With social networking literally at our fingertips, many of us don’t get as much practice with traditional networking. Engaging with colleagues, business prospects and friends face-to-face requires alternate skill sets than those expected through online interactions. For instance, you must think on your feet in a real-time networking scenario while social networking allows delays in…
Nothing—I repeat—nothing will affect your business more than the people you add to your team. Your competitors can imitate all your systems and processes, offer the same products or services but they can’t clone your people. (Not yet anyway.) There are two overarching hiring philosophies. You can either: Hire smart Hire fast The first creates…
A few months ago, while stopping for a burrito before heading to my airport gate, I realized I needed a “Yes” intervention. The gal behind the counter asked, “Rice?” I said, “Yeah, sure.” “Black beans?” “Okay.” “Chicken?” “Sounds good.” “Lettuce, tomatoes and onions?” “Yea, why not.” “Pico?” “Sure.” “Jalapenos, cilantro, black olives and sour cream?”…