Networking: Lessons From 20 Years of Building Connections
You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want”…
Posts by Darren A. Smith
Hope You’re Well – Why It’s Time for a New Email Greeting
The Problem with ‘Hope You’re Well’ Since the first email was sent in 1971, we’ve been using ‘Hope you’re well’…
Engaging People: Less Talking and More Connecting
Stop Talking AT People and Start Engaging People Instead Many years ago, my son’s senior school invited us to parent’s…
4 Common Mistakes Account Managers Make
Fix Those Mistakes With These Tips! In the dynamic world of account management, the stakes are high, and the competition…
Procrastination Radar – From Delay to Regret
The Radar of Regret and What to Do About It First, a backstory to set the stage for the procrastination…
Modelling for Personal Growth
Embracing Imperfection and Aspiring to Become a Better You Before getting into modelling, here’s a story to create some background.…
Under Attack: Simple Ways to Dodge the Real Threat of Cybercrime
This Company Has Been Phished That company has been subjected to ransomware. My friend has lost his identity. I have…
Leadership Succession Planning: Protect Your Company’s Future
The Problem With Leadership Succession Planning is There’s No Reward and It’s a Long Term Problem Leadership succession planning is…
Boredom is Killing Your Presentations
Modern Business is Inflicting Boredom on Each Other Each of us has been to a thousand presentations and we can…
Escalation in Conflict: Dynamics and Paths to Resolution
Conflict is Hard on the Soul We’ve all been there, discussing with a colleague in the office some seemingly routine…
Unlocking Engagement in the Zombie Stamp Era
An A4 page, a Post-it Note and a large Stamp go into a bar, I mean a Teams Meeting… Which…
Category Management Tools – Identify Your Category Fair Share Gap
Category Management Tools – Identify Your Category Fair Share Gap Category Managers tell us that they sometimes get lost in…