I have bad news for anyone who does virtual demos for products or capability presentations: no one wants to see them. Seriously. Get over it. Once you realize that it will be much easier to sell your software. To clarify: they might have signed up for a virtual demo. They might have even clicked a
Why is it that managers (particularly the guys) connect coaching with sports analogies? Whether it’s the kindly, grandfatherly type (John Wooden is the patron saint here), or the “fire and brimstone” inspirational kind (any coach who gives speeches stolen from the movies), we think of sports coaching as the model. He (usually a “he” in these
Far be it from me to disparage research concerning the modern workplace (especially when regarding the topic of leading remote teams), but sometimes you just want to say, “DUH!” This research from Aalto University in Finland indicates that (Are you ready for this?) leading remote teams is more stressful than leading people in-person. In a way,
If your company is moving over to Skype for Business, you’re not alone. Hundreds of thousands of companies worldwide are doing the same thing. As those of us who have been using Lync know, the change is either coming or already here. And while it might seem like just another Microsoft upgrade (with all the wailing and
I am not a “birthday guy.” Unlike my wife, who proclaims February her “birthday month,” and frequently invokes it for favors, I don’t find anything particularly impressive about the fact that I made it around the sun one more time. In the great cosmic scheme of things, birthdays—even mine—don’t matter much. Except that they do…
When it comes to presenting complicated, technical information to other departmental team members in easy-to-understand terms, it can be one of the most frustrating, challenging aspects for project managers and leaders. Yet, in over 20 years of teaching communication skills, I’ve never found a better model of effectively (and successfully) presenting than the TV show,
By: Dan Negroni News flash: Millennials want it all…they want a great work/life balance and the opportunity to text their work in, too. The digital age has dramatically changed the old model of business culture and workplace environment. Today, flexibility is paramount to millennials. As a manager, the ability to adapt to this shift, effectively managing millennials remotely is
Do you enjoy sitting in on webinars and web meetings? Odds are you don’t: the majority of us participating in online meetings and webinars complain that online meetings are huge chunks of wasted time; it’s similar to sitting in college lectures filled with useless information and boring speakers. And the main reason participants are so
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