Tag Archive: relationships

Picking Your Fights

In business (and life) we have to fight.
Fight for our clients. Fight for our beliefs. Fight for our ideas to be heard and understood why we’re presenting them.
Fight for our value and worth.
Choosing when to fight, though, isn’t easy. Even though there are times when we know we are so right, no matter what we [...]

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Bedside Manners

The best doctors are successful because they have immaculate bedside manners. Some of the traits of great bedside manners include:

Being a good listener.
Using easy-to-understand terminology.
Caring about their patient’s concerns.
Being non-judgmental.
Respectful of their patient’s time.

These traits are second nature to good doctors. Maybe more business owners should go to medical school.

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Never Mind the P, Just Get the Relations Part Right

There have been a lot of new definitions and suggestions coming to the fore over the last 12-18 months about what PR stands for. The traditional version is Public Relations, and has been since as long as anyone can remember.
However, solid PR folks like David Mullen suggest it should be People Relations, as does online [...]

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Why It’s All About Community

Community is a big thing for me. I talk about it a lot. I show my clients the value of community and social equity.
My 12for12k project is all about bringing the global community together for one overreaching goal. Heck, my blog tagline is “Community; Connection; Conversation”.
So, yes, community is a big thing for me.
Why? Why [...]

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