Let’s face it, ad agencies are different from most other businesses. The combination of highly analytical people mixed in with highly creative people is what makes the ad agency business so much fun … and so challenging. One of biggest issues facing advertising agencies how to get teams to communicate effectively so that they can work more efficiently together. As …
How to Lead by Improving Your Listening Skills
If you’re like a lot of executives reading this, you’re interested in learning how to do a better job leading yourself and leading others. Most articles and blog posts about leadership focus on communication skills. In other words, they focus on persuasion, articulation, and messaging. Don’t get us wrong — communication skills are important. But learning how to listen is …
Visualizing Leadership Training and Development for Small Businesses
This year has seen a huge uptick in the need for leadership training and development, a consequence of how the world and the way we work has changed drastically over the past year. Leaders are an intrinsic part of a company’s growth and organizations need to create programs for employee training with leadership development in mind. But why is it …
How to Improve Your Communication Skills in the Workplace (Part 2)
This is the second in a two-part series about communication skills in the workplace. Part I discusses how people speak. Part II discusses how people think. How good are your communication skills? Research shows that people with good communication skills in the workplace get more promotions, are paid better, and have lower stress than people with bad communication skills. The …
How to Improve Your Communication Skills in the Workplace (Part 1)
This is the first in a two-part series about communication skills in the workplace. Part I discusses how people speak. Part II discusses how people think. Being able to communicate effectively in a work environment is key to your professional success and the success of your company. However, a lot of us don’t take the time to understand the way …
Leadership Skills: 40 Science-Based Techniques to Help You Become a Better Executive
If you’re an executive trying to improve your leadership skills, here are 40 science-based techniques you can put to use right away. I travel the globe teaching executives from Coca-Cola, Verizon, IBM and others how to improve their performance and leadership skills, and I wanted to share some of those skills with you. The platform I use to teach is …
How to Use the Tony Robbins Goal Setting System
I don’t know about you, but I’m a big fan of setting and accomplishing my goals. Setting goals has served me well over the years (even if many of my New Year’s resolutions fall by the wayside). In addition to being a fan of setting goals, I’m also a fan of Tony Robbins. He’s the well-known executive who teaches people …
How to Stop Procrastinating and Start Living
Would you like to stop procrastinating? Do you want to learn 5 simple techniques you can use to get more stuff done more quickly than ever before? If so, stick around, because I’m about to show you 5 science-based techniques you can use to stop procrastinating today. Let’s start by unpacking why you procrastinate in the first place. One reason …
List of the World’s Top 100 CEOs from the Unspoken Rules of Leadership.
It’s that time of year! It’s when the Unspoken Rules of Leadership uploads its Power 100 Ranking of the world’s top-performing CEOs. If you’re looking for a list of the world’s top CEOs, then the Power 100 Ranking is just what you’re looking for. We use a proprietary algorithm to create a list of the world’s top-performing CEOs. The data …
7 Quick Tips to Help You Create Your Personal Brand
Did you know that 50% of the people who Google themselves aren’t happy with the results? It’s true! Why is that? It’s because those people didn’t do a good job building a personal brand and managing their online reputation. Today, I’m going to share a 7-step program you can use to build and establish a powerful personal brand. Some of …