Leadership development & business development tools

ShareI am a lifelong learner. I’m always interested in expanding my thinking and my knowledge base. Recently, I attended a training and picked up some great nuggets on how to best connect with and influence people.
Whether you’re a corporate executive, a business owner, consultant, entry level employee, mother, spouse, neighbor or other ‘character’, you will [...]

ShareNetworking is a great business-building practice.
The problem is that many people confuse networking with prospecting.
Prospecting is an activity you do when you’re looking for leads and customers or clients. You tend to have sales conversations with them.
This is very off-putting at a networking event. Most people there aren’t looking to buy anything on the spot [...]

ShareI’ve been working with several private clients on building their businesses more effectively.
One of the things they applaud is how must more productive their activities have become. They cite things like having a plan, being held accountable for implementing that plan and improving the quality of their marketing message as critical components of their success.
These [...]

ShareI’ve been helping many of my clients lately figure out how to position themselves so they stand out in their marketplace or workplace like the true expert they are.
It can be quite a challenge, particularly when there are a lot of people who know much of what you know and do basically what you do.
The [...]

SharePeople often go in business for themselves because they have a special knack or interest in something. They soon realize however, that that knack is not the only thing they need to be a success.
There are many internal factors that influence how fast or how big a company will grow. If the owner doesn’t acknowledge [...]