Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 11, 2011

Online interaction has allowed us to meet many new people, but it has not diminished our yearning to maintain older relationships. It's hard to imagine a world without email. It's now the dominant form of exchange, with the typical American adult spending more than an hour a day managing the inbox. People under 25 now spend more time texting from their cellphones than talking on them.

Software 137

Software Engineering Influence Development 137

Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 4, 2011

Continuously feeling good and staying in alignment so that you can remain open and allow positive energy to flow into your life is the first step in the Law of Allowing. This is when you begin to see past what is to what could be. But in order to get to what could be, you need to master the second step and this is the one people have the most trouble with.

Process 133

Process Self-aware Parcell Class 133

Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Trust is central to human existence. Like all social animals, human beings have an instinctive need to cooperate and rely on each other to satisfy their most basic emotional, psychological, and material needs. Without trust, we are not only less happy as individuals but also less productive in groups. Research has linked the virtues and benefits of trust to economic prosperity, societal stability, and even human survival.

Team 129

Team Team Building Cooper Bottom-up 129

Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Our hyperconnected, hypertransparent world continues to add new dynamics and issues to consider. That is as it should be and certainly how it turned out to be. And undoubtedly how it will continue to be. Trust is a funning thing , one of those soft things that we often rush by. What's not so funny is how often it lies at the center of our challenges and opportunities.

Uncertainty 109

Uncertainty Reputation PR Human Capital 109

Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Companies now operate in a new Era of Mass Customization, where customers enjoy nearly unlimited options to satisfy their needs and appetites. Mass customization, a term Stan Davis popularized in his 1987 book Future Perfect , aptly describes the Internet's impact on the marketplace. No longer must they put up with the "one size fits all" approach of the old Era of Mass Production.

Operations 105

Operations Tips Media Productivity 105

Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 30, 2011

The Internet has changed the way we communicate. We used to have many more face-to-face conversations and organization meetings in physical locations. Today, we primarily communicate by email, texting and voice communication using the Internet. It all started when a high school friend put the @ in person-to-person communication. Back in October 1971, when an engineer (i.e. we both went to the same small high school in Upstate New York during the late 1950s) named Ray Tomlinson chose the '@'

Construction 102

Construction Video Books Software 102

Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 18, 2011

Economics is all about consumption. As you know, 'good times' don't last forever.yet, people want to believe they do. Like the turkey, who believes good times are commonplace until the third week of November, most people expect the good times to roll on. And so, they only see what they are looking for. If you understand that there are business cycles, you look for the unexpected and when it surfaces, you see it long before others do.

Class 90

Class Industry Marketing Finance 90