Dateline: October 30, 2015 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. One of my favorite people, Dr. Nick Morgan, is also an extraordinary speech coach who writes a very interesting blog, published on his Public Words website, for anyone who speaks publicly, or even attends speeches. Recently, Nick wrote a blog about How to Prepare for a Speech … [Read more...]
Good Ambition
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Dateline: July 31, 2015 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Ambition can be a good, constructive trait or bad and destructive. A recent Fast Company article explored the Six Habits of Ambitious People, and the difference in healthy and unhealthy ambition. Ambition that leads just to competing for competing sake can actually get in the … [Read more...]
Civility and the CIO
July 17, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: July 17, 2015 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. We spend lots of time with our workers, some of whom are a pleasure to work with, and others..well not so much. Recently the New York Times published a thought provoking opinion from journalist Christine Porath titled No Time to be Nice at Work that explored this subject. She … [Read more...]
The Importance of Project Sponsors
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Dateline: March 27, 2015 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Professors Timothy J. Kloppenborg and Debbie Tesch, from Xavier University’s Williams College of Business, published a thought-provoking research study about project success in the Sloan Management Review. The article, How Executive Sponsors Influence Project Success, … [Read more...]
Myth-Busting: What Millennials Want From Their Job In IT
February 20, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: February 20, 2015 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. In a recent post at Information Week, David Wagner, writer and community editor, shared 10 tips for millennials in IT who want to figure out how to talk with the 'older generation'. While this type of thinking has been the fodder for many jokes, there is a perception that … [Read more...]
Four P’s of Managing Employees
December 26, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: December 26, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. For the last post of 2014, we are returning to the topic of employee management. This week’s idea comes from Author, entrepreneur and motivational speaker James Bird Guess. In a recent post on his blog titled, Four Types of Employees Every Leader Must Know, he suggests … [Read more...]
Saying Less and Having a Bigger Impact
June 20, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: June 20, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Getting the right attention for your ideas is increasingly more difficult in an environment of overwhelmed, over-emailed/texted/interrupted colleagues and leaders. This week's WRAP comes from a recent review in Fast Company of a book by Joe McCormack titled BRIEF: Making a Bigger … [Read more...]
The Intertwined Cycles of Work and Life
May 2, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: May 2, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This week's WRAP comes from a new blog written my my friend and writer, Saundra Goldman. Saundra recently launched Creative Mix, which she describes as a curated online studio for and about women stirring up new visions of the artist’s life, offering ideas and inspiration from … [Read more...]
