by Mack | | Always Compete, Be the Boss, Boss On, Boss Up, Communication, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Goal Setting, Management Development, Motivation, Networking, Personal Mastery, Problem-Solving, Professional Development
There was a movie, launched years ago, starring Mel Gibson, called What Women Want. He played a sexist executive that was given the gift of being able to hear what women were thinking. Of course, it ended up making him more empathetic and was a somewhat entertaining...
by Mack | | Always Compete, Be the Boss, Communication, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Growth, Management Development, Networking, Never Quit, Personal Mastery, Professional Development
I always find it funny how corporate people like to use big words, jargon, and acronyms to communicate new ideas. Often they devise complex plans and strategies which of course require action from people in all parts of an organization. Now I don’t have a problem...
by Mack | | Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Motivation, Networking, Personal Mastery, Professional Development, Stress Management
Typically, our work consumes around 40 hours of our week. That leaves the remaining 16 per day and 48 on the weekend for those in our lives. If we have a family, they usually get the majority of those hours but often, our relationships outside of family get a share...
by Mack | | Communication, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Growth, Marketing, Networking, Professional Development
Recently I attended a conference in the Northeast. I was speaking in the afternoon so I got there early to do some prep work and networking. During the lunch break, a few speakers came up to do some announcements. Now a big reason people attend conferences (myself...
by Mack | | Always Compete, Communication, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Growth, Marketing, Networking, Never Quit, Professional Development
If you’re anything like me, you probably hate selling. Most of us get our hate for selling from early childhood experiences like selling Christmas cards door to door or worse, having to sell Girl Scout cookies outside of a store to total strangers. Then of course we...
by Mack | | Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Goal Setting, Growth, Motivation, Networking, Never Quit, Personal Mastery, Problem-Solving, Professional Development
Are you biased? If you say no, you’re just not human. If you’re reading this, trust me, you’re human. Recently I put together a short seminar on dealing with unconscious bias. In researching the topic, I found some interesting information. First, we are all...
