by Eric | Oct 6, 2014 | Attitude, career, employment, small business, success
Microsoft and other organizations have had a practice in place to eliminate the low performing people in their organization – the annual running of the pink slips. Management makes it clear that the lowest performing 5 – 10% of employees will be let go....
by Eric | Jun 24, 2014 | Branding, career, employment, entrepreneur, LinkedIn, personal development, social media
I now admit – I was operating from a position of ignorance. I had never actually used the LinkedIn: Premium service. I taught weekly classes on LinkedIn and people always ask me about it. What did I say? “Not worth it.” I was telling people the juice...
by Eric | Feb 7, 2013 | employment, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, networking, personal development, Uncategorized
As I look over many of my clients and presentations from 2012, many of them have one common factor: Lou. Lou is a true connector. He knows people and those people like AND respect him. You could play the “6 degrees of Kevin Bacon” game with Lou and just...
by Eric | Apr 12, 2012 | education, employment, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, Facebook, leadership
It used to amuse me that doctors only PRACTICED medicine. It sounded like they never got it right, so they were always practicing what they did – on their patients! As an engineer, I didn’t practice engineering. I DID IT! That was a sense of pride for me...
by Eric | Feb 2, 2012 | Consulting, education, employment, teaching
Short answer: DON’T HAVE ANY!I was filling out a job application recently (yes, I still look at them from time to time), and one of them asked me if there were any blank spots on my resume to explain them.Like most American’s, I’ve known people who...
