Tell It with a Story

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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