I’ll never forget the first time I met Stan Woodward when I was working at Mark Cuban’s broacast.com. Mark brought him in as a seasoned exec (he had worked for Ascend, a major networking equipment company) to run the business services division. There were only about eight of us working in that group at the …

Many of us live on power point to make our points. Frequently, we might use a template that Microsoft or our company provides. Most of the time, the power point templates have a white or bright background with dark letters. All that white light on a screen (usually 30-60& of the screen doesn’t have text) …

I’m a big fan of American Idol. I’m not so hooked on the singers or even the format per se, but I love what the show can teach all of us about likeability. For the last few weeks, I’ve been doing radio interviews, making predictions about who would win this year and more importantly, who …

Do you work in the dark? If you are a leader, do your people work in the dark? Recently, I’ve been studying the impact on light and productivity. I was looking into whether natural light improves our mood state (which would improve our business effectiveness). Not surprisingly, we are a product of our environment. Much …

Laurie David (An Inconvenient Truth) has a saying, “perfection is the enemy of good.” She’s right. If you hold yourself up to a standard of perfection, you’ll fail and give up every time. Sometimes, especially when you are trying to do the right thing, you need to give yourself a break. If you are trying …