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EXPERT ARTICLE – The Art of Storytelling by award-winning author, Joan C. Curtis
Storytelling engages people. When you share an experience and personalize it, you create interest. Think about the times you’ve sat in big auditoriums, bored out of your mind, as speakers drone on with facts. Suddenly, a new speaker takes the podium and begins with, “When I left my house this morning to come here, something happened to me that made ...
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Expert Interview with BRANDT HANDLEY – What CEO’s are looking for from their leaders!
To kick off our Ball of Fire EXPERT INTERVIEW series, I wanted to ask Brandt Handley, Managing Director of Resource Options International, Inc... also known as ROI, about the challenges and needs of his CEO clients. www.Go4ROI.com Brandt works directly with Middle Market CEO's to find top leadership talent their organizations need to grow. They own or manage ...
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Great lessons can be learned from a Super Bowl loss!
Have you ever felt so sure about something, there is nothing or no one who could keep you from believing otherwise? That's how I felt about the Atlanta Falcons going into the Super Bowl on Sunday. Every cell and bone in my body screamed success in that game; it was our time and we were ready for it. Long before the ...
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Get Unstuck in 8 easy steps.
Have you ever had a day, month, or even a year, when you felt as if you were running endlessly on a gerbil's Ferris wheel, going absolutely nowhere? The clock on the wall has moved forward, but you haven't. If so, breathe. Take a long deep breath, hold it a few seconds, then let it escape slowly.
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A Letter to America by Erin Boas, Unite. Support. Accept. – USA
Unite. Support. Accept. - USA America. I know that your eyes are fatigued from staring at media for the past month, moreover for the past year. I know that your mouths are wishing to be sewn shut after having to be put through the constant battling and debating with fellow citizens. I know that your ears are ...
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The ROI of Women in the Workplace – Are You Maximizing Your Profit?
As business owners, CEO's, C-level executives and other business leaders, there can come a time when you and your team have done everything possible to increase revenue, cut expenses and optimize ROI… questioning whether you have leveraged all of the ideas, innovations, and assets you have access to. But as leaders, whether male or female, team leader or CEO…. you are ...
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Mentoring is Good, Sponsorship is Great!!
Recently, my client and I discussed the differences in execution and value of Mentoring versus Sponsorship. Both are key tools for professionals and at the same time, and are confused by many professionals who aren't sure either. Mentoring provides an individual one-on-one development and career planning, coaching and support toward mutually agreed upon goals of an individual (known as the mentoree). ...
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Everyday, Leaders Are Leaving Money on the Table.
There was a time when I believed; as long as I was good at my craft, worked hard, and generated results for a company; I would be secure, not only in my job but in my mind. Oh, how wrong I was; on both accounts. After twenty-five years of mastering my skill set, generating great results for my company, and rising ...
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Never Assume a Bully Knows They’re a Bully!
A couple of weeks ago, following a speech I presented on 'Shifting to Riches in Business and Life', a man came up to me and asked if I truly believed someone who is arrogant, nasty, negative and/or a bully, could really change....for good. I simply responded, "You're looking at her." #workplacebully Whether it is a personality one possesses long term or it ...
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EXPERT INTERVIEW: Gender Strategist, Jeffery Tobias Halter joins Bernadette Boas
Jeffery Tobias Halter is a corporate gender strategist. He is the country's leading expert on engaging men to advance women in the workplace. He is also the author of WHY WOMEN, the Leadership Imperative to Advancing Women and Engaging Men; the first business book written by a man ...
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