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Why do we hate (our own) sales people – Part II
December 13, 2016
In the four months since I posted the article “Why do we hate (our own) sales people?”, I have been overwhelmed by response of the number of people who have read it, liked it, added their comments to the conversation and shared it with their networks. To each and every one of you: Thank you, I ...
Read moreWhere is the line? – the ethics of social media content creation.
September 7, 2016
I was approached by a young intern for some advice. He had been asked by a manager in his company to research a topic and write a blog for the manager so that the manager could post it to their LinkedIn profile as their own work, with no accreditation to the intern as the author. ...
Read moreWhy do we hate (our own) sales people?
August 18, 2016
Last week, the Globe and Mail featured an article “Companies struggle with shortage of sales talent” which I believe was suppose to feature a new program at Wilfrid Laurier University. This new program has been created to teach sales training, something not traditionally taught by universities. Unfortunately, the article got derailed and took on a ...
Read moreGetting Good at Email
January 13, 2015
Getting good at email. I just read an article on “Why you should get ridiculously good at Email in 2015”. I agree with everything he says in the article about “why” but he doesn’t tell you “how”. So here are my 7 tips. My apologies to those not using Outlook because that is my email ...
Read moreBacking a Winner
February 5, 2014
As some of you may know, I am an avid skier and ski & teach at the Georgian Peaks Club. It is a private ski club (a phenomena known only to Ontario). The club has about 750 families and has a reputation for strong competitive ski and snowboard development programs that have produced a number ...
Read moreThe challenges of launching a new website
January 19, 2014
Why people with lousy tastes in style or colour should not be allowed to build a website.
Read moreI’m Back
April 15, 2013
It was a busy year beginning this year and I over-committed. As a result, my blogging time slipped off my calendar combined with some apparent mental block about writing. I would start a blog, get bogged down and stop. A few days later, I would come across a new idea and the same thing would ...
Read moreMy LinkedIn Experiment
December 1, 2012
A few weeks ago, I proposed an experiment on LinkedIn to crowd source opinions of who I am. The challenge was to capture the consensus of people in my LinkedIn network regarding their perception of me. To do so, I proposed using LinkedIn’s new Skills Endorsement feature to capture these market perceptions. Now, with over ...
Read moreCrowdsourcing who you are
October 23, 2012
If you use LinkedIn, you have seen their latest social engagement initiative that prompts you to endorse a skill of someone in your network. At first, I ignored this but then people started endorsing me, or more specifically started endorsing a specific skill that they perceived I have. Two weeks into this, it struck me ...
Read moreWFANP (Part III)
May 21, 2012
The Victoria Day long weekend is one of my favorite weekends of the year, especially when the blackflies have yet to make an appearance. This year is particularly spectacular given the clear skies and temperatures in the eighties. Unfortunately, the Lake is still 56 degrees so no swimming this weekend unless someone falls in while ...
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