The election-year slow down in decision-making

I saw an interview yesterday with Mark Cuban, the oft interviewed businessman and star of reality TV show Shark Tank. Among other things, he talked about the impending presidential election driving market uncertainty. As he put it “…there’s the...

IT as strategic partner – leadership op for communicators

I just did a new post on the Communitelligence Communication Skills Blog. We’ve been doing a lot of work lately with IT professionals and last week a colleague put out a query about working with IT. It is obviously a hot topic. Some of what I talk about in my...

Taking a career mulligan

In a session today in Aspen at the Council on Communication Management’s conference, a speaker talked about taking a career mulligan. He asked everyone in the audience to think back on our own mulligans. My first, not my last, was a doozy. I was fresh out of...

Consultants abound!

I’ve spent a good deal of time recently beefing up my LinkedIn network and profile. I’ve added a number of new contacts and signed up to participate in several additional groups. In the process, I’ve noticed the burgeoning number of consultants who...

Communicators worldwide looking for the table

It doesn’t matter what country you work in, what industry you’re in, whether you focus on external or internal communication. Every communicator is wondering “how can I get to the table earlier,” or “how can I get involved in projects earlier.” I taught a...