There are a number of people who believe communication is easy for business leaders, but nothing could be further from the truth. I learned this as a result of a graduate certificate course I recently completed on Communication and Leadership.
A leader is not only expected to communicate, but communicate … Read more
Whether it’s reaching prospects with your sales and marketing messages, communicating with customers or vendors, creating a communications plan, or targeting the media with your press releases, knowing your audience matters.
Asking some questions upfront will help you do a better job of reaching the right audience with your message.… Read more
Whether it’s Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn, if you have created social media channels for your business, think of them as platforms to tell the story of your company.
The best way to begin is to look at the possibilities. Think about your audience(s) and the social media channels they … Read more
Back in our nation’s Wild West days, cattlemen branded their herds with a hot iron that showed a simple mark, like their initials or even their name, to help them lay claim to ownership over their cattle or other livestock. That tradition continues even now in some areas of the … Read more
As an admitted extrovert, I enjoy meeting new people, seeing new places and learning new things. But let’s face it, not everyone is an extrovert. Not everyone loves going to networking events, meet and greets, or whatever you call them. For some people, events like these can be scary.
I … Read more
Taking the lead. Talking the talk and walking the walk. It’s often up to us as leaders to meet these standards. Each of these phrases may have a certain meaning to us, and as leaders we may wonder: why do we have to do them?
At the 2019 Global Leadership … Read more
Have you ever come across a company that portrays themselves as one thing on Facebook (or Twitter or Instagram), but another thing on LinkedIn? And yet another persona on their website?
This happens when companies don’t have a good idea of their “image.” Or, put more simply, they don’t know … Read more
I was a shopper with a mission. I knew exactly what store I was going to, what product I was going to buy and my goal was to achieve said shopping trip as efficiently as possible. So as I strode purposefully into the large supermarket near my home to buy … Read more
Is the talk of the upcoming 2020 presidential election already making you shudder when you look at your social media channels? Is tuning out is the answer? Maybe that’s a good option for the current political cycle, but I think there’s too much tuning out on other fronts.
Consider how … Read more
Do you feel guilty about taking time off? Apparently, here in the U.S. a lot of us do. According to an article in