by Whitney Heins | Sep 26, 2017 | Influence Building
When I was in college, I worked as a production assistant on a highly-rated political news program on MSNBC. The host was one of the first to popularize the shouting matches endemic in the media today. And my time there introduced me to the importance of generosity in...
by Elizabeth Johnson | Sep 22, 2017 | Influence Building
Every once in a while, we like to introduce various team members and let you get to know the people behind the screen a little better. (See previous team member interviews here.) Today’s is a fun one for me, since Carrie was the first person I met from the...
by Margy Kerr-Jerrett | Sep 19, 2017 | Influence Building
Is it better to give a thousand dollars to one person, or one dollar to a thousand people? I still haven’t quite decided what my answer is. One the one hand, a thousand dollars has the potential to make a much greater impact on someone’s life than a single dollar. I...
by Elizabeth Johnson | Sep 15, 2017 | Book Launch
Careers used to be predictable. There were ladders. Each rung led up the hierarchy. Then individual aspirations and company needs began to evolve. Old ladders became largely inaccessible. Some rungs disappeared, and the space between others shifted from steps to...
by Becky Robinson | Sep 12, 2017 | Influence Building
Of all our core values, generosity is the one I most enjoy incorporating into work and life. Giving is fun. When I give, I can immediately notice the benefit I am bringing to the person receiving the gift. More than that, what I receive in return is often far more...
by Elizabeth Johnson | Sep 8, 2017 | Book Launch
We are moving toward a world where younger generations will bring gaming experience to work, and it will prove to be a big competitive advantage for them. A world where clarity will be rewarded, but certainty will be punished. A world where diversity and innovation...
by Sierra Hernandez | Sep 5, 2017 | Inspiration
Having a flexible schedule is something any employee can appreciate. As a millennial, it was something I desired, but didn’t realize how available it was fresh out of college. The Future Workforce Desires Flexibility Traditionally, people were led to believe one must...
by Elizabeth Johnson | Sep 1, 2017 | Book Launch
As a young US diplomat working in Switzerland, Sandra Taylor experienced her wine “epiphany” while visiting wineries in the nearby Burgundy region of France. Not being very educated about wines at the time, except enjoying the wines she tasted at diplomatic dinners,...
by Janeile Cudjoe-Myers | Aug 29, 2017 | Inspiration
Remember when work-life balance was the goal of the well-rounded business person? You were told to keep your personal life at home and your business at work. But with the growing use of mobile phones, email and the internet those lines got blurred. The new phrase is...
by Elizabeth Johnson | Aug 25, 2017 | Book Launch
Mood swings. We all experience them from time to time, whether as a result of fluctuating hormones or changes in circumstance or fluctuating energy levels. But what if we could learn to level out those swings, and keep ourselves at the upper end of things? What if you...