A friend, Gary Cohen, has written a book which will be launched later this month, called JUST ASK LEADERSHIP. I will post more information about this book in the coming days. It is published by McGraw-Hill. You can follow Gary here.
Most Jobs Are Bigger Than the People Holding Them
Posted in July 28th, 2009
I know–Ouch. But down deep, you know I am right. Further explained over at US NEWS and World Report today.
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Unintended Consequences?
Posted in July 19th, 2009
I am advising a company that is about to launch a new product. The entrepreneurs are ‘bootstrapping’ the business, meaning they are paying for the development out of their own pockets. It is a big idea and I am sure they will make it. They are to the point where they need sales reps. Anyway, [...]
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Executive, Life Coaches on Twitter: My Rolodex
Posted in June 17th, 2009
A lot of the stuff you find on Twitter is pretty much crapola. There are far too many tweets about current activities, “I am waiting now in the doctor’s office,” etc. Shessh. The power of twitter, to me, lies in the 140-character device. I like my information quick and easy. Often, I don’t need an [...]
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Aww Shucks. Top 150 List of Career Experts in Twitter.
Posted in June 5th, 2009
Ed. Note: Thanks to Chris Perry for including YoursTruly on the top 150 career twitter people that you should follow. Having done a few lists like this, my hat is off to Chris…and the added work he went to so that it is VERY EASY for you to cut and paste the list into NinjaFollow.com [...]
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Plateaus and Gates
Posted in June 1st, 2009
Ask any successful person how they set goals for themselves and you will get a perplexed look similar to the one Tiger Woods has when someone asks him “Tiger, how come you’re so good?” It is never about the goal setting. It’s more about the simple next step, accomplishing and executing one more thing, and [...]
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Work Your Ass Off
Posted in May 30th, 2009
Boy, the advice you get on the internets is staggering. How to, why to, where to, what to. And, it increases exponitially daily. How can we possibly keep up? Quik anser: We can’t. The missing link in all the advice-givers’ commentary is the concluding-missing line–Then You Go Work Your Ass Off. Nothing else matters and [...]
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Twitter Me This
Posted in May 19th, 2009
As Twitter gains scale and users, we can see all kinds of industries making use of it…all in search for the next big….or, truth be known, easy thing. Every marketer wants to find the magic way to financial heaven, and the rage is all twittering now, so that must be it. Toby Dayton in his [...]
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Under 30 CEO Adds to 100 Attributes of Entrepreneurs Article
Posted in May 15th, 2009
Ed. Note: This is a guest post by Matt Wilson. Matt is co-founder of Under30CEO.com a social network for young entrepreneurs. His mission is to lead people to go out and do something they are passionate about instead of falling into the rat race and playing by corporate America’s rules. Under30CEO’s newsletter HelpAnEntrepreneur allows anyone [...]
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Your Mission Statement: Mostly Hogwash
Posted in April 22nd, 2009
by admin in On The Job...
I have been doing a bit of sporadic coaching of mostly smaller companies who, like many, are finding navigating these rough seas pretty tough. Frankly, calling it coaching implies some sort of paid official relationship, so let’s call it “advising” or “having free coffee, I want to bounce some ideas off you.” I enjoy helping [...]
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