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Responsiveness Comes with Great Responsibility
With the nearly barrier-free ability to respond to any text, Facebook post, tag, Snap, or whatever form of communication and network you prefer, it’s almost as if we’re being conditioned to respond IMMEDIATELY to every form of communication. While responsiveness is...
If Life Is the Music – You Are the Song
You are a masterpiece, created for great works that have already been planned for you. You were made to do bold and mighty things that can bring about positive, enduring change in our world. But only you can sing the song that was written for you. When you try to be...
The Importance of Responsiveness
Responsiveness: Be ready, willing, and available to help when needed. When I interviewed with Becky to join the Weaving Influence team, she asked me what each of Weaving Influence’s core values meant to me. At the time, I was transitioning from working live events; so...
What to Do When Your Mojo’s Missing at Work
Remember when you were eager to go to work? When the prospect of learning new things and making things happen got you out of bed in the morning? That kind of inspiration is difficult to sustain, as evidenced by the overwhelming majority who drag through their days....
Why Responsiveness Matters to Me
In crafting core values for our company, I landed on responsiveness as especially important for the kind of work we do. With so many different communication channels and nearly constant information overload, I wanted to be sure that we focused our attention on staying...
Why ‘It All Matters’ for Achieving Your Dreams
There's a thin line between winning and losing -- between achieving goals and seeing dreams fulfilled, and falling short. What determines which side of that line you end up on? No matter what your background, your limitations, your baggage . . . you are the author of...
4 Secrets to Mastering the Art of Responsiveness
I heard screams, expletives and loud banging coming from a neighboring office. Then, silence. Then . . . sobbing. What had happened? An error in responsiveness. An error that taught me one of my biggest lesson in communicating with others. Take a breath. Slow down. In...
Meet Team Member Mike Driehorst
One of the fun things about being part of a virtual team is not only the variety of people you get to know, but discovering the connections between them that exist outside the company. For instance, coworkers who attended college together, whose children know each...
5 Tips for Social Media During Tragedies and Disasters
Social media becomes a source of both information and support during difficult times such as Hurricanes Irma and Maria, and right now during the tragic mass shooting in Las Vegas. Facebook’s check-in option allows people to quickly notify family and friends that they...
Self Leadership & the One Minute Manager
As a leader in your organization, you want all your employees to do their best and proactively look for ways to help your organization flourish. When individual contributors aren't taking initiative or being as effective as they could be, an organization won't reach...
7 Ways to be Generous in Business That Don’t Involve Money
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...
Meet Team Member Carrie Koens & Celebrate ‘Help Them Grow’!
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 Weaving...