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As a leader, what would you do if someone was texting during a meeting? Would you call out the bad behavior during the meeting? Would you talk to the texter privately after the meeting? Both of those situations are awkward, so I have a solution for you. Send a link to this video to all…
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You won’t like me when I’m angry, and when people are on their iPads/iPhones/Blackberries/Blueberries while I’m giving a presentation, I get angry! If you know someone in your office who is a repeat offender, send them this video, and maybe they will take the hint. Otherwise, you have my permission to get your smash on!
Hello! This morning I am going to be speaking to about 600 people at the Restaurant Facility Management Association, and everything is going to go great. Which is usually the case. I deliver somewhere between 50 and 80 keynote addresses every year, and most of them go off without a hitch. But as most professional…
Decisions. Our life is full of them, and that’s why our lives are often very annoying. I don’t remember ever agreeing to become an adult, do you? I never asked for this. I was perfectly happy as a child, being force-fed peanut butter and jelly sandwiches because that was the easiest thing for my mom…
I’m especially excited about writing this article. Why? Because I am going to be making fun of myself. Last weekend I held my first annual Big Pow! Global Takeover Summit in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Some of our people work remotely, and I wanted everyone to have a chance to get together, share ideas, and spend…
Hello everyone! I’ve just come back from a meeting that literally made me want to rip my own ears off. If there had been a window in the subterranean dungeon we were sitting in, I would have flung myself through it and fallen peacefully into a row of thorny bushes (side note: why does anybody…