By Paul Bramson, CEO — The Paul Bramson Companies To be competitive in today’s sales environment, one needs more than just surface level skills and charm. High-performing professionals are both proficient as well as tenacious. Sales professionals must be able to integrate their capabilities with an unyielding determination for ongoing development in their drive to success. I often get asked, …
How to Ask for Feedback: A Guide for Women in the Workforce
Excerpt from The Mirrored Door: Break Through the Hidden Barrier that Locks Successful Women in Place by Ellen Connelly Taaffe. One of the best ways to ask for feedback is to reflect on your style and get feedback from those around you. In my Personal Leadership Insights course, I ask MBA students to seek feedback from three people in their …
5 Mistakes to Avoid When Setting Long-Term Business Goals
By Ray Blakney Establishing long-term business objectives is a must for achieving continual growth and success. These goals have an impact on every aspect of your company, from optimizing existing strategies to each major decision made to move a business forward. Obstacles and new opportunities will constantly arise for both new and established entrepreneurs, and long-term company goals act as …
Want your team to execute better? Get Personal.
By Grayson James When I talk with leaders about their teams’ execution, I hear two common perspectives: What I’ll call the Rational View and the Enigmatic View. The Rational View sees execution as a straightforward process that begins with a clear articulation of an objective and is followed by the planning and then the actions needed to achieve the objective. In this view, …
Navigating the Outsourcing Landscape: Tips for Hiring Virtual Assistants
By Gidon Levy, Founder & CEO — Remote CoWorker The working world has changed dramatically in the last decade, especially in the wake of the pandemic. With remote work becoming far more prevalent, virtual assistants (VAs) have stepped in to help businesses with a number of tasks that were once only handled in-house. Virtual assistants can come in the form …
The Art of Balance: Blending Personal Connection and Process Efficiency in Recruiting
By Brianna Rooney In today’s digitized, data-driven world of talent acquisition, recruitment teams are constantly seeking new ways to enhance candidate experience, increase productivity, and drive results. However, they face an ever-present quandary when it comes to how they can best maintain meaningful human connection and interaction amidst the pull toward process automation and technology. Striking the right balance between …
Leading Tech Workers in the Age of AI
By Michael Gibbs, CEO — Go Cloud Careers Artificial intelligence changes everything, especially for businesses in the tech space. Generative AI tools like ChatGPT have already proven they can do a lot of hands-on tech work better and faster than human workers, including generating code, scripts, and configuration files. Essentially, AI brings into the tech space a new worker who …
How to Maintain Authenticity Amid Fake News Predominance
By Chan Desai, Account Strategist — Otter PR The term “fake news” has entered the cultural zeitgeist and taken hold in the last decade. Used as a way to discredit news sources, media outlets, or virtually anyone with an opposing narrative, it has led to widespread misinformation and distrust between media and the public. Once a compelling fake news …
The Transformation of Soft Skills to Power Skills
By Lyndsay Dowd In the ever-evolving landscape of leadership and organizational success, one thing remains constant – the importance of skills. But in recent years, there has been a remarkable shift in how we perceive and prioritize these skills. Today, we stand at the crossroads of a transformative journey, where soft skills are undergoing a metamorphosis into what I call …
The Adaptability Mandate and the New World of Work
By Henry Nothhaft, Jr. – President of EssentialDx The pandemic didn’t birth the era of flexible and hybrid work; it simply fast-tracked a revolution that was already in motion. As business leaders, we find ourselves in a transformative period where the rulebook is being rewritten. Enabled by technology and a fresh perspective on what work can be, we’re shaping the …