Storytelling is an important skill that we should all embrace, hone and master. Stories draw us in… they paint a picture… the best among them make the listener feel as if he/she was there. A friend of mine, Andrew Nemiccolo, owns a company called Seven Story Learning. The organization helps companies to develop their natural […]
Month: November 2011
Go In Ready to Add Value
Whichever side of the table you are sitting on, I implore you: Be a networker. The bi-directional nature of networking is a beautiful thing. Did you request the meeting? Was the meeting requested of you? Doesn’t matter. Go in ready to add value. Here’s the deal… sometimes, we have a tendency to take a meeting […]
There’s No Such Thing as a Bad Meeting
My dad once shared a quotation with me, “The world is run by people who attend meetings.” I liked it so well that I wrote one of my business school essays on the basis of that concept. When I got to Sprint, I often recalled the quotation to find solace given that my days were […]