How To Carefully Break The Rules So You Can Really Win
Home Okay…I admit. I know how to break the rules. But I am not alone. We have all broken rules at some point in our lives. Tell me, was there never a time when you wanted to succeed at something so badly that you considered breaking the rules? And no, I don’t mean cheating or […]
Business Etiquette: 8 Easy Ways You Can Make it Work for You
Home …but you only need to know business etiquette if you’re the CEO of a large corporation!” This statement was deposited into a conversation I was having with a very progressive business woman. It was deposited by her husband who was, in his words “a retired small business owner.” Here we were, on the beautiful […]
How To Build Strong Relationships? Effective Communication Skills
Home From business to business, workplace to workplace, Small Business Owner to Small Business Owner, they all had the same nagging problem. Poor or lack of effective communication skills. The reasons for your communication problems are many but there’s one reason that I find most common. You have no strategies for how you communicate. You are mostly […]
7 Super Networking Tips That Will Actually Get You Business!
Home “I HAVE to share some networking tips fast”…I thought to myself as my eyes were riveted to the cocktail scene before me. In the left corner was “Fast-paced Peter” with 370 business cards. With the sleight of hand of a magician, he was handing them out at the rate of 25 per minute. At the same […]
How to Easily Reduce Information Overload in 5 Proven Steps
Home “I’m suffering from information overload! Help! Lorna help!” The voice screeched in my ear… I held the phone at arm’s length from my ear and rolled my eyes to high heavens. You see, I recognized the voice and I knew the speed with which information overload could happen in her case. “Would you be […]
How to Use The Meeting Agenda to Your Advantage
Home I sat at my desk and waited for the call I know would come. I was not disappointed. “Lorna…You coming to the meeting? “You have a meeting agenda?” “Why do you have to make coming to a meeting so difficult? Chewpse!” That is a conversation I have more often than I want to. But don’t […]
How To Introduce A Speaker Like A boss (No-fail Format!)
Home I’m just asking…what would you do if you had to introduce a speaker, let’s say at your big Product Launch or your next PTA Special Meeting? Or introduce your boss at an event? I’m asking because we all know the public speaking story. Yeah…the one where even at the thought of speaking in public, beyond shouting […]
4 Unusual Ways A Work Routine Can Actually Save Your Sanity
Home Depending on a work routine? Who me? The Queen of Creativity? Yeah…I know…I couldn’t believe it myself, either. But I, Moi, the great “keep it all together gal” just up and lost my rhythm last month. If you know me, perhaps you’re wondering: How did this happen to her? Why did it happen? The truth […]
How to Move Rapidly From Good to Outstanding in 5 Easy Steps
Home “You are great! Really, you are outstanding!” my new client enthused loudly. “Thank you!” I replied quite modestly but thinking that the last time my head swelled like this was when it collided with a field hockey ball, many years ago. It’s not like I had not heard some version of this comment before. But […]
How To Finally Overcome Your Problems Meeting Deadlines
Home Recently I was in a conversation about meeting deadlines with a group of Service Providers. I really think it should have been about missing deadlines because nearly everybody was frustrated that they were consistently not meeting deadlines, they themselves had set. Apparently, encouraged by my silence, someone said to me, “you very quiet…you know how to meet […]