Fun at work can take many forms depending on the organization and the individual. Take my husband and me for example. This week we both had fun at work. Outward Fun His fun came through a quality and teambuilding conference he attended. One evening after dinner together they all went go-cart racing. He had a …

Premises that Shape Leadership Story Work Stories and Story Work This post is the third in a series about a breakthrough Leadership Coaching approach: Creating your Leadership Story. I have suggested that one of the most powerful ways for leaders to see how you lead, understand the reasons you lead as you do, and make …

Guest post by Drew Gerber PR expert Drew Gerber has insider advice for us – quite exciting for small business owners: National Media Coverage Getting national media coverage in top print, broadcast or online media can boost your business in ways it is hard to imagine. A single placement in a glossy national magazine is …

Making the leap - from entreprenuerial to corporate

In the past couple of weeks Dell has been the focus of a newly revealed crisis as a recently-unsealed 2007 lawsuit charging the company with knowingly selling millions of faulty computers made headlines. PC Magazine has the details: Advanced Internet Technologies (AIT) sued Dell in 2007 over charges that Dell sold AIT more than 2,000 …

Earlier this year, the Social Enterprise Alliance published Succeeding at Social Enterprise: Hard-Won Lessons for Nonprofits and Social Entrepreneurs (Jossey-Bass). Anyone interested in starting or strengthening a social enterprise would benefit from reading this informative book. The book’s sixteen chapters are organized into three sections: Startup and Structure, Methods, and Leadership. Each section contains chapters …

Public relations tips are often about telling your story to the media. But what about the people who work for you? Making news begins at home. It’s possible to send a strong new message to the press that covers your industry, or your company if you’re a big player. But is your message to the …

For best PR results, you have to give the same messages over and over again through interviews, your pitches and your press materials, so be consistent and make your message your mantra.

Coaching is about change. Clients are attracted to coaching because of the emphasis on taking action and being held accountable. They may be competent and successful in many areas of their lives, but there is a situation where they can’t seem to make the changes they desire on their own. The coach enhances motivation, action …

This piece was motivated by Renata Rafferty’s Posting of June 8: see “The-Politically-Incorrect-Guide-To-Donors” Renata’s method of “classifying” donors by motivation, which revisits a subject that doesn’t get enough attention, reminded me of a series of articles I read, many years ago, in The Chronicle of Philanthropy. Those articles, based on the book, “The Seven Faces …