#49 How “play” can strengthen your business and leadership ability with Jeff Harry
On today’s episode, I had a super fun conversation with Jeff HarryJeff has worked with Google, Microsoft, Southwest Airlines, Adobe, the NFL, Amazon and Facebook, helping their staff to infuse more play into the day-to-day.Jeff was selected by Engagedly as one of the Top 100 HR Influencers of 2020 for his organizational development work around […]
WHAT KEEPS ME FROM GIVING UP
This is the longer version of a post I made on Instagram not too long ago.. The week of October 19th was a rough one, to say the least For a little context, in March, due to COVID, we were inspired to start doing home delivery throughout Northeast Florida. For the first few weeks, I […]
The Case for Journaling: 13 proven benefits and how to get started
Journaling is a lot like exercise – there’s countless benefits and tons of different ways to do it. In this article, I’ll define journaling, outline 13 proven benefits, and explain how easy it is to get started. What is journaling? Simple… journaling is sitting down and writing (or typing) your thoughts, feelings or observations. Most […]
The Value of Serendipity (in Business and Innovation)
What is Serendipity? A fortunate happenstance, divine intervention, or more plainly, the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. What is its value in Business? Serendipity helps you create unplanned and unintended, but remarkable innovative value by taking advantage of unanticipated, unexpected and unsought information and make accidental discoveries. In the world of […]
The Perfect Meeting
If I were teaching this to an audience and asked for a show of hands on how many people want less meetings at their work, chances are 90% would raise their hand. The issue is: meetings are necessary. For a few crucial reasons: Social interaction – whether you work for a small business or a […]
HOW TO BE MORE CREATIVE (AND WHY IT’S IMPORTANT)
Linkedin Learning, which is an online educational platform, recently identified creativity as the #1 soft skill needed in 2020. (1) Additionally, creativity was found to be the second-most in-demand skill in the world, with cloud computing as #1. But cloud computing is considered to be a hard skill, which means it applied to a specific […]
Ownership Mentality
How do you perform at the highest level within an organization (or really in any scenario in life)? Act and think like an owner.. The highest performing employee for any organization, especially in small businesses or small teams, is usually the owner (with the exception of irresponsible or immature leaders). Why is that? Because every […]
5 Ways to Lead Through Crisis
1. Remember: You’ve made it this far When I was 18, shortly after I graduated high school, I spent 2 months in jail and then 2 years on house arrest. When I got out of jail, it was hard enough to get a good job with a criminal record, but this was also the end […]
18 Things to Do While on Quarantine
1. Catch up… – With friends – With family – With your low priority work or projects I use the apps Marco Polo and Fabriq to stay up to date and in touch with all my friends and family regularly. 2. Learn to paint A buddy of mine recently told me about Paint By Numbers, […]
Entrepreneurial Ways To Make Money During Hard Time Right Now That Anyone Can Do
Everyone is looking for answers right now. Lots of people are laid off or on temporary leave with little to no pay coming in. I’ve written this for you. Most of the nation’s financial elite will tell you that when things get tough, there is still plenty of opportunities. You just have to be humble, […]
