Posted on March 2, 2008
Take a bite out of one of my fave new indie rock bands, Vampire Weekend. Their self-titled debut may end of up being the breakthrough record of the year. They are another Brooklyn by-way of east coast college town band, except with a twist. They are heavily influenced by african music, which gives their brand …
Posted on February 29, 2008
What if Monday AM was uplifting instead of daunting? Alot of leaders hold Monday morning meetings, but few are inspirational. Mostly, they trudge through a checklist of items and talk about the week’s priorities. How bland. How I-hate-Monday. Instead, turn your Monday meeting into a discussion about three things that went right the week before. …
Posted on February 28, 2008
Tim Ferriss is right — we need to take control of our email life! How many times a day do you check your email? Are you working with a hair-trigger set, where an email can arrive and interrupt whatever you are doing? Unless you are in the instant-response business (not one I’d choose to be …
Posted on February 27, 2008
Before I give a talk to any group, large or small, I have an advance call/meeting to do a full profile on it. I want to know who is in the room, what they are feeling, what issues they are tackling and how the meeting organizer wants them to feel when they walk out. This …
Posted on February 26, 2008
How do you evaluate the results of your marketing or advertising? This should be a fluid subject, never over, never mastered. However you measure your marketing’s results, chances are you are wrong! Too often, we measure with the shortest stick possible, and determine that over half of all of marketing/ads are wasted. A few years …
Posted on February 25, 2008
I love IPOD’s shuffle feature: It takes my entire playlist (5000 plus songs) and randomly plays them for me. I re-discover old tunes, fall in love with new ones and am constantly surprised and delighted by the shuffle’s results. Try this with your network of personal relationships. Whether you use a Roladex or Outlook, you …
Posted on February 21, 2008
It’s that time again for a special promotion. This time, I’m offering a special deal for leaders that want to boost their team’s emotional talent. For the smoking price of $120.00, you get a box containing eleven (11) first edition, personally signed copies of the hard cover (out of print) version of The Likeability Factor. …
Posted on February 20, 2008
Here’s a video clip from one of my talks last year about the power of purpose at work. The point of the story is that you need to offer a social compensation plan to attract and motivate employees. Email subscribers, click here to view the YouTube video clip. If you like the clip, please pass …
Posted on February 19, 2008
I’ll never forget how he said it: “Are you telling me that we have NO current clients that are happy with us?” Anil Singh, former sales and marketing chief at Yahoo!, was having a bad day at work. It was mid-2001, and we were working on our response to Holly Becker @ Lehman’s charge that …
Posted on February 17, 2008
My first buzz band pick of 2008 is MGMT, a steller space rock duo from Brooklyn NY by way of Connecticut. These two lads have an exciting new sound, and moves me like The Rapture, Arcade Fire and Shins did over the last few years. Their debut full length record, Oracular Spectacular will likely be …
