self pronounced Seth Godin fan (as am I), I made reference in the email to an interview I recently conducted [...]
Posted in social media, What's Happening | Tagged Community, Connection, Google Analytics, Seth Godin, social media, Willie Jackson | Leave a commentWhich of the following titles do you want us to summarize in January? Cast your vote on our Facebook page (click here) from now until Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at 11:59pm EST. 1. ONE PIECE OF PAPER: THE SIMPLE APPROACH TO POWERFUL, PERSONAL LEADERSHIP by Mike Figliuolo Based on leadership expert Mike Figliuolo’s popular “Leadership [...]
Posted in Reader's Choice | Leave a commentThe end of the year is probably my favorite time of a business cycle. Regardless of your true fiscal calendar, something about the calendar rolling over from one year to the next gives cause for pause, reflection and planning. For me, one of the big things to ponder this year’s end is direction of growth [...]
Posted in focus, Leadership, Professional Maturity, Self Management, strategy, Time Management | Leave a commentThis week’s summary of Rework (article written by new guest writer Bryann Alexandros) talks about the freedom of starting; of taking what little you have and making a go of it. It’s a summary of getting started despite not having a perfect plan, a giant pile of cash, or a “dream team” in place. As a boot-strapping [...]
Posted in Salaried Entrepreneur, strategy, team growth, Uncategorized, What's Happening | 1 CommentSo said a friend of mine when I suggested she jump full time into a new idea she’d had. She was referring, as you might have gathered, to the traditional “#2″ role of the detail person in an entrepreneurial team; the person who works along side the passion driven, eccentric entrepreneur and turns the ideas into an [...]
Posted in Intelligent Planning, Professional Maturity, Self Management, strategy | Leave a comment