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If You've Got Something To Say, Stand Up and Say It

The Recovering Engineer

Likewise, at the booths where people sat and waited for the conference attendees to approach them, nothing happened. As I worked in the Kevin Eikenberry Group booth, I noticed an interesting dynamic happening at the booths around me. Where someone was willing to stand on a platform and speak, other people were willing to stop and listen.

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Eliciting Excellence – A Great Online Learning Opportunity

The Recovering Engineer

The conference is called Eliciting Excellence , and the organizer is Michael Beck. Michael has put together a wide range of leadership experts that you can learn from without leaving your office and without rushing to fit it into your schedule. Get updates in an RSS reader.

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Commit to Continual Learning – Life Lessons From Cal Ripken, Jr

The Recovering Engineer

Today, I had the chance to see Cal Ripken, Jr speak at a conference in Baltimore, Maryland. Just in case you don’t know him, he played many seasons with the Baltimore Orioles baseball team. He holds the Major League Baseball record for the most consecutive games played (2632). Get updates in an RSS reader.

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Fulfilling Employee Needs – Ten Critical Issues for Leaders to.

The Recovering Engineer

I just spoke at a conference where members from a local town were raffling off a vacation home to help raise training dollars. I’d lump trust and respect and add training and development to the list. Employees are number one cost of a business yet T&D is the first thing slashed in lean times. Makes no sense.

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The Scale of the Climate Catastrophe Will Depend on What Businesses Do Over the Next Decade

Harvard Business Review

The report’s beginnings trace back to 2009, when the annual UN global climate conference resulted in an agreement that the world should hold warming to 2.0°C The scientists put out a helpful document with FAQs , but in short, the primary takeaways are these: While the world has already warmed 1.0°C °C (3.8°F)

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The Customer Support Hierarchy of Needs

Harvard Business Review

Almost five years ago, I was sitting in the conference room of one of the world’s largest insurance companies, trying to push the idea of social customer relationship management to their corporate marketing team. Successful businesses invest in scalable support channels right from the start.

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Women's Leadership Exchange - Blog - Hope for Women Business.

Women's Leadership Exchange

Lauderdale Connect with Your Customer Conferences Teleseminars Speed Coaching WLE Toolbox WLE Exchange (e-newsletter) WLE Bookstore Blog SELLsation! WLE puts this into action at all our conferences, but we will be exanding on this beginning July of this year.So Now Im off to finish working on the next WLE Conference.

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