Posts by Carol Ross
The Ugly Truth About Coaching Businesses
I talked today to a friend who I met several years ago, as members of an association for professional coaches. While the national association is going strong, our local chapter disbanded a few years ago. We reminisced about coaches we knew from the local chapter and where they were now. I was struck by how…
Read MoreLessons from Traverse City
It’s been over a week since I had a conversation about social entrepreneurship with twenty like-minded individuals in Traverse City, Michigan–people who believe in the idea of "doing well and doing good." What I took away from that experience: Lesson One: Dive in, the water’s fine. A Bigger Voice sometimes requires that we act in…
Read MoreWorking Among the Lego Aliens
It’s been almost two weeks since my computer died–a victim of my eagerness to "get it done." I was notified that a new Microsoft Service Pack was ready for installation. This was an hour before leaving on a business trip for three days, so mixed in with the installation was last minute packing. I made…
Read MoreBiggest Mistake Made By Event Organizers, Concert Producers, and Corporate Trainers
I’ve been obsessed recently by the words, front end and back end. Front end is the focus of traditional publicists and marketing professionals, conference organizers and producers of musical events, and workplace trainers. They focus on visibility, the Big Splash, and memorable experience. They delight in airtime, broadcast mediums, and media coverage. Getting on Oprah…
Read MoreTwo Protons Walk Into a Black Hole….
A Wall Street Journal article points to a group of physicists, working on a renown project, the Large Hadron Collider, who are learning improv and taking comedy classes. Why? To hone their skills in communicating about their work to the public, to become more adept at problem-solving quickly and to help them think more creatively…
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