Jason Speaks – Historic Downtown
Historic Downtown Concord Businesses and Friends social I will be presenting the findings of some of my research to a group of local business owners in August. I attended their event last night and it was very good. The location is TBD, but mark your calendars for...
Finding Your Voice in Selling – Part 3
The Danger of Taking an Uncharted Path The mental drain of not knowing what to expect is what takes out most people. You have no way of knowing if victory is right around the corner, of if you are just making a desperate decision to hang on for one more day. Say your...
4th Speaking Date Added for Last Half of 2013
Speaking Engagement I will be sharing insights from my research on small business owners at the Charlotte East Rotary group on October 3 at 12:30 PM. Venue: Red Rocks Café Location: 4223-B Providence Rd Charlotte, NC 28211
I Should Write a Book
I spent over a year as an internal consultant within a Fortune 500 financial services company. My job was to increase adoption of Salesforce, our new tool that had been launched to a group of 4500 field-based salespeople and support staff. I traveled heavily in my...
Searching for a Doctoral Committee Chair
I have started my search for both a doctoral committee chair and one committee member this week. I imagine this will be about an 8 week process. I have found several viable candidates in the university's roster. I reached out to my network this week in an effort to...
Burnout
So what is burnout, anyway? Burnout consists of three terms: Emotional exhaustion Depersonalization Diminished personal accomplishment (Maslach & Jackson, 1986). Emotional exhaustion is by far the most researched and reported facet of burnout. Now watch how it...
Ethics and Political Acumen
[column width="25"]I headed into this class with little expectation of being engaged in the material, but left the class really enthused.[/column] [column width="25"]We were charged with a deep exploration of ethics as it applied to corporate governance. Now that I...
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A Gradual Start Leads to Strong Results [Interview with Abigail Young]
Starting a Business Slowly A few months ago my daughter was in full birthday campaign mode. At the dinner table, "I want a Barbie cake!" During family movie night, "I want a Barbie cake!" On the way home from school, "I want a Barbie cake!" You get the picture. I'm...
Iowan Corn: The Secret to Effective Org Change
[column]I am continually amazed at how easily I can apply my classes from University of Phoenix. My doctoral studies have taught me to search for what is known as a seminal work -- to find the person who had the original idea. With my Salesforce project I worked...
7 Amazing Steps to Bet the Business
Andy Grove, former CEO of Intel, realized that his company would need to make a dramatic change or face extinction. This often-told story about the company’s “strategic inflection point” centered around betting the business on microprocessors instead of memory....