Lead your life. Be a leader of your life and do all you can to live it to the fullest each day. Yesterday is gone, never to be seen again. Today is here, value it and leverage it fully. Tomorrow, is a promise, not a guarantee. Along the way, focus on happiness and what truly matters to you, your family, …
Are you growing your team?
Are you growing your team? How deep is your team? Are you a one woman or a man show and is that scalable?
Respecting the budget
One should earn and retain the privilege that is entrusted to them to oversee finances of an organization. Respect the budget and be mindful of what you need to accomplish and how to strategically invest in your upcoming opportunities and innovation. Don’t be wasteful.
HIRING: calling references. Why do we do it?
Why do we still call references? Why do we still call references that were provided to us by the candidate? Is there a better way?
Leaders: are they born or are they made?
Leaders: are they born or are they made? Here are my thoughts on this “age-old” question. What are yours?
Are you ready for change?
Whether it is health, career or the overall business growth and success, the answer is always the same, we need to change. We need to make certain changes and sustain them for a period of time in order to realize the benefits and potential opportunities. While we should respect and learn from history we shouldn’t live there. Furthermore, we need …
Be yourself and speak the truth
Be yourself. Always and in every exchange. Even if something doesn’t work out long-term it is always better (especially in retrospect) to have spoken the truth and said what you believe and think then to have faked to be something or someone you’re not.
I am grateful
First and foremost, I am grateful for the health, happiness, understanding and support of my family and friends. I am also very grateful for my colleagues who are thoughtful, understanding and supportive of our collaborative initiatives and goals. No matter what we need to do, we need to do it together. Thank you!
Working with professional sales people
It is a true pleasure when you speak with people who are aware of your challenges and competing priorities, who have deep understanding of your industry and who do not try to pressure you or your team into further engagements via additional calls, meetings or demos. Those true professionals demonstrate the value of their product or a service, share pricing …
5 things to improve in meetings
While the list could certainly be longer, here are 5 things that I believe should be improved (or fixed) with respect to the majority of meetings we all attend each day. 1. Should this be a meeting? 2. Do we have the right people in the room? 3. Are we making decisions and taking actions? 4. Was agenda shared ahead …