Our recent Hair Raiser was a complete success and blast. Watch this beautiful video that Dom Piccini Productions created to capture the spirit of this fund raising event that benefited Shining Hope for Communities that operates the Kibera School for Girls in Africa.
When was the last time you received a thoughtful, well crafted, personalized thank you note or letter from a client, vendor, job candidate or networking contact? When was the last time that you sent one yourself? If you are like most busy professionals, you are lucky to get a quick email message acknowledging the meeting [read more]
Last week I had the privilege of delivery the keynote address at the Leadership Summit of ALPFA Hartford club. ALPFA is the largest Latino association for business professionals and students and has over 16,000 members across the USA. Their mission is to expand Latino leadership in the global workforce by creating opportunities, adding value, building [read more]
In response to last week’s networking tip on the topic of LinkedIn best practices to help you increase your invitation acceptance rate, a good friend of mine sent me a poignant reply. “Don’t get me started,” she said. While she agreed with my recommendation to always personalize your LinkedIn invitations, she warned against building a massive [read more]
I am delighted to share the thoughts of my guest contributor, Medina Jett. Medina is an attorney and compliance professional in the financial services industry, and is the Founder and President of Integrated Compliance Solutions Group, LLC, a regulatory compliance firm providing services to asset management and insurance companies. Learn more about Medina at http://www.i-c-solutions.net/ Medina and I were recently [read more]
Last week I had the privilege of giving a motivational keynote talk during a town hall meeting at The Hartford Insurance Company. My talk was entitled Everyday Leadership: Motivating the Leader in You! My challenge was to use this platform to connect the employees to their new vision statement. I think we got there…or at least [read more]
The ultimate question Unsolicited feedback can backfire. I’ve experienced that several times in my career. I have learned to ask for permission before offering my feedback, observations and suggestions to others. I like to start with the following sentence, which I consider to be the ultimate question: “Are you open to some feedback?”
Every so often after I have given a motivational keynote speech or seminar, a person will comment: “I’ve heard that all before. I know that. You didn’t teach me anything new.” Sometimes they will say it in person, to my face; other times they will share this feedback in post-event surveys, where their anonymity is [read more]
Last week, I received a call from a networking friend of mine, Sandy Centorino, asking me to attend the Connecticut Business Expo and to support her. She had been selected as one of the five finalists in the Get Started CT pitch contest, sponsored by Inc. Magazine and Cox Business. She not only needed a [read more]
There are days in business when you know you are in the right place at the right time. All you need to do is have the courage to seize the moment and take a swing. Last week, I had one of those magical days. I was invited by a friend to attend Women’s Day at [read more]
