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Differentiate or be Doomed I attend a lot of conferences – by choice, not because I have to. Why? Because I feel that one should never stop learning. Expanding one’s knowledge base and learning new effective ways to communicate is one of the best ways to differentiate yourself from everyone else. A few weeks ago …

The University of Alabama called on 70 of the nation’s leading corporate experts as student mentors during August. The “boot camp” format intended to expedite the 90 students’ development as future leaders. The executives provided private coaching and training, as well as team experiences. The week provided an inspirational kickoff for the students’ MBA educational programs, and …

Bringing up the topic of sales scripts is one sure way to induce an eye-rolling from a great number of professionals. They have their reasons: they may feel scripts are inflexible or at odds with a more spontaneous communication style. Perhaps they fear becoming dependent on a sheet of paper. Or maybe it induces flashbacks …

And it’s not rocket science either. But – and this might be a big “but” – it’s one more thing to do. It isn’t something that happens because you say “OK, from now on, everyone’s accountable!” It’s the result of planning and a little bit of discipline.   In my 29 years of working in …

The 40-, 50-, 60-hour workday. Sound familiar? Can’t be avoided if you want to get stuff done. You’ve got deadlines, shareholders, a darn company to run, after all. And I just know you are working at peak performance all that time. Well, aren’t you? OK, reality check. Chances are, you are only fully focused, 100% …