I’ve been hesitant to rock this boat, hoping this ship would right itself, but I’ve decided that this vessel needs to be swayed a bit with the hope of providing encouragement and perhaps positive motivation for change. Based on my ancestors, I qualify to join multiple lineage societies, including both the DAR and the Mayflower […]
Jump into a time machine set to 1982, and you’ll find “personnel” departments full of forms and paper. Today, it’s “Human Resources,” and it’s less about pushing paper and more about optimizing a company’s most precious resource – its people — to affect company profits. Why the change? First, company owners and managers began to […]
Here’s our starting principle: A polished, professional landing page can improve your conversion rates. (And a messy one can hurt them.) Pretty simple, right? You’ve probably heard something similar before. But what the heck does it mean to be “polished” and “professional” on a landing page, anyway? And when it comes to conversions, what’s the […]
Smart speakers and voice assistants are taking over. In fact, Amazon alone has sold more than 100 million devices that give customers access to its voice assistant, Alexa. Alexa and other voice assistants like Google Assistant are changing the way people search. But they can also impact your company’s daily operations by giving you an […]
Reaching Customers via Trusted Advisors Many startups pitching LionBird have plans to market software to small businesses via their service providers. But how hard is it to create “affiliates” out of influencer groups such as accountants, lawyers, financial advisors and website builders who are trusted by end clients but who don’t traditionally cross-sell on those relationships? […]
Authored by Steven Guinness, Part way through delivering a press conference following the Federal Reserve’s first rate cut since December 2008, chairman Jerome Powell let it be known that the central bank was ‘looking carefully‘ at developing a new faster payments system. Unsurprisingly, his words on the subject proved the equivalent of screaming into the […]
Fire Emblem: Three Houses asks a lot of you. Every piece, from battle to friendships to training your units, must be managed both individually and as part of a whole. It can be intimidating, but when it all clicks together, it really clicks. Mastering the art of thoughtful lesson planning as a professor improves your […]
Google the term “essential skills for success” and you’ll get over 490 million results. With most of them consisting of lists. The top 5 essential skills for success, the 10 essential skills for success etc.. And in most of these lists, perspective taking isn’t in there. I think that this is a big mistake. Perspective […]
Every dog needs exercise, and most don’t get nearly enough these days, as is evidenced by skyrocketing canine obesity rates and an increasing number of dogs with difficult-to-manage behaviors like over excitement, aggression and destruction of property. I often advise pet parents that “A tired dog is a good dog,” and while this may seem […]
Suppose you habitually change from your staid normal self into a rollicking Kishore Kumar when you get into the shower, and change back to stodgy you once you emerge from it. Suppose, further, the family makes it a rule that unless you sing in the shower, you would not be served any food at home. […]
