Archive for February, 2010

Feels Like (Virtual) Team Spirit

February 22nd, 2010 • • 0 comments • Related • Filed Under

With more and more companies using the latest technology to find efficiencies in the recession, far-flung, “virtual” teams are becoming a part of many people’s work day.,   Therefore, I thought it was important to put together a top ten list of the most effective strategies for building, and maintaining, virtual team spirit—the spirit that builds [...]

Is the Customer Always Right?

February 15th, 2010 • • 1 comment • Related • Filed Under

One of the decisions that every entrepreneur needs to make about how to run his or her business is how to deal with customers.  Obviously every smart business man or woman is going to want to make his or her customer happy.  Most companies pride themselves in selling a quality product to their customers and [...]

Unusual Success Strategy: Do Nothing

February 8th, 2010 • • 0 comments • Related • Filed Under

Most of the advice that you will find in personal development literature is action oriented.   People searching for success expect to have a list of things they must do in order to reach that success.  How many times have you heard that you won’t get anywhere sitting on your laurels, that you have to get [...]

We Face a Deficit of Trust

February 1st, 2010 • • 0 comments • Related • Filed Under

Trust is the cornerstone of effective teams.  From the dynamics of romantic relationships, to family life, to sports teams, to corporations, all the way to the federal government and international relations between countries – trust is what bounds us together or what keeps us separate. In his state of the union address, President Barack Obama [...]