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End of the Outside Salesperson, Part 2

by | Jun 16, 2020

part 2 of 2 This blog post and Part 1 were published earlier this month in the Birmingham Business Journal. As a guest columnist, I wanted to share my thoughts on our “new normal.”  In our previous blog, we talked about how much—and how fast—life and work have changed...

End of the Outside Salesperson

by | Jun 9, 2020

part 1 of 2 This blog post and the next were published earlier this month in the Birmingham Business Journal. I shared this content as a guest columnist because I think it’s important information for where we are right now. We all can acknowledge that consumer buying...

Disruptive Thinking is Not a Bad Thing

by | May 5, 2020

In our last blog, The Future of Business in a World with Coronavirus, we talked a lot about resiliency in the face of unprecedented change. We discussed embracing these changes and making them work for you. The blog was based on McKinsey & Company’s article 7...

The Future of Business in a World with Coronavirus

by | Apr 28, 2020

For many of us, our homes have become our offices, our schools and our gyms. You can wear sweatpants to your virtual meeting as long as you look professional from the waist up. We put on masks to go to the grocery, and pizza delivery people put your pie down at your...

More Lessons Learned in Times of Crisis

by | Apr 21, 2020

This week’s blog post, as well as the last one, is by a guest blogger:  Nevena Stefanov Taylor, my daughter Isabella’s volleyball coach. Coach Nev is an entrepreneur who founded Block Out Volleyball Academy. She’s an old-school kind of coach who focuses on the...

Virtual Professional Development Webinar

by | Apr 17, 2020

In response to the crisis that we are now facing with the COVID-19 pandemic, we would like to do our part to help you do what you do better. So, we are offering affordable virtual professional-development training. Social distancing guidelines are encouraging most...

Lessons Learned in Times of Crisis

by | Apr 14, 2020

This week’s blog post and the next one, too, come from a guest blogger:  Nevena Stefanov Taylor, known to my family as “Coach Nev;” she’s my daughter Isabella’s volleyball coach and the founder of Block Out Volleyball Academy. Coach Nev grew up in Serbia where she...

One in a Thousand Chances

by | Apr 7, 2020

In our last blog, I focused on a small thing that had a huge impact on me professionally. It was the answer to the question Mike Tate, CEO of On the Same Page Consulting and another executive coach, asked me during an interview for his “Small-Time Leaders” podcast. I...