My go-to business consultant is a hairy, 1200-pound redhead who tests my leadership skills on a daily basis. In other words, my horse. I ride competitively, and it’s like having another job in terms of skillset, goals, and experience. After a hard day at work, riding is a great stress-reliever, requiring quite a different level … Continue reading Everything I Know About Leadership, I Learned at a Rodeo

You recognize that the ability to be more competitive and have an all-around more-fulfilled employee base lies in going remote. But where can you start when it comes to the current team you are leading? This week we met with Edoc’s Tina Wildey, who does everything from business development to hiring and managing of Edoc’s … Continue reading 2 Proven Practices for Better Remote Leadership

As part of our ongoing series “A Better Way to Work,” we’ve interviewed Logan Hiudt, the Vice President of Sales and Co-Founder of Snip.ps.  Snip.ps is a digital advertising firm that has created a platform that provides users with a unique, shortened URL to use throughout their social media channels. No matter where content originates (Snip.ps … Continue reading A Better Way to Work: Logan Hiudt of Snip.ps

This is part two in our conversation about simple changes we can make to be more effective communicators when we email. See the first two concepts here. 3. Keep emails conversational, but still fact-based. Today’s email is less and less formal—but recognize there’s no need to be unprofessional just because you are conversational. Tim Elmore, founder … Continue reading 4 Proven Strategies to Be More Influential Through Email (Part Two)

We spend the equivalent of as much as 9 workdays a month dealing with email. The amount of emails we receive can increase the higher up we go within an organization. Chief Marketing Officer of Enjoy Life Foods, Joel Warady, told Edoc that he’s actually tracked his email count. Joel receives about 270 emails each … Continue reading 4 Proven Strategies to Be More Influential Through Email (Part One)