What are the keys to success for your team and your organization in the year ahead? Among them: Create a positive, engaging workplace. Understand your target market and communicate the appropriate message. Put a well-trained, modern sales force on the ground (or on the phone, web, etc.). With a mix of new names and familiar […]
Marcus Buckingham on Oprah – Encore Presentation
We wrote about Marcus Buckingham’s Oprah appearance earlier this year, when his “I Hate My Job” interventions were featured on the April 18 episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show. For those who missed the first airing of that episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show, it will air again this Friday, December 19. The original broadcast […]
In the Spotlight Speaker Feature: Leadership Case Study with Drs. Kevin and Jackie Freiberg
For our latest “In the Spotlight” speaker feature, we’re departing from our traditional interview format and featuring a guest post/case study from Drs. Kevin Freiberg and Jackie Freiberg, authors of best-selling business books such as NUTS!, GUTS!, and their latest, BOOM! Whether you are a meeting planner looking for high-impact speakers to help your audience, […]
Tim Ferriss (Author of “The 4-Hour Workweek”) on How to Reach or Double Profitability in 3 Months
Tim Ferriss, author of the #1 bestseller, The 4-Hour Workweek, shares on his blog 11 tenets for reaching or doubling profitability in three months. Tim has assembled these tenets – based on his interviews with high-performing (using profit-per-employee metrics) CEOs in more than a dozen countries – into what he calls the ‘Margin Manifesto’: “a […]
In the Spotlight: Peter Sims on True North, Authentic Leadership and Innovation
Peter Sims is a best-selling coauthor, strategic adviser and keynote speaker specializing in leadership and innovation. He is the coauthor (with Bill George) of True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership, the BusinessWeek and Wall Street Journal best-selling book that New York Times called “one of the most important books on leadership to come along in […]
Danny Cox Shares Maxims for Leadership in Tough Times
After 10 years of flying supersonic fighter jets in the United States Air Force, Danny Cox joined one of the nation’s largest sales companies. A year later, he was promoted to sales manager and guided his office in its industry-leading, record-breaking pace of doubling, tripling and quadrupling old records. Four years after joining the corporation, […]