In our modern world, we’re moving at such a rapid pace we often miss seeing extraordinary signs and messages that pop up in our daily life. Whether you’re a soldier in Afghanistan, a corporate executive, a parent, spouse, or employee, when you can slow down enough to recognize and listen to your intuition, it can… Continue reading
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Eight Steps to Make Communication a Vital Skill
The art of everyday communications should be every executive’s number one priority. Every statement and every communication must contain the elements connected to company success, including its values, motivation, goals and objectives. However, successful communication is not just about idea, it’s also about how it is said. These eight steps will help you turn communication… Continue reading
Would You Work for a Transnational?
In a useful BusinessWeek report called Managing the Global Workforce we learned that winning the war for talent is a challenge that few corporations are well-equipped to handle. I wouldn’t call this news, but it’s certainly a macro-trend: as corporations morph from multinationals into transnationals that establish talent centers around the globe, talent management becomes… Continue reading
Everything’s Negotiable In Your Career
Terry Hird is a professional negotiator in Silicon Valley who enjoys teaching others the craft. Arranging a time to interview him by phone didn’t involve a lot of back and forth. It was a take it or leave it proposition. Well, not really, I suppose I could have held out for an in-person meeting and… Continue reading
How to Reign in Runaway Negotiations
Clients who don’t know what they want can chew up countless hours of your time with exploratory emails, phone calls, meetings, and requests for more details if you let them. Ditto for blood-sucking zombies who milk you for free advice but have no intention of ever hiring you. Here are some suggestions for “training” indecisive… Continue reading
