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Gravitas Is a Quality You Can Develop
Having gravitas at work means you are taken seriously, your contributions are considered important, and you are trusted and respected. “Rebecca, I need more gravitas,” Andreas said to me at the start of our first coaching session, “but I want to be myself. I don’t want to pretend to be someone else.” As an organizational […]
7 Strategies for Better Group Decision-Making
Are more minds are better than one, right? Not necessarily. When you have a tough business problem to solve, you likely bring it to a group. After all, more minds are better than one, right? Not necessarily. Larger pools of knowledge are by no means a guarantee of better outcomes. Because of an over-reliance on […]
7 (and a half) Dos and Don’ts for Creating Winning Sales Campaigns
7.5 strategies of creating a winning sales campaign. It’s easier than you might think. 1: Know Your Audience By now, we all know the importance of directing our sales campaigns towards a targeted audience. Marketers who use segmented campaigns note as much as a 760% increase in revenue. Rather than taking a cookie-cutter approach when […]
4 Keys To Making Online Learning Work
Strict US lockdowns ended weeks ago, but many people across the country School closures amid the coronavirus pandemic have put many educators in an unfamiliar position, forcing them to quickly transition to a distance-learning model with very little time to prepare. Teaching in an online environment requires many of the same strategies that lead to […]
The Importance of Consistency in Social Media Marketing
Consistency is key in social media marketing. For your audience to recognize your brand, you must be consistent. Being consistent in your brand allows you to grow in audience engagement and reach. From the tone of voice used in messages to the aesthetics of your profiles, you need to be recognizable to gain traction among […]
Some “what if” questions you should be asking right now
Shifting the need of our agendas from the reactive “to-do” agendas that are set to deal with the urgencies of a particular week to the proactive “What if?” agendas that can help us reimagine the future for our ourselves, our customers and our organizations. Before we get to some questions you can build your “What […]
Improve strategic alignment through better metrics
Strategic alignment seems to be a friction point that has proven difficult to smooth. I have been helping a client for some time now on strategic planning and culture transformation. With a solid strategic plan and plan administration process in place and a roadmap for cultural change, I am proud to say that they’ve come […]
Stop Rushing In With Advice
Why your words of wisdom probably aren’t worth very much. There’s a time and place for advice. But when giving it is your default response to colleagues and friends who face difficult situations (and for most of us, that’s the case), it becomes a problem. It’s an insidious habit — one you’ve been encouraged to […]
How personal contact will change post-Covid-19
We’ll be less touchy-feely and far more wary, but the transition will feel strange. In a normal week, it’s hard to count how many times we come into physical contact with other human beings. For many who are isolating alone, this may be the longest period in their lives that they’ve gone without skin-to-skin human […]
A Formidable Player Enters the International Online Education Market
The creators of Lectera have placed great importance on teaching key skills that will allow users to increase their income. A new strong player is soon to make its appearance in the international online education market—the large multilingual platform, Lectera.com. The launch of the platform is scheduled for the end of the second quarter of […]