9 Ways To Be A Positive Communicator
One night while having dinner with Doc Rivers, the head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers, I asked him to identify the important thing he does as the leader of his team. He said, “I communicate with...
View ArticleOrganizational Leadership: Health Over Growth
As a leadership teacher and consultant for the past 10 years, I have had the opportunity to work with some amazing businesses over the years. One of those is NaturChem. NaturChem is a chemical company...
View ArticleHow To Be A Fearless & Effective Negotiator
I have been teaching negotiation skills at companies for more than 20 years, have read dozens of books on negotiation skills, attended multiple high-level negotiation training programs and, to date,...
View Article5 Legal Takeaways On Negotiating with Investors
After countless meetings, networking events, and introductions, you have gained the attention of a serious investor for your tech startup. Careful preparation and negotiation are just a few of the next...
View ArticlePurpose 20 Awards: My Yoga Connection
The Center for Leadership and Service at the University of Florida created the Purpose 20 Awards to honor the contributions made to Alachua County by local for-profit businesses. These 20 businesses...
View ArticleThe Building Blocks of a Successful Marketing Campaign
A successful and effective marketing campaign is the conglomeration of many things: in-depth research, strategic planning, calculated media placement, proper messaging, fitting creative execution and...
View Article9 Keys To Rebranding
There is far more to branding than visuals, as branding delves into the overall experience everyone has with your company. Branding involves the five senses and sometimes a bit more if you consider...
View ArticleWomen as Transformational Leaders
While women in leadership of all sectors — private, government and independent — are a much smaller subset than male leaders, there has been a swelling tide of data to support the fact that women...
View ArticleSocial Media Stress Reliever
You’ve probably heard lately that you need to build a “content calendar,” but what does that really mean? And what else do you have to do now?” It is simply this: organize yourself in such a way that...
View ArticleGatorade Sets Tone for UF Tech Transfer
Technology transfer is the art and science of turning research discoveries into commercialized products. A shining example is the invention of Gatorade by Dr. Robert Cade and other University of...
View ArticlePersonal Branding is Everywhere
Personal Branding. It’s everywhere these days. What to do? How to make it stick? How to…make yourself into the go-to person on any topic, whether it’s on the web via your blog, Twitter, Facebook or...
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2016 Snapchat Revolution
A few years ago, a new photo-chat application called Snapchat emerged and quickly gained popularity among teenagers. Snapchat allows users to send video clips up to 10 seconds long as well as pictures...
View ArticleParadigm Shift in Medical Education
In four short years, Gainesville-based Shadow Health has taken medical education by storm. Its cloud-based animated patients captivate students studying nursing, pharmacy, and medicine who grew up in...
View ArticleMillenial Engineers Make Great Entrepreneurs
Engineering is a field that has struggled with public perception. Stereotypes of the traditional engineer have haunted it for years. Despite efforts to change perception of the eld, engineers are...
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5 Ways To Know If An Employee Is Toxic
The worst employee I ever had was the gift that kept giving. At the time, it was a mess: I didn’t listen to the rumblings of the rest of the staff. I promoted him, hoping that would build loyalty and...
View ArticleOrganizational Excellence Begins With Your Mindset
Until we’re all replaced by robots and artificial intelligence, defining, achieving and sustaining excellence still comes down to people. Of course, there are no shortage of frameworks (Baldridge, 7S,...
View ArticleIncorporating Technology into Training
If you’ve been in business for a long time, you know that the rise of the Digital Age brought on a whole new era of opportunities for business owners to leverage technology and be more efficient. If...
View ArticleHow to Become a Management Master
Last year, 641 people tried to climb Mount Everest; five never came back. Those frightening odds keep most of us firmly planted at lower elevations; however, consider how many times the average guide...
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TradePMR: Staying Ahead of the Financial Curve
“We have taken a stance that we want to be a firm that is unique in our industry – an extremely caring firm that services high-end advisers that are successful in what they do, have a history of taking...
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Hacking Successful Innovations
Josh Linkner is the author of “Hacking Innovation: The New Growth Model from the Sinister World of Hackers.” I am a regular reader of Josh’s blog as it features highly relatable insights and...
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