Join us on Wednesday, February 27 at 12:00 noon for the Achieve Your Goals, Exceed Your Dreams Teleseminar This free teleseminar from The Modern Observer Group’s Lunch and Learn program will get you started on the road to success. You’ll learn about integrating the elements of success to take command of your business, your career, [...]
An educational group has just unveiled a proposal to provide free preschool for every child in the United States. The cost of the program is $200 billion initially and then $20 billion per year. My first thought upon hearing this was, “that’s not really free is it?” If something costs $200 billion, that money has [...]
Business is a paradox. To succeed in business, you must embrace the paradox. What s the paradox? You need to keep things simple, but not too simple. You need to communicate with your customers, but not crowd them. You need to have standard operating procedures, but you need to remain flexible. You need to sell to [...]
I was flipping channels recently and came across an old episode of Star Trek. The Enterprise was falling into a planet dooming them all and Kirk called for engineering to restart the engines. Scotty said it couldn’t be done. “You canna break the laws of physics,” he explained. Of course five minutes later the impossible [...]
It’s not enough to build a network, you also need to maintain it. This means preserving your connections with enthusiasm so the best ideas, resources, and talent come your way. Harvard Business School recommends three tips for doing that: Bring yourself fully to every interaction. Turn off your phone. Signal interest by sitting forward and [...]
The first thing someone notices about us is our appearance and behavior. Leadership is more than just appearance. How can you present yourself as a leader. Dale Carnegie offers a few tips: Be In Balance: The boss who runs their company with an iron fist is one that leads by fear. Smart leaders know how [...]
At The Modern Observer Group, we do a lot of social media training. In general, we encourage people to use automation tools and tricks to make their lives easier. This can include getting status updates in their e-mail, using a central portal to view all their feeds, or sites like Hootsuite and Twitterfeed to post [...]
Many organizations seek growth at all costs. This is usually a bad way to charge forward without looking where you’re going. There are traps that come with growth. Inc. magazine recently talked about five of them. They are: The Overcorrect The Money Trap Putting Religion Ahead Of Science Complicating The Process Gorging Opportunites See the [...]
Running a business requires a lot of work. Constant working, however, leads to lost productivity, burnout and illness. Take a look at this video from Entrepreneur on how to avoid this. http://www.entrepreneur.com/video/223680?cm_mmc=Newsletter-_-Starting%20a%20Business-_-June%2011,%202012-_-How%20to%20Stop%20Working%2024/7
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