Everyone seems to agree that disengaged employees cost enterprises billions of dollars in lost profits, sales, market share and opportunity. The Gallup Organization has placed the cost of disengaged employees to the US economy at $350 billion per year.
Read MoreWhile in St. Lucia enjoying a rejuvenating week of holidays, my husband Tom and I ventured into the town of Castries. There we found a market with hundreds of local merchants selling spices, vegetables, souvenirs and any wares tourists will buy.
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If you’re anything like I am, some days you feel chained to your desk and computer. There just seems to be a never-ending stream of e-mails to answer, phone calls to catch up on and social media to post.
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In the month since SaferProducts.gov went live, a number of complaints have started to trickle onto the website. I thought it would be worth taking a look to see what consumers are saying.
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Change. It can be frightening. Change. It can be exhilarating. Change. It can happen to us. Change. We can be the instigator. We can ignite change or we can be extinguished by change.
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Lately, I’ve been pondering the changing world we live in. In reflecting on this topic, a concept one of the most forward-thinking people I know, Charley Johnson, shared a while ago came to mind.
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You know how to get your client’s message out on a pen, but do you know how to get it out as a press release? Here are tips to help maximize your PR prowess.
Read MoreIn observing a recent sales conversation, I wondered why the salesperson had automatically assumed that price and saving money were the most important factors to the CMO.
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OK, it’s TMI (too much information) time. I’ve been a drummer since age six when for my birthday my mother gave me the option of a bike or a drum set.
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News of the serious economic challenges of many states across the country is not just hearsay any longer. From the East to the West Coast, the nightly news is dominated by reports chronicling state and local governments struggles in dealing with significant budget shortfalls.
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