What a Wobbly Table Says About Your Business
The small details can make a big difference in your business. While recently enjoying a meal at a restaurant, I noticed that the table wobbled. Apparently one of the legs [...]
Aug, 23
2010
Aug, 18
2010
Brett Favre Is Back & So Is the End of the World!
The news that NFL quarterback, Brett Favre, is returning to football shouldn?t be a huge surprise.? He?s flirted with retirement for the past four years and every time decided to [...]
Aug, 16
2010
Part 2: How to Lose Customers & Blow Sales
You Over Call: If you get someone?s business card and it contains multiple ways to contact them, then don?t use all of them at once.? It?s little like being stalked [...]
Aug, 11
2010
Steven Slater: Workplace Hero?
When a fed up flight attendant leaves a JetBlue airplane in dramatic fashion, many say, ?I know how it feels.?? Slater is accused of cursing out passengers, grabbing a couple [...]
Aug, 9
2010
How to Lose Customers & Blow Sales part 1
A lot of salespeople are relying on tired tactics to try to get your business.? Whether it?s inexperience or stress due to the economy, they are using tricks to try [...]
Aug, 4
2010
Are Your Employees Ready to Jump Ship?
If you run a business or rely heavily on your staff, then you should be worried.? Deloitte had just released its annual Ethics and Workplace Survey. It found that a [...]
Aug, 3
2010
What a Stuffed Puppy Taught Me…
I?m not the kind of guy who visits many craft fairs.? So perhaps that?s my excuse for believing that a stuffed animal was actually a dog. The dog appeared to [...]
Jul, 30
2010
Turning the Page On Magazines
Recently, I pulled a magazine from my mailbox and realized how thin the publication has become.? In both size and content, it?s a shadow of its former self.? Then I [...]
Jul, 26
2010
How BP Boss Tony Hayward Lead His Way Out of a Job
He may be out of a job but former British Petroleum CEO, Tony Hayward, won?t go hungry. ?BP is giving him a new career opportunity with its Russian operations.? Memo [...]
Jul, 23
2010
Going Cold Turkey Online
This past week I decided to try an experiment while spending five days at the National Speakers Association Convention.? These meetings tend to be very fun but also full of [...]