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Explore Expeditionary Leadership with Mark Brown
For nearly six decades, Outward Bound USA’s education programs have shaped the lives of tens of thousands of participants. Strangers are put in an unfamiliar and unpredictable setting, where to succeed they must develop a sense of teamwork, resilience,...
Don’t Forget the Marketing Collateral: People Like Stuff
Collateral — meaning printed brochures, rack cards, bookmarks, t-shirts, and more — has fallen a bit out of favor in this digital world. The up-front costs can seem high, and there is a limit to how many t-shirts you can give away. But consider this: one great t-shirt...
Building the Best: 8 Principles to Elevate Others to Success
Organizational culture has undergone a seismic shift in the 21st century–and with that, the requirements of leadership. In Building the Best, LearnLoft CEO John Eades takes you on a journey of transformation that will equip you with the tools you need to become the...
Let’s Have a Party: 5 Ideas to Launch Your Book
Who doesn’t love a party? Well, speaking as an introvert, perhaps not everyone enjoys a big get together -- but there are plenty of ways to celebrate your book launch that will play to the comfort levels of everyone on your mailing list. Over the years, we’ve seen...
Women, Step Into Your Power with Bonnie Marcus
These are challenging but changing times, and more than ever, women need to know how to position themselves at work. Many women focus on performance, thinking that good work garners promotion. Yet too often, unconscious bias and stereotypes create special challenges...
3 Ways to Celebrate Your Book Launch
You’ve written your manuscript, found a publisher, survived the revisions, and now you have a date circled on your calendar when your book will launch into the world. This is a big deal, and you need to celebrate it! If you’re not sure where to start, we’ve got three...
3 Outward Bound Lessons to Spark Your Leadership Growth
Outward Bound Lessons to Live a Life of Leadership explores the concept of Expeditionary Leadership through the stories of former instructors and graduates of Outward Bound USA, and demonstrates how each of us can -- in our own way -- use the Outward Bound philosophy...
The 10 Commandments for Writing Killer Articles
Every author needs to write and publish constantly—right? If we don’t… who are we? Will our skills crinkle up and disappear? Will our influence disappear from the interwebs altogether? Articles are a great way to build your platform and reach new readers, but crafting...
Outward Bound Lessons to Live a Life of Leadership
The principles that bind people together in the natural world work just as well in cities, companies, and communities. Nowhere is this seen more clearly than through Outward Bound USA’s education programs, which puts strangers in unfamiliar and unpredictable settings,...
How to Choose Your Own Core Values
Having established and well-defined core values matters for everyone, at every level: from college students to stay-at-home moms, executive officers, retirees, city officials, regional managers, international business owners, and leaders of nations. They represent our...
Core Values: Flexibility
Flexibility (noun): the ability to be easily modified; willingness to change or compromise. At Weaving Influence, one of our core values is flexibility, and being in a virtual work space, I see this playing out in many different ways every single day. In a virtual...
Core Values: Partnership
Partnership -- noun part·ner·ship | ˈpärt-nər-ˌship also ˈpärd : the state of being a partner : PARTICIPATION At Weaving Influence, one of our core values -- partnership -- is what makes this whole remote working gig possible. I spend many of my working hours in...