Posts in: business growth

November 16, 2016 Alexandra Wieland

How SHIFT Untangles Your Gold Necklaces on Date Night

"I’m going crazy!" "What is making me crazy?!" "Why is everyone crazy?!" "Who can I blame for driving me crazy?" "What can I point to for causing all the craziness?" "PLEASE – STOP – DRIVING ME CRAZZZZZZZZZZZZZY!!!" Our world...

November 9, 2016 Eric Stewart

How to Push the RESET Button After Election Day

Well … it’s over. And just as President Obama predicted yesterday, the sun did rise today. We’re all still here. The United States is still alive and well, albeit clearly divided. However, we can take solace in the messaging...

November 2, 2016 Whitney Sibol

How to Use 3 Backbone Pillars to Onboard Your Newest Warriors the Most Effectively During the First 90 Days

What is onboarding? And why should you place intentional focus here as a leader, for yourself, for your team, and for your new hires? Onboarding, first and foremost, is different from training … think of a nice car with old,...

October 27, 2016 Eric Stewart

How to "Decide What To Be And Go Be It" After the Election

The amount of discussion and debate around the upcoming election has been more extreme, more heated, and more divisive than any we have ever experienced. For many of us it feels like November 8th is looming over us more as...

October 11, 2016 Joe Mechlinski

What We Learned from the Brightest Baltimore-area Entrepreneurs @ Beta City 2016

I know, I know – it’s been over a week since Beta City wowed our Baltimore community, and I’m still going on and on about it. But this event was worthy of the hype. Beta City is a deeply invigorating experience, with some of...

August 23, 2016 Chris Steer

How to Win a Gold Medal By Not Wanting to Win a Gold Medal

Stunning. Inspiring. Historic. These are the terms I used to describe the performances of Usain Bolt, Simone Biles, Michael Phelps, Katie Ledecky and Simone Manuel. As my kids (13, 11, and 8) continued to talk, loudly (none of...

August 22, 2016 Joe Mechlinski

Top 10 Most Powerful TED Talks on Engaging Your Workplace

“Learning is remembering what you are interested in.” -Richard Saul Wurman, Creator of the TED Conference Having had the chance to spend the day with Richard Saul Wurman, the quote above is one that I won’t easily forget....

August 18, 2016 Joe Mechlinski

Want to Attract Intrepid Talent? This is the Only Step That Matters.

In June, the Bureau of Labor reported an increase of 287,000 jobs! The job market is ROARING – and you should be answering the call by lining up your next 5 rock starts, all dreamy-eyed and determined to join your team. ...

July 19, 2016 Andrew Freedman

How to Get Addicted to Selfishness

I’m selfish. There ... I said it. You probably are, too, and you know what? It is ok. It really is. Let me explain through a quick story. Recently, we had one of our clients achieve a milestone moment. They run a thriving...