Everyone fears rejection although it is inevitable. No employee will procure the funding necessary to commence a huge project every time. There are no sales representatives with a 100% close rate. Executive Boards decline requests made by stakeholders every single day. Accepting that rejection, set-backs and losses are inevitable does not mean giving up or giving in. Instead, continue…
Author: Liz Scavnicky-Yaekle
Four Ways to Pump Up Your Productivity
If one of your goals is to be more productive at work, follow these four simple tips. Get your groove on. When I returned to the workplace after half of a decade raising small children, I was surprised by the number of millennials with earbuds in their ears. “How can they possibly get anything done?” I thought…
Three Paths to Innovation at Small Companies
Most people agree that an innovation strategy is critical to a company’s success, however many also say that it is easier said than executed. Of the one hundred largest companies in the U.S. a century ago, only seventeen survive today. The rate of new product innovation in consumer goods increases exponentially year over year. Surprisingly, 95 percent of…
Four Ways to Welcome and WOW New Employees
Just like starting a new school, beginning a new job can be both stressful and exciting. Many of the principles outlined in Dale Carnegie’s best-selling book, ‘How to Win Friends and Influence People,’ are great tools to help give new-hires a warm welcome and set them up for success in their new workplace. Here are four ways to welcome…