Leaders Come in Many Shapes and Sizes

I recently blogged about how people learn and/or absorb messages in different ways—some are visual, others prefer content, while still others are auditory or even tactile. This got me to thinking that leading or managing often follows similar patterns, at least in...

Leveraging the True Power of Relationships

In an ideal world, success would be determined by what you know and how hard you were willing to apply that knowledge to solving problems, innovating, and making a difference in the lives of others. Of course, we live in a world of people, so life doesn’t always...

Appeal to Their Senses

We take for granted that students learn in different ways. Some are visual learners. For them seeing is believing. Some are more inclined to reading. They get their information through words. Some require more hands-on activities, while for others that’s no so...

In Search of the Perfect Marketing Touch

In my end-all, be-all of monkey sales dreams, the ideal transaction would go something like this: I grow a great crop of bananas; I tell my fellow monkeys how awesome the bananas taste and how good they are for them; and then my monkey “prospects” literally fight over...

Pennywise, Pound Foolish

Everyone likes to get a bargain, whether it’s on a big ticket item such as a new car, a great cut of meat, or some knick-knack at a rummage sale across town. But when does getting a great deal begin to back fire on you? Do you ever reach a point of diminishing...