by Carrie Koens | Apr 4, 2014 | Leadership
Happy Friday! This week we’ve been busy launching The Idea-Driven Organization by Alan Robinson and Dean Schroeder (if you missed their webinar, you can watch it now), and next week we’re getting ready for the official launch of Lessons from China by Beau...
by Guest Author | Apr 1, 2014 | Social Media
My mentor was despairing of me. In my coaching session, he was helping me through my sales technique. I was being particularly dim, although I’m sure it was as a result of the resistance I felt inside whenever “selling” was an activity I had to contemplate. I think he...
by Carrie Koens | Mar 28, 2014 | Inspiration
We promote a lot of books around here. Over the last two years, several of our authors have made the decision to use some – or all – of their book profits to help others. Mark Miller, author and co-author of The Secret, The Heart of Leadership, The Secret...
by Guest Author | Mar 25, 2014 | Social Media
Months ago, while incubating my NYC social testing startup, CredSpark, I met an agent who said she was interested in my idea, and she thought we’d be a good fit to recommend to some of her more “teaching-minded” authors. What an interesting distinction, I thought to...
by Becky Robinson | Mar 23, 2014 | Inspiration
Somewhere around mile 13, my friend Sharon asked, “Do you feel strong?” I gave up on trying to talk with her around mile 10, and when I started using hand signals (thumbs up and down), it reminded me of being in labor with my first daughter and how silent...
by Carrie Koens | Mar 21, 2014 | Book Launch
If you’ve been following the book launches that Weaving Influence has had the privilege to be a part of since we started back in 2012, you’ll probably have picked up on the fact that we tend to work with those in the leadership community. This week we were...
by Becky Robinson | Mar 19, 2014 | Inspiration
Our words are powerful. When we compliment others in specific and meaningful ways, our words can have tremendous impact. To demonstrate this truth, I asked my friends and followers on Facebook and Twitter to share meaningful compliments they’ve received. Here...
by Becky Robinson | Mar 17, 2014 | Leadership
Our words are powerful. If we use words that focus on the negative, that negative perspective and attitude will infuse our conversations and infect others. If, instead, we choose to use positive, uplifting words, our positive perspective will permeate our interactions...
by Carrie Koens | Mar 14, 2014 | Book Launch
Not every week can be a banner week, but I think most of the people on our team are really happy today is Friday. I know I am! But even during the bad weeks, each day we come back, partly because we like having money to pay the bills, but also because we love the...
by Becky Robinson | Mar 13, 2014 | Marketing
I mentioned in yesterday’s post that one of my favorite aspects of my work is developing long term partnership with clients. One of the benefits of a long term partnership with our clients is that enables us to support our authors in keeping their books in the...
