Problem: You get the feeling that people don’t have a good opinion of you. Or, you don’t know what people think of you. Or, you don’t have really good relationships that you can count on. Or, you don’t feel that you’re a smooth, dynamic, charming speaker or conversationalist that people are attracted to. Solution: IContinue reading “Say Thank You”
Author Archives: Rex
Be Patient
Problem: Things aren’t changing fast enough for you. Your efforts seem to go unnoticed or without any impact. The bureaucracy causes everything to take so much longer to get done or implemented. Solution: Be patient. Just because the change is not occuring according to your paradigm doesn’t mean it isn’t occuring. Have you ever watchedContinue reading “Be Patient”
Grow a Powerful Corporate Network (without leaving the office)
Guest post by Jodi Kaplan. Visit her blog at Fix Your Broken Marketing. When I was back in the corporate world, my job required me to work with people all across the company. I was in marketing, but had to rely on people from graphics, events, product development, membership (for a non-profit), and IT toContinue reading “Grow a Powerful Corporate Network (without leaving the office)”
Develop Meaningful Relationships (through bribes)
Guest post by Regine Albrecht. Visit her blog at: http://www.expatlinq.wordpress.com Problem: You frequently need help, assistance or just plain favors from people in other departments than yours. Solution: The way to a colleague’s heart is through their stomach. In one of his last blogs Rex talked about “Go on a Field Trip” as a nice wayContinue reading “Develop Meaningful Relationships (through bribes)”
Mix Up Your Meetings – part 3 (start times)
Problem: People are late for your meeting. They usually wander in 5 minutes late, using some excuse that their previous meeting ran late. Solution: Start your meeting 5 or 10 minutes later, after the hour or usual start time. Then actually start the meeting exactly at that time. At school there was always some kindContinue reading “Mix Up Your Meetings – part 3 (start times)”
Harness Serendipity
Problem: You never get what you want, nothing ever exciting happens to you, and you don’t make connections with the right people. Solution: Put yourself in places where you just might meet someone important, or might learn something that can help you in your effort, or find someone who might be a key contact laterContinue reading “Harness Serendipity”
Share Tools
Problem: Everyone has their own way of doing things and usually has a simple little tool, checklist, program or method that they use that most people don’t know about. Solution: Share your tool with others. Maybe only engineers do this, but if I broaden the definition of a ‘tool’ to mean any tactic or method youContinue reading “Share Tools”
Mix Up Your Meetings – part 2 (The Talking Stick)
Problem: Your meetings are dominated by a few people who talk a lot, and there’s not a lot of listening going on. Solution: Use an ancient Native American tradition called “the talking stick.” How it works is that you have some kind of decorative stick (or it could be a ball, bean bag, or bobblehead, doesn’tContinue reading “Mix Up Your Meetings – part 2 (The Talking Stick)”
Go Get Certified
Problem: Your company doesn’t support getting professional society certifications. Solution: So what? First, get a group together and start studying for one of those certification exams. For example, the Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification, or the Business Analyst (BA) Certification, or the TOCICO Certification (Theory of Constraints International Certification Organization), or the Six Sigma BlackContinue reading “Go Get Certified”
Mix Up Your Meetings – part 1 (Darkness)
Problem: Your meetings are boring, painful, and woefully dreaded. Solution: Create excited anticipation for the meetings you organize by mixing them up with a creative twist. Do something completely unexpected and off-the-wall so that they are fun and memorable, or at least eagerly anticipated because people don’t know what you’re going to pull next. Since I couldContinue reading “Mix Up Your Meetings – part 1 (Darkness)”
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