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Are You Who Your Social Profiles Say You Are?
Social media has the potential to connect us. Through Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and more, social media offers the opportunity to spread our ideas and to allow us to interact with people we might never otherwise meet. I’ve seen this in my own life. A few...
First You Must Believe
We’re throwing it back! This week we’re showcasing a guest post from Paul Cummings about the importance of believing in what you do. As I sat in a room with a group of young and eager sales professionals, I thought back on my own sales career. What key factors led to...
Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, & YouTube Roll Out New Features
December is the season for giving, and social media is in the giving spirit. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube are all rolling out new tools and functionality this month. Twitter It’s no secret that Twitter has had trouble staying relevant as younger users...
Three Beautiful New Author Websites to Visit
This fall, we’ve been working hard behind the scenes to design and develop some fantastic new websites for our partners! Over the years, we’ve tested different website formats and have figured out what really works for authors. Some of the elements you may notice on...
4 Ways to Test Your Integrity
Matt Lauer. George H.W. Bush. Charlie Rose. Everyday the headlines are filled with accusations of men sexually harassing women. And some of the names are pretty surprising as they are otherwise respected people who have led highly-regarded careers. Clearly, there is a...
Meet Team Member Margy Kerr-Jarrett
I'm not sure where our company would be without today's featured team member. She's our Web Projects Manager and is the community manager for the Weaving Influence Lab, but it seems like she does so much more -- not just at work, but in the rest of life too. She's a...
A Time for Reflection
As we head into the holiday season, many of us, myself included, will look back at 2017 and reflect on what we’ve accomplished, which resolutions we stuck with, and how we’ve grown in the past year. For me, 2017 was full of family changes -- a new niece, a new...
Your Global Training Adventure Awaits
In today’s world, you don’t have to pack luggage to experience different cultures and people. If you design or deliver online learning for participants within a multinational organization, you are also working in a global classroom. Whenever we work in...
Growth Demands a Surrender of Security
"Growth demands a temporary surrender of security." -- Gail Sheehy, New York Times bestselling author There have been so many times that I can admit to being afraid of growth. Fear of the unknown -- yeah, that’s a real thing, and I suffer from it (who else is with...
Achieve Excellence with Total Value Optimization
Your supply chain is the backbone of your company. Its performance determines the health of your daily operations and the long-term success of your enterprise. Like a backbone, your supply chain is a complex mechanism. A lot can go right with it, and a lot can go...
Why I May or May Not Be a Failure
One big failure. That’s how I’d label myself today if I adhered to the definition of growth I had ten years ago. Back then I was a television news journalist, and defined growth strictly by numbers—TV market size, rankings, audience reach, newscast time slot, salary...
The Power of the Influence Effect
Everything we’ve been told about women succeeding in the workplace―from leaning in to throwing out the idea of being “nice girls”―misses the true key that puts women ahead: influence. The thing is, we gain more from our efforts when we focus on achieving influence, as...