If your thoughts are primarily fear based, if you’re envisioning the worst for yourself and your business, if your conversations are focused predominately on bad news, then you’re seriously impeding your own success. Instead of giving succor to all the negative blathering, buckle down and determine to take three actions every single day to improve […]
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Avoid Death By Meeting: Ten Tips to Add Value to Your Meetings
One of the fastest ways to send your members into the land of apathy and have them go MIA – missing in action – is to conduct meetings that waste their time and leave them feeling that nothing gets accomplished. To generate greater participation from your members, ensure that your meetings are productive and that […]
Can You Actually Make Budgets “Timeless”? Yes!
Budgets are funny creatures. Can’t live with them, can’t live without them, just substitute your favorite person, spouse, animal, vegetable, mineral and you get the picture. Tell someone you do not have a budget and no matter who they are they will look at you funny thinking what’s wrong with you. The funny thing about […]
Testifying Before Elected Officials
Happy New Year!! Okay, I know I’m a little early, but I also know you’re eagerly awaiting the return of your legislators to the state capitol in January so this month I wanted to remind you just how easy it is to testify before a legislative body. Whether you’re working an issue at the city, […]
Are you utilizing the talents of your YPO?
As we are nearing the end of 2009 I find that, like me, many local organizations are emailing ballots and calling for nominations for new board members for 2010. In any-town-USA you hear leaders speak of diversity and the need to infuse new talent into their dying organizations. Here is where your Young Professional Organization […]