Stop Rewarding Top Performers
Ok, not all of them, just a subset of them. We’ll get to that in a minute. First, a little background. developUs builds training, lots of it! And we love it. There’s nothing like creating a solutio ...
My Left Hand & the Gnarled Signature
I was at the end of an intense three-day certification, and my gray matter was mush. The experience had been a rich one; insightful and thought provoking, but I was ready to sprint out the door with m ...
Mangled Meetings
There are countless ways that we unknowingly lessen our impact, here are a few meeting manglers. Launching a presentation by, passing out a copy of the slides “for reference.”Paralyzing the audienc ...
All Dressed Up with Nowhere to Go
Before joining the developUs team, I had a decent amount of experience speaking in front of large audiences, sharing a message on live television, and delivering information for print articles; n ...
The President’s Suit Coat
Many moons ago I sat in a freezing cold executive conference room waiting for a meeting with the President of a multi-billion dollar company. At the time, the President of the organization was m ...
Why I Love The Underdog
A few weeks ago, I was in a meeting with a potential referral source, and we were discussing our backgrounds. One woman observed that throughout my career I had been a fan of the underdog. Gu ...
The First A: Awareness
What would it take to transform your RE-lationship into a REAL-ationship. Linguistically speaking, we just added an “a”, but that one little letter packs a punch. It’s bigger and more influential than ...
The Second A: Acknowledgment
A2: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT What would it take to transform your RE-lationship into a REAL-ationship. Linguistically speaking, we just added an “a”, but that one little letter packs a punch. It ...
The Third A: Accountability
A3: ACCOUNTABILITY What would it take to transform your RE-lationship into a REAL-ationship. Linguistically speaking, we just added an “a”, but that one little letter packs a punch. It’ ...
The Fourth A: Authenticity
A4: AUTHENTICITY What would it take to transform your RE-lationship into a REAL-ationship. Linguistically speaking, we just added an “a”, but that one little letter packs a punch. It’s bigger ...