Your Authentic Leadership Can Change Things For the Better
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Published:08/18/2017 09:10am
Theres been so much written about leadership in general, and more recently, about entrepreneurial leadership in particular. Lists abound of the characteristics of entrepreneurial leaders, like the ability to be creative, to inspire, to manage risk, to be adaptable. All good stuff, right? Each of those things will help you to grow your company, to increase profits. An essential goal for the viability of your business. To grow as a leader, its worthwhile to look at how you can expand your capabilities in each of those areas. What those characteristics of entrepreneurial leadership wont do is to ensure that you have...
How To Make the Most of Your Network To Save Time and Make Money
Published:08/11/2017 08:35am
Your network, your circle of connection, is a beautiful gift. Wouldnt it be a shame if you didnt ever unwrap it?The wonderful thing about your network is that the people in it are willingly in connection with you. They want to help you!Most people do. Healthy humans want to help each other. It feels good. With good reason: feel-good hormones like oxytocin (also released during sex) flood your body and you feel more empathy and generosity. Your self-esteem goes up. Your stress level goes down.Being of service and participating in this positive energy exchange with a fellow...
The Complete Guide To Successful Goal Setting
Published:07/30/2017 12:39am
What is the point of setting goals? Its not even that you are more likely to achieve what you want to achieve, though thats certainly true. Here are the two biggest benefits of goal setting : 1. Goal setting gives you with focus . Youll zoom in on the actions you need to take to achieve whatever you desire for your business. 2. Youll stretch and grow in ways you havent before. Youll become bigger. Youll become the person you need to be to achieve those goals. ...
How Often Should I Blog? (The Answer May Surprise You)
Published:07/17/2017 09:05am
One of the questions I get often from clients is, how often should I blog? Though thats the question I get, the underlying issue is really, what do I need to do in order to make my blog effective as a marketing tool. If its not effective, you might as well put your time and energy elsewhere. To answer the question, Im going to distill down the research. Overall, more is better when it comes to blogging. According to Forbes, companies that market to other businesses and publish 16-plus blog posts per month get 3.5 times more traffic than companies that...
Speech Analytics Market is estimated to reach USD 1.59 Billion by 2021 at a CAGR of 18%
Published:07/12/2017 08:27pm
What is Speech Analytics?Speech analytics is the method of analyzing call recordings to collect vital customer sentiment and information to thereby enhance communication and further interactions. The process is mainly used by contact centers/call centers to extract information hidden in client interactions with agents. Though speech analytics includes components of automatic speech recognition, it is well known for analyzing the topic being discussed, which is weighed against the sentiment associated with the speech and the amount and locations of speech versus non-speech during the interaction. Speech analytics in contact centers are also being utilized to mine recorded customer interactions...
What is Functional and Integrative Medicine?
Published:07/06/2017 09:54am
There are many of us nutrition professionals now aligning ourselves with Integrative Medicine. I consider myself in this group. Maybe you are asking yourself what exactly this is and most importantly, does it really matter?To answer that question, lets first address the area of conventional medicine. For some time now modern medicine has sought to treat the presenting symptoms. This might mean treating a fever or a cough, for example, or addressing pain or other discomforts. Sometimes this approach is entirely appropriate, however more often this approach misses the underlying cause and the person is never completely restored to health....
You Can Change the World! Is That Bullshit?
Published:07/01/2017 02:09am
Really? You can change the world? When you hear, You can change the world!, its often an encouragement, uttered to inspire. Sometimes, its an exhortation. These days, it sure can feel like the world needs changing, more than ever. But is it true? How much effect does any of us have? It can feel like a big world, and we can seem so small. When clients and other people I meet ask me this, I tell the story of Mason Wartman, a pizza shop owner in Philadelphia. Mason turned a chance request by a customer to buy a pizza slice for...
From Article 50 to Brexit - 2017 - 2019 Timeline
Published:06/19/2017 05:16am
There has been much discussion about Brexit in the UK so that we are now at a stage where it is difficult to remember the key facts and dates surrounding the topic.Since the EU referendum in 2016 (amazing to believe it was that long ago), and the elections held and completed in a number of EU countries including the UK, France and Germany, very little has been provided relating to the political stages and timeline of events in which we are now a part of.The following are key dates for the UK (there is also coverage in infographic form for the...
