If you’ve read my twitter follow-back policy, you already know how serious I am about reciprocating when someone follows me. That’s why every morning over coffee, I log into Tweepi.com to make sure I’m following back anyone who has followed me in the previous day. (Well, almost every day. Sometimes I’m rushing off somewhere and […] Read more… Read More»
Yes, I said it. Contrary to everything you’ve ever been told, knowledge is not power. The days of information hoarding—of only a few “powerful” people at the top of the outdated organizational pyramid—and holding on to that last bit of data as if nobody else could replicate it, are gone. Long gone. Today, knowledge […] Read more… Read More»
Dr. Anne Perschel is a leadership and business psychologist. Okay, unusual title, but what does she do? Let’s let her describe it herself: “People are often promoted to leadership roles based on their technical and/or business achievements, but not so much for their understanding of what it takes to lead so others follow – with full […] Read more… Read More»
Millennials, considered by many a lost generation, are more than just entitled, lazy slackers riddled with student loan debt and no job prospects. We currently represent over $200 billion in annual buying power. Just a few years into our careers, the battle for our customer loyalty and future earnings from our generation begins now, and […] Read more… Read More»
Dear Email, It isn’t you, it’s me. No, really. You see, this weekend I successfully unplugged for the first time in… in too long, I admit. When I fired things up Monday morning, well… I realized just how codependent we’ve become. I think it’s time maybe we started seeing other people. This is for […] Read more… Read More»
Do you toss and turn every Thursday night, unable to get more than a fitful sleep, and wake up in a cold sweat every Friday? If so, you’re deep in the first stage of #followfriday. We’ve all been there. I sure was, for close to two years. I feel for you. We all do. It’s […] Read more… Read More»
Wordsmithing is “Art”. We could stipulate that this statement is moot. We could stipulate that, like a painting or a sculpture, writing is art. We could also stipulate that while some of us don’t ‘know’ art, we can probably recognize quality. But what comprises quality? That, I surmise, is in the eye of the reader. […] Read more… Read More»
Many, many years ago (in the 1980’s), I worked for Unisys Corporation in Jericho, NY. My district manager was a gentleman by the name of Bob Greifeld. I worked closely with Bob for over four years and he and I became close friends. Eventually, Bob moved to a company called Automated Security Clearances, which was […] Read more… Read More»
In my post this past Thursday, I promised that today I’d show you how my Principles-to-Practices Framework can transform your social media efforts. Ready? The framework goes like this, from highest-level to most basic: Principles guide Strategy, which guide Tactics, which guide Practices. Principles are incredibly important and probably shouldn’t change at all from your […] Read more… Read More»
“Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?” was a quiz show that ran on Fox for several seasons. Each episode featured contestants trying to answer ten questions, taken from elementary school textbooks, with a prize of $1 million for anyone who answered all ten correctly. Over the course of 86 episodes, only two contestants – […] Read more… Read More»
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