Stop the Madness
When you find yourself in an organization with a politicized environment, don't take your client's "side" and make it "us against them." You'll lose all your credibility. You need to be perceived as a mediator and facilitator who is helping
Those Damn Tourists
There are people upset that very popular destinations, especially in Europe (Florence, Dubrovnik, Barcelona, Pompeii, Venice, Prague) are being despoiled and overrun by tourists and foreign investment. (Often the people protesting the tourists are tourists doing so from that city!)
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 09/16/2019
I've been emphasizing (and wrote a book about the problem, Threescore and More) that ageism is one of the two remaining biases in the country that have very little opposition (the other being bias against people who are obese). There
Ready? Learn!!
I find that most people aren't "prepared to learn." Whether in a large meeting or one-on-one, they aren't "warmed up." (I love it when I say I'm ready to start and people run for the restrooms or to get coffee,
Give Me an Example of That
If you're writing articles without real-world, contemporary examples to which the reader can relate, you're merely writing conceptual pieces which aren't going to persuade prospects. Think of all those awful college professors who merely read their notes and pontificated. You
If We Do That, Then What Happens?
The problem with political initiatives and platforms is that they don't include "if
How Can We Help Each Other?
When you walk in through the office door and you don't consider yourself a peer of the buyer sitting in that office, you're not going to walk out through that door with the business you deserve. You're not in this
Waiting for Perfection Is Life Waiting for Godot
You can sit back until things are perfect and then move forward, or you can move immediately and put up with the imperfections. I used to run the sprints in track. If you waited for the perfect start you might
Episode 101: Intimacy
Everybody loves somebody sometime. Or, they really should. It's important to have a close, trusting relationship.
