If you are a sales or business professional looking to make a great first impression, then the elevator pitch should be at the top of your list of communication skills to learn right now. An elevator pitch is essentially a 60-second speech that tells others what you are about to entice them to want...
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Being an effective sales person is more than just making fancy presentations and cold calling. Becoming a great sales person takes a concerted effort to see beyond initial needs, through strategic follow-up and communication with customers. While it’s possible to eke out a modest living as a sales person by doing just the minimum,...
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Becoming a leader takes a lot more than just hard work. It takes a dedication to being a better person and learning how erase self-defeating thoughts and behaviors. Oftentimes, leaders find themselves running into the same sets of challenges, due to what’s commonly referred to as “blind spots”. You know, those places where you...
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We all know the popularity of social media networks like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and others. With some 800,000 million people worldwide using just Facebook alone (as of this post) it’s apparently clear that social media is here to stay. However, it’s not just a place to network with friends and family members anymore. Social...
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Did you know that keeping your employees engaged at work is the number one factor that can contribute to your organizational success? With the world economy in turmoil, this can be the key to controlling how your business will weather future storms. Employee loyalty can be thought of as a relationship of convenience, with...
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The human mind is naturally curious, but somehow as we grow into adults and become working professionals we tend to ask fewer questions. This occurs for several reasons. One, is that we have learned to accept our careers, and our personal lives as they are. Second, because we worry that by asking too many...
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