Leadership

Respect is essential as a leader.  According to the Oxford Dictionary, respect is “a feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements.” Therefore, someone who disrespects a leader is in essence saying, “I don’t admire you. I don’t admire your abilities, qualities or achievements.” When that happens within an organization, this negative workplace […]

Personal Growth, Leadership, and Business Transformation Workshop Excites Participants MEDFORD, OR— On Tuesday February 2nd, world-renowned Brian Tracy, a New York Times best-selling author and the CEO of Brian Tracy International, was joined by Chris Rollins, Founding Partner of the John Maxwell Team, for a one-day life-and business-changing event held at the Inn at the Commons in Medford and hosted by Million […]

Since we’ve all heard the adage “everything rolls downhill”, it only makes sense that when it comes to  leadership, the adage would do the same. It is my experience that when the DNA of business owners and high level managers contains healthy management components this spreads throughout the organization and everyone benefits. The work flows better, the atmosphere is conducive […]

Success is in the details. And finding those details takes hyper-vigilant FOCUS. Below are 5 Marketing Tips that can help you FOCUS in 2016! F: Find the Right People Often as leaders we struggle with finding the right people. Now is the time as we end up 2013 and move towards 2014 to be ready for the new year of great […]

With permission I am re-posting a blog that one of my colleagues wrote. (Thank you Heather McNeill for your insights) The information is profound and applies across many industries. I would ask that you ponder the content and integrate the results into your own marketing practices. “Years ago when I first started in public relations and grass roots organizing I […]

The Top 5 Reasons People are Super Successful Super successful people are worth a good study. We’re always asking the question, “What makes one person more successful than another, even when these two people are providing the same service at comparable rates?” And while there are probably hundreds of possible reasons, we have noticed a few that tend to rise […]

I love to read about business, marketing and entrepreneurial ventures. I guess I really like to see how people tick and in turn how they make their businesses successful OR not. Often I learn from watching others make mistakes. I guess I am a bit of a coward in that respect because I learned early that there are two ways […]

Today Facebook announced a new search feature that should help locate business pages.  The new search is called “Graph Search” has a limited beta release, so it’s hard to say exactly who will get it and be using it while in the Beta phase.   The search feature is supposed to prioritize the search results of places, pages, and things by how […]

Or Should it be Public Relations Emergency? Don’t forget how important it is to communicate when your business is experiencing an emergency. When we say emergency we’re meaning the true nature of it like Fire, Crime, or a Storm.   The rule still applies as it did in childhood –don’t cry wolf. Do not leave all the information up to […]

We’ve had the privilege of working with many family businesses. As a valuable outsource we work very closely with the business owners and management team and from time to time we find disharmony is affecting the culture of the entire company. Secrets are never hidden more deeply than they are in a family, and so family business dysfunction is often […]