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Could advertising just die someday as an industry?

I’ve wondered this for a couple of months now, so I decided to try and sit down and make some sense of the idea with a post. Here’s the thing: advertising is oftentimes everything to media pursuits (television, magazines, newspapers, etc.) It’s… Continue Reading

Networking: More ‘give,’ much less ‘take’

Cool quote, from here: Matthew Bothner concludes the interview with powerful advice to MBA students, or indeed anyone looking to use networking, to advance their own status: give more than you take. “If I give something to you, you will… Continue Reading

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Bad managerial style: The Merry-Go-Round

Cool idea, from here: By placing myself in the center of everything, my leadership was like the middle pole of a merry-go-round. There was plenty of action and excitement revolving around me—and the illusion of movement—but we were firmly planted… Continue Reading

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What if your business had a “Values Day?”

Look at the Slideshare above, and specifically head on over to Slide No. 32. It should look something like this:

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Here’s the one reason companies fail at collaboration

Fail at collaboration

A mini-rant on failing at collaboration: Start with Harvard Business Review doing a review of several silo-and-collaboration focused books: Companies don’t fail at collaboration because not enough people will cooperate with one another. They fail when people work too closely in… Continue Reading

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The power of asking good questions

Got a million words I could write on this topic, but I realize no one would ever read that, so … let’s keep it a bit tighter, no? I was just reading this article on the power of harnessing employee… Continue Reading

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The dirty little secret about communication at work

This isn’t going to be a long or well-thought-out post, so I apologize in advance. It’s just something I was thinking about recently and wanted to articulate; one of my ideas going forward is to actually do a post where… Continue Reading

Your Facebook profile seems managed, right? Nope. It’s your true self.

1 billion people used Facebook this past Monday, which is essentially 12 percent or so of the Earth. That’s some reach. Personally never been of the belief that “social media” is an actual relationship,  and I think that’s kind of a tipping point… Continue Reading