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You land a meeting with a prospect that you’ve been researching for quite some time.  Then you make the same mistake that most salespeople make:  You book an hour-long meeting at her office, next thing you know, you blew the meeting. Here are some business tips on how to improve business meetings. What’s wrong with…

Here at LeanMail, we've seen that the key factor for productivity and successful email management it is not only to have the right tools and training but to be open to change. So it shouldn’t be a big surprise that Behavioral Change is a trending topic. The more tools we invent, the more we need…

This TED Video from October 2008, is in fact, timely with the recent release of the new Spielberg film, Lincoln . Pulitzer Prize-winner Doris Kearns Goodwin is an eloquent speaker who shares a number of fun anecdotes and stories - especially from her times with Former President Lyndon B. Johnson. The theme here is understanding that we need…

I recently purchased dysfunctional products/services from three vendors who were unwilling to go outside company rules to fix the problems they caused. How can we take part in the Trust Economy if our corporate rules preclude us from taking care of customers? Too often there’s a divergence between company rules and customer needs. I’ll use…

Rabbi Dr. Abraham’s lobster video is a great lesson to us in a compact 90 seconds. The lesson: Times of stress are also times that are signals for growth. Feeling stressed? Perhaps it’s time for positive change. Duration: 01:56 Find out more about our Executive Leadership Coaching Program. Click HERE to watch the video. Happy…

This was an unexpected source of inspiration for me and perhaps the shortest Friday video ever, but definitely worth a quick view. Less than two minutes. Duration: 01:56 Find out more about our Executive Leadership Coaching Program. Click HERE to watch the video. Happy Friday! Michael Hoffman