“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” – Steve Jobs In our knowledge-driven economy, creative thinkers excel. They have learned the art of managing their thought processes in a productive way. Creative thinkers are the pioneers and problem solvers in their chosen fields. Creative thinkers are constantly expanding their mental horizon, which helps them [...]
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How To Inject Fun Into Your Workplace – The FUNdamentals
Making Your Workplace More FUN: FUNdamentals “Fundamentals are the building blocks of fun.” – Mikhail Baryshnikov Internationally respected leadership expert, speaker, and author Dr. John C. Maxwell once said: “When you are truly having fun in your work, creativity flows freely.” Yet, how many of us really have fun in our workplace? Successful people, and [...]
How to Get Your Emails Opened – and Read
How to Get Your Emails Read Emails are the backbone of the internet, speeding up communication and changing the way that we do business. Whether you are dealing with someone on the other side of the planet, or you need to send a message to a colleague in the next office, email is a quick [...]
Sample Resume Proposal Letter
Date Mr. James Jones Jones Restaurant 2197 E. 8th Street City, CA 90000 Dear Mr. Jones, I would like to make a proposal to you – regarding the advertised position of [insert title]. As firm believer in delivering results first, I would be delighted to assume the role of manager on a trial basis, and [...]
Postcards: Your Secret Weapon For Marketing and Self-Promotion
In today’s market, most are focused on using websites and articles to promote their business online. As the internet continues to expand, failing to cultivate an online marketing strategy could prove fatal. However, building a business online should not distract you from traditional marketing methods, because meeting people, networking, and relying upon your local area [...]
Tips for Becoming a Freelancer
Tips for Becoming a Freelancer As the economic downturn bites deep, and companies try to streamline costs, many people are facing unemployment. In these challenging times, it is difficult for anybody to find a job but, if you are over age 50, you have more of a challenge in gaining new employment. Companies hiring the [...]
Peter Drucker’s 5 Most Important Questions For Getting Things Done
The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization In the 1990’s Peter Drucker published a self-assessment tool titled, The 5 Most Important Questions. One of Drucker’s many legacies is the New York-based Leader to Leader Institute, an organization that focuses on developing leadership in the social sector. Leader to Leader Institute [...]
The New Leaders and Why They’re Out In Front
The New Leaders “It’s up to each one of us to lead in today’s new kind of world.” (former U.S. Senator Bill Bradley) Seth Godin’s latest book, Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us, a bestseller, is about the most powerful form of marketing (according to Godin) –leadership–and how anyone can become a leader, by [...]
Making the Most of Linkedin for Professional Networking
Making the Most of Linkedin for Professional Networking When we think of social networking, we tend to think of the FaceBook and MySpace sites, where people from all corners of the earth can meet, chat and share pictures. The problem with using these sites for business is that they attract a lot of clutter and [...]
Use These Proven 22 Time-Saving Tips To Work Smarter
“You must master your time rather than becoming a slave to the constant flow of events and demands on your time. And you must organize your life to achieve balance, harmony, and inner peace.” – Brian Tracy Are you putting in extra hours at the office, or spending an hour or more a day commuting? Here [...]
Online File Storage and the Virtual Office
Online File Storage and the Virtual Office by Martyn Shuttleworth The internet is changing the way we work and, whilst most businesses accept the need for developing an online presence, few have truly realized the potential of the virtual office. Organizations tend to stick to the traditional model, expecting staff to tackle the daily commute [...]
Freelancing – Striking Out on your Own
Freelancing – Striking Out on your Own “Champions know that their success is inevitable and that the best way to forecast the future is not to follow the benchmark but to create it.” – Michael Gelb, Author, How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci During the current economic crisis, many people have fallen into the [...]
Blogging: The Ultimate Brand Builder
Blogging has taken the internet by storm, as a way to share thoughts and information and market individuals and businesses online. Blogs have many uses, from acting as an online diary for individuals, to driving business to a website. Marketing yourself, or your company, is the key to success, and setting up a blog creates [...]
7 Killer Marketing Strategies for Finding a Great Job!
Apply Marketing Strategies in Your Job Hunt “Nothing can stop a person with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; but nothing on earth can help the person with the wrong mental attitude.” – Thomas Jefferson The economic crisis has bitten deep, and a growing pool of talented individuals is chasing an ever-diminishing number [...]
Get Your Organization Energized – Without Spending a Dime
Energize Your Organization: Motivate Without Money Encouraging Intrinsic Motivation – Learning From History As the sheer scale of the economic crisis folds, consumers, employees and businesses are all reassessing their core values. One of the biggest criticisms we’re hearing about the causes of this recession is the idea that businesses have become locked into short-termism, [...]