Posted on June 25, 2008
Today, I’m speaking at a job recruiting event for my good friends at Career Builder. I’m talking abou the importance of social responsibility and purpose in retaining and motivating talent. To illustrate its long term truth, I’m telling the Christopher Wren story. Here’s a video, where you can check it out too. Talk to your …
Posted on June 23, 2008
Nobody’s pefect. We all make promises we don’t keep. We all have more good intentions than the energy to execute them, especially in our business life. Just because it happens, though, doesn’t mean we should let it continue. One small broken promise can undermine your credibility with your troops, customers and friends. One way of …
Posted on June 18, 2008
One of my faithful blog readers (Allison Kanti) pointed me to a very thought provoking article (Getting Found Out Web 2.0 Style). The point of the article is that you can’t hide anymore in the new digital world we live in. This is especially true if you are a proflific social networker and use tools …
Posted on June 17, 2008
Last week, Jacqueline and I rolled up our sleeves and prepared 350 of my new preview DVDs to ship out to a speaking event I’m doing for meeting planners. We don’t have employees, so sometimes, we end up doing grunt work to keep the speaking business plugging along. This week, I’ll visit speaker bureaus in …
Posted on June 16, 2008
Blog reader (and good friend) Seth Dechtman pointed me to an interesting article (Lost In Email) from the New York Times that talks about how companies are trying to tackle information overload and constant interruptions at work. These companies are smart to deal with this issue. My own research confirms that overload combined with the …
Posted on June 15, 2008
If you haven’t ever heard Louisville Kentucky’s My Morning Jacket, give their new CD (Evil Urges) a listen right away. The might be one of the most important American rock bands of the last few years. I put them up there with The Shins, The Strokes and Band of Horses for their sonic qualities and …
Posted on June 12, 2008
(picture taken by Geoff Price at a Yahoo customer summit, Spring 2000) Today Microsoft officially walked away from the Yahoo acquisition. This time I think it is final. What will happen now? They’ll continue to innovate while pundits punt. This evening, the Google/Yahoo ad pact was announced, and hopefully it could slow down the drop …
Posted on June 11, 2008
I read an interesting article in today’s LA Times (Inconvenient Truths About Motorcycles and Smog) that illustrates the complexity of being green or environmentally friendly. To some, it’s simple: a green car is a car with high MPG. Raise the MPG car over car (or through retrofit or innovation) and you are more green. With …
Posted on June 10, 2008
For a few years, I’ve shared my story about the day I discovered the key to showing empathy to others. The idea is simple: When someone is experiencing strong emotions, don’t try to fix them. Instead, make yourself emotionally available to try and ‘feel’ the feelings of others. It is not easy. My guiding rule …
Posted on June 9, 2008
When one of your biz partners (employee, vendor, coworker) is on his or her annual summer vacation – do them a favor and leave them alone! When I worked at Yahoo, I put my employee’s vacation days into my calendar to remind me to leave them off threads or BCC/CCs. When there was an email …
