Thought Leadership “Scaffolding”
Here is the "scaffold" I use to help participants create strong thought leadership niches during my annual Though Leadership Workshop. © Alan Weiss 2012
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 12/17/12
December 17, 2012—Issue #169 This week's focus point: The trajectory of tragedy often dehumanizes it. Amidst the media blitz, I invite you to join me this morning is a brief moment of silence during which we send a
The Dog Star: Bentley
We'll begin building my fifth Bentley in a couple of months, and Ann Hutchins, the finest service manager in the history of automobiles, has provided my dog with his official "marque." I would assume he's the only white German Shepherd
A Christmas Tale
I was heading out of the house to make a deposit at the bank when my wife intercepted me and asked if I'd take her hundred-dollar bill and bring back 20 five-dollar bills. I absent-mindedly agreed and stuffed the hundred
Alan Unplugged Sold-Out Success
We had nearly 150 people Wednesday for a day of learning (and magic), a combination of veterans and newcomers, US and Canada, and raised $7,500 for the East Greenwich Animal Protection League. You can see one side of the room loafing
Guest Column: Run Through the Turkey
Run through the turkey Shawn Casemore Shaun is a graduate of the Million Dollar Consulting® College and is a Master Mentor With Thanksgiving now past, the holiday season is nearly upon us, and the images of turkey dinners, sugar plums, and of course
Frank and Ella
As consultants we often make inapt comparisons. For example, mentoring and coaching are quite different interventions; some situations are structured, but some are unstructured (you don't know what you don't know); some action is preventive, some is contingent. We need to
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 12/10/12
December 10, 2012—Issue #168 This week's focus point: I took the dogs for coffee yesterday morning and the owner was already complaining about a variety of personal and business issues at 7 am. We call him "gloomy Gus." A