via Pexels If you’re like most business people, you spend a lot of time on the road. In fact, travel is often an essential part of the job. While there are certainly some challenges that come with traveling for work, it doesn’t have to be a hassle. This blog post will share some tips on how to make business travel …
How To Evaluate Your Leadership Style
//NOTE: This is a guest post by Ken Blanchard, author of Great Leaders Grow: Becoming a Leader for Life Today, I’m going to give a short, one-question quiz. Here’s the question: How do you rate as a leader? I don’t ask this question flippantly. It is a question I’ve asked countless people at the leadership seminars we conduct. As leaders, most …
35 Ways To Put The “Leader” In Student Leader
One of the questions I get asked is: What do student leaders have to do to be considered a “student leader?” Great question. I actually wrote a short ebook (pdf) on the subject: STUDENT LEADER – 35 Ways To Put The Leader In Student Leader. Here are three of the ideas in the ebook. #3 DO FEW THINGS REALLY WELL. …
Seven Types Of Student Leaders To Avoid
In just a few short weeks, we will begin the process of selecting and electing new student leaders. We have a variety of ways for students to get involved on our campus. But there are some students who want to do a little more. They don’t want to simply be involved, they want to be influential. They are already thinking …
Better Illustrations = Better Communicator
I wanted to call this post: Illumination Through Illustration. There is a powerful connection that takes place between speaker and audience when one can share the right illustration, at the right time, and for the right reason. The right illustration adds value and meaning to your message. The wrong illustration will detract and distract from what you’re trying to say. …
Why Most IT Services Are a Waste of Money and the Alternatives You Should Consider Instead
Image Source: https://unsplash.com/photos/hGV2TfOh0ns (CC0) When it comes to generic services for your business, there’s nothing quite like the term “IT services”. It’s so vague that it simply doesn’t make sense to recruit a company that offers it. What exactly are they talking about? What does IT even mean in this case? Are they going to help you develop software, or …
Self-Discipline Starts With You
“Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not: it is the first lesson that ought to be learned and, however early a person’s training begins, it is probably the last lesson that he or she …
There Are Many People Behind One Successful Entrepreneur
Photo Credit: Unsplash – CC0 License There is no self-made entrepreneur who reaches the top by themselves. Entrepreneurs are often hailed for the success of their companies. Yet it would be unfair to pretend they work alone. Indeed, behind a business success story, there’s the person who was brave enough to create the company, aka the entrepreneur. But there’s more …