The most powerful statement in business is …
“I have a chance to see my strengths every day.” Now let me explain why.
Organizations
Why the fuck do we still call people “account managers?”
Deep thought from my fat ass at Pilates class this morning, as I struggled to do even 2-3 successful scissor movements: why exactly do we still call people in various organizations “account managers?” I understand what an “account manager” is,… Continue Reading
The Four Horsemen Of The Work Apocalypse Are…
Four aspects ruin work (and relationships, honestly) for people more than any other. What are they? Continue Reading
If you want to be a successful leader, ask for feedback
Feedback is a boondoggle concept for a lot of people; it’s another one of those things that supposedly will be ushered into the mainstream with the advent of millennials in the workforce, although no one is entirely sure. Right now, you… Continue Reading
Ah, look. Another leadership study. What can we learn?
Damn, leadership. You scary. (Family Guy reference.) Everybody seems to chase it, and everybody wants to be good at it, and there’s this belief that maybe in the coming generations the idea of being “a good leader” will actually have… Continue Reading
Here’s a new way to start work projects
Stop and think for a second, sir. Continue Reading
Every piece of “sales advice” I read makes me want to smash my head with a brick
Let’s start here: I’ve never worked in sales. I’ve sold stuff, yes — I had a lemonade stand when I was eight, for example — and I’ve worked in roles that are essentially “sales” but don’t have the title of… Continue Reading
WTF? Average CMO tenure is only 48 months? 23 percent of top jobs are open annually?
Here’s an article with a ton of buzzwords that reads like a catalog of CMOs who have been promoted in recent years; it’s actually really hard to get through without gagging or trying to smash your computer into 48 pieces… Continue Reading