The Miracles of Free Enterprise
Jeffrey Gitomer, the author of "The Little Red Book of Selling" and a columnist with a down-to-earth approach on sales, had a great article on the men's room at the Charlotte, NC airport. In a column last fall, he reports...
Overheard at Breakfast
Son #2: "I hate the writing part of the CSAPs. (CSAPs are standardized tests that school kids are required to take every year in Colorado) Son #1: "I thought you liked writing." Son #2: "I don't have any trouble with...
Small, Great Companies
A friend emailed recently with a request. Did I know of any possible candidates for two open positions at her employer, Sterling-Rice Group, a small brand strategy consulting firm? Positions range from Senior Innovation Consultant to Art Director to Information...
Five Years Ago
Five years ago, I was in a lab, surrounded by phones and telephone switching equipment, isolated from the rest of the workplace by locked doors that required special security to pass through. It was a place littered with old test...
Networking Event, March 19
Just a quick plug for an event that I'll be speaking at in Denver on March 19. Where can you meet a four-time 25-year old cancer survivor, the Denver Business Journal's 2006 Outstanding Woman in Business (Professional Category), a marketing...
Cash Is Queen
An article in the Wall Street Journal (dated Jan 18, 2007) is entitled, "Tech Start-Ups Have Money to Burn, But Choose Thrift." Unlike the dot-come boom of the late 90's, when VC-financed start-ups had burn rates in the millions of...
A Break for SAP Users
I'm catching up on clippings from last year that show the progress of whole brain thinking in the business world--how Leading With A Whole New Mind is playing out. A Wall Street Journal article from June 2006 reports that SAP,...
Where Are the Girls?
I recently attended a math competition that my sons were in. It's called Math Counts, and here's the blurb from their website: "MATHCOUNTS® is a national math enrichment, coaching & competition program that promotes middle school mathematics achievement in every...