Archive for the ‘Success’ Category

Death by PowerPoint. Don’t kill your audience –keep them engaged with tips by David Paradi.

I subscribe to an executive book summary online service and the latest book reviewed is: No More Excuses: The Five Accountabilities for Personal and Organizational Growth. It’s by Sam Silverstein.
The review reads, in part:  “No More Excuses is not a slogan. It’s a competitive choice. Whether you’re trying to hold onto your job or [...]

I just finished reading Chapter 1 of Suzy Welch’s book: 10-10-10, which lays out an easy-to-use method for making decisions based on their short, medium and long term consequences.
In a nutshell, when making decisions, one needs to:

pose the question, crisis or challenge in the form of a query
collect data and given the question, explore the [...]

“Information has gone from scarce to superabundant: that brings huge new benefits, says Kenneth Cukier (interviewed here)—but also big headaches.” The Economist print edition, Feb 25th 2010,
In my consulting work, my clients are wrestling with the terabytes of data they produce. Finding information that already exists in an organization can be the most frustrating, time-consuming [...]

Take some time to watch this inspiring video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbk980jV7Ao
It’s amazing how one person can change the lives of others for good. In our personal and professional lives, we remember those who make us feel good about ourselves in a genuine way. Let’s make the world a better place by validating others. It takes little effort, but [...]

Deb Hunt, Principal at Information Edge, and a member of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) Board of Directors, was honored by Information World Review (IWR) magazine for her work on behalf of SLA to spearhead and implement the innovative “23 Things” program.
23 Things is a free, members-only, self-directed training program to help SLA members [...]

Take a few minutes to read this short article in the New York Times “Small Business” section and see how you measure up. What the author describes can easily happen to small business owners and entrepreneurs who are busy running their businesses. It’s a reminder to look after ourselves.
http://tinyurl.com/yc7nz2d

We turn out the lights, power down the computer and leave the office, thinking we’ll be back the next business day. But what if we don’t come back — an accident or an emergency happens and we are the only one who knows where important business and other records are. Perhaps we’ve made no provisions [...]

In any endeavor, we must know what we want, clearly, with vision and without hesitation. Otherwise, we may set ourselves up for failure. Here is some advice from Training Camp, A Fable About Excellence: What the Best Do Better Than Everyone Else by Jon Gordon.
“The best know what they truly want.They know what they’re working [...]