Posted on January 18, 2007
Emotionally talented leaders have the unique ability to feel tremors that others don’t notice. They also have the rare ability to defy the emotional gravity of a situation. They are much more effective during times of crisis. They don’t tend to “wear out” their charges with their happy-today-manic-tomorrow behavior. In short, they are leaders of …
Posted on January 17, 2007
A fundamental part of being effective at work involves giving presentations. Too many times we are either petrified or underachieve when we have a chance at the front of the room. Perhaps we aren’t thinking about the speaking opportunity in a big enough way. Maybe we think that the purpose of the next presentation is …
Posted on January 16, 2007
“TIVO-justice” is what one ad agency executive calls it. Television advertising is now subject to TIVO justice in the real world. If the TV ad isn’t memorable, you skip it completely. If the ad is as good (or better) than the program you stop and notice it. You might even show it to a friend …
Posted on January 15, 2007
In your business relationship life, nothing is worse than missing expectations. But we do it all the time. We establish an expectation that we’ll finish our part of a project by Friday and routinely ask for an extension the following Monday. We get sloppy about missing our marks until someone gets bent out of shape …
Posted on January 14, 2007
This week’s musical recommendation is Cat Power. Her name is Chan Marshall and she is a wonderful solo artist from the southern US with a sound that is PJ Harvey meets Mazzy Star sweet. Her songwriting is brittle, yet tender. Recommended listen: The Greatest by Cat Power
Posted on January 12, 2007
Do you remember the days where you had the weekends clear of “work chatter”? If no one had your home phone, you left on Friday and resumed your work life on Monday. Pagers came into our lives and began to erode this. Cell phone became popular in the late 80’s and eroded this sanctity further. …
Posted on January 9, 2007
The New Year is a time for planning and implementing. Many of us had resolutions (see previous post on Positive NYD Resolutions) and some of us might actually keep them. At work, we are implementing fresh new business strategies for 2007. New products, new processes and mostly new projects abound. In this advice post, I …
Posted on January 8, 2007
I have a television in my home gym and it has changed the way I watch football. My wife is a football widow, I love USC, The Cowboys and even World Cup style football (England was my team). All in all, I spend a great deal of time watching football. This year, though, I’ve made …
Posted on January 7, 2007
Better late than never, here is my submission to the best-of-2006 music debate. This post is an excerpt from my bi-monthly newsletter. Subscribe to it at my official web site (timsanders.com) FIVE ROCK BANDS OF 2006 After dutiful collecting and listening to dozens of new records this year, here are my favorite five rock and …
Posted on January 5, 2007
An advertising executive recently asked me if I saw his company’s new TV ad on a recent episode of The Office on NBC. I said, “yes, but unfortunately I watched it at 200 miles per hour.” Nobody at the table laughed. Real marketing opportunities, where you have someone’s attention, are getting harder and harder to …
