“Too many leadership scholars and executives are obsessed by a pointless question: Are leaders born, or are they made? The answer is irrelevant. The truth is, you do not know what you are born with until you try very hard to express it,” say Prof. Bottger and Dr. Barsoux in a recent Wall Street Journal […]
Author Archives: Bob
Serving Up a New Gratitude this Thanksgiving
“Last Thanksgiving, it looked as if a hard year was coming and it was and it did. The holiday was shadowed by a sense of economic foreboding-Wall Street failing, companies falling and layoffs coming. It isn’t over-no one thinks it’s over. But the mood this Thanksgiving looks to be different,” writes Peggy Noonan in a […]
Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum
Thanksgiving is normally quite a busy time for travelers. I don’t know about you but things like baggage fees and energy surcharges on restaurant bills really seem to annoy me. Often times I wonder why these folks don’t just adjust their prices in order to avoid further “duck nibbling” customers. The following blog further amplifies […]
Warning: Watching This Video May Lead to Work! [But It’ll Also Improve Your Blog]
I personally have been blogging for eight (8) months now. Needless to say it has been quite the adventure, challenge and yes, a passion. Today’s interesting post comes from Darren Rowse at ProBlogger. Rowse’s video… “asks you ‘what is your blogging vice?’ and challenges us all to focus upon one of the most important aspects […]
Entrepreneurs & Inspiration
Here’s an inspirational piece that I came across at Sprouter.com. “Sometimes it’s hard to see the impact that one person can have on the world. With a population of six billion, how can one person make a difference? This is especially true for entrepreneurs – it’s hard to see the larger impact you can have […]
Taking Your Business From ‘Good to Great’
Business expert and author Jim Collins spent five years researching his best-selling book, ‘Good to Great’… Watch the latest business video at <a href=”http://video.foxbusiness.com/” mce_href=”http://video.foxbusiness.com/”>FOXBusiness.com</a>
Best from the Web
“You’ve got to do it, especially these days.  So you might as well make it fun (kind of). Read on to find out how…” Networking for People Who Hate to Network Here are two interesting articles on leadership and social media: Advise and Shine Heard on the Tweet
No Escapin’ This
Ask 100 people for their opinion of social-media tools like Twitter and you’ll likely get 100 different responses—ranging from extreme enthusiasm to extreme derision. However you feel about social media, here is one simple fact: Even if you’re a naysayer who considers these tools inane and a waste of time, a large number of your […]
Don’t Rev the Search Engines Yet
As more and more customers use the Internet to research purchases, you might assume that any online marketing strategy requires a significant level of search engine optimization (SEO). But if your target market is local, argues Kenton Newby in an article at MarketingProfs, that assumption may not necessarily apply. “[A]lthough SEO has proven to be […]
A Fine Mess Caused by the Fine Print
“I was going to hire a company today to do something fairly simple that would have cost [an advertised] $45,” begins a post at the Service Untitled blog. But there was a catch. “I called them to schedule an appointment and was told there was [an] $85 minimum service charge. The fact that I was […]