Do You Make These Mistakes in Your Elevator Speech?
Published:06/17/2017 09:17am
Many entrepreneurs cringe when they hear, elevator speech. I admit, its not a term I like either. Elevator pitch is even more cringe-worthy.The reasons go deep.First of all, its hard to put yourself out there. Youre making yourself vulnerable about a business you love. You never know what kind of reception youll get.Second, as a way to present your business, it has shortcomings. You have to condense whats great about what you do into a sentence or two. According to a recent study, the average adults attention span is just 8 seconds, so you have to make it good...
Ukrainian IoT start-ups contribute to sustainable development and responsible consumption
Published:05/28/2017 01:29am
Ukrainian start-up persons master The Internet of Things or IoT successfully. Businessman Igor Yankovsky presents TOP-9 start-ups o Medium . All of them are more or less commercially successful and popular not only in Ukraine, but in other countries as well. There are the most famous inventions: - Ecois.me an application to control the household electric power consumption and recalling, among others, the necessity to turn off the electrical appliances. - PetCube a device that assists a master to watch his cat or dog remotely and entertain them with a laser beam using a regular...
Planting Seeds for Sustained Success: How To Think Strategically
Published:05/23/2017 08:02pm
Melissas mind races, all day long. Shes a small business owner, and between that and her family demands, she jumps from decision to decision quickly. Its often a whack-a-mole situation, where she gets one thing dealt with and quickly moves on to the next.That feels good to Melissa, most of the time. She has a sense of movement, of getting stuff done. She is a do-er! A woman of action. Think Wonder Woman with those cool bracelets.Though things move quickly in Wonder Womanserr, Melissas world, she sometimes gets tripped up by her fast thinking.While momentum and movement are important in business,...
Is Political Correctness Killing Comedy? in re: Tim Allen, Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, Amy Schumer,
Published:05/19/2017 12:49pm
Tim Allen, Amy Schumer, Tracy Morgan, Dave Chapelle have all recently seen the blow of Political Correctness scandals in comedy. Like Chris Rock and Larry the Cable Guy, Jerry Seinfeld once told Entertainment Weekly in an article affectionately titled Jerry Seinfeld: College students don't know what the hell they're talking about that he will no longer play college campuses because the audiences are too PC. They just want to use these words: Thats racist; Thats sexist; Thats prejudice,' he said . They dont know what the hell theyre talking about. ...
10 Tips for Airline Travel Well-Being
Published:05/10/2017 09:22pm
With travel season coming up it is good to remember that with travel, planning is everything. The proactive travel plan can ease frustrations and minimize stress, both of which are at odds with the well-being lifestyle. Whether you are jetting off for rest and relaxation or the next client meeting, you will want to be at your best, so that you can get full benefits from the experience.Once you know you are going to fly somewhere, think about the trip from the time you leave your home. You will want to plan to leave in ample time to navigate any...
How to Avoid Last Minute Marketing and Get Better Results
Published:05/09/2017 11:45pm
Ever arrive at your computer, bleary-eyed, to write a blog or social media post that just has to go out that day?Go ahead, raise your hand if thats you.Im raising my hand right along with you! This is one area that took me a long time to master. And all it took to send me well on my way to mastery is a tool called an editorial calendar.Simply put, an editorial calendar is a tool to schedule your content marketing . An editorial calendar means you create a plan, a schedule for your content, like blog posts and social media...
Have You Found Your Voice? Here’s Why It Matters To Your Business
Published:04/14/2017 02:46pm
In October of 2010, I was in my house in Toronto, drumming on the wall with my fists. After months of preparation, my house had just sold. I was elated!Why the drumming? It was my voice awakening. Through my hands, but still, my voice.Id spent the previous 5 years feeling more and more that I was not in the right place. I had lost my voice, in my business and everywhere else.After trying all kinds of remedies for those feelings, Id come to the point that I decided to give up the life I had known and travel. I sold my...
