May 25, 2013

Video – Aligning and Motivating Your Team

 Dean Brenner of the Latimer Group AlphaGraphics Annual Conference – July 10, 2010  

Patriotic Grace by Peggy Noonan: A Book That Made Me Think

[ Volume VII, Issue 4 ] I read a lot… or try to, at least. I enjoy reading many different types of writing, from history (my wife, Emily’s, professional calling) to communication and business (my own professional calling) to politics and current issues (just good stuff to be aware of in our world). I simply [...]

Presidential Politics and the Absence of Authenticity

[ Volume VI, Issue 4 ] Doesn’t it feel like this presidential campaign has been dragging on forever? It does to me, but we still have so much left to see and hear from our two presumptive nominees between now and the first Tuesday in November. I have been watching John McCain and Barack Obama [...]

McCain, Obama and the Value of Authenticity

[ Volume VI, Issue 2 ] Professionally speaking, I grew up in the world of financial services. In that world, experience teaches you to ignore anyone who says, “This time it’s different” as an explanation for why a stock won’t go down, why a market won’t correct, or why we’ll never see another bear market [...]

Applying the Concept of Leverage

[ Volume III, Issue 2 ] “I won a nickname, ‘The Great Communicator.’ But I never thought it was my style or the words I used that made a difference: It was the content. I wasn’t a great communicator, but I communicated great things.” – Ronald Reagan, Farewell Address to the Nation, January 11, 1989 [...]

Understanding Leverage

[ Volume III, Issue 1 ] “The very essence of all power to influence lies in getting the other person to participate. The mind that can do that has powerful leverage on his human world.” – Harry A. Overstreet In early 2004, I spent several months working with a client who is in sales. Let’s [...]