Two jobs ago, I was assigned to a small planning group to work on a project. My coworkers had plenty of good ideas, but were firing them haphazardly. Hyper-organizer that I am, I took control of the group, and we were able to turn in a color-coded, detailed presentation to our supervisor. She commented...
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If you have a great idea for a business, often where you are physically located has a lot to do with how successful you are. You have to be near your products and clients, and big cities tend to breed synergy for good ideas, anyway. But as the Indianapolis Business Journal reports, there may...
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Sure, it’s all happened to us — we’re in the middle of a work presentation, and we completely lose our train of thought. We stammer through a sentence or two, and finally get back on track. And, hopefully, we didn’t lose our audience in the process. A new study finds that during a job...
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Expressing your opinion in a professional setting like your office presents several challenges. Of course, you don’t want to offend your co-workers by speaking too aggressively or in a confrontational way, but there are situations in which it’s necessary to get your point across. Winston Churchill once said, “One man with conviction will overwhelm...
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When you’re giving a speech, particularly if you’re a little bit nervous about it, you may often find yourself hiding behind the podium or even behind any posters or props you might have with you. However, to be an effective speaker, you must also be confident in your abilities and avoid hiding behind your...
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It’s not too late to get your spring off to a good start — by getting some training on how to be a better leader. A class starts next week, meeting Thursday evenings in Indianapolis: “Leadership Training for Managers.” As the Dale Carnegie site describes the course: The modern leader knows that it means...
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If you’re on Twitter, you’ve surely seen the #sxsw tags. As it turns out, there are probably a lot of Indiana start-ups involved in the South By Southwest Interactive Conference, which gets in high gear today. Indianapolis Business Journal’s website reports that more than 100 area entrepreneurs are heading down to the conference. Although...
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What happens when the economy takes a turn downward and people lose their jobs? Many of them create their own jobs. A report from the Kauffman Foundation released earlier this week shows that more Americans started businesses in 2010 and 2009 than they have for the past 15 years, CNNMoney.com reports. Last year, 340...
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Is your business represented on online review sites such as CitySearch or Google? There’s a very good chance that it is, but are you aware of what people are saying about you? If your business has negative reviews, the important thing is to make sure you don’t engage negativity with defensiveness or more negativity;...
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We’ve all sat through them — the painful office meeting. They usually start out innocuously enough, with a valid topic, all the correct players at the table, maybe even an agenda. But before too long, the meeting takes a headfirst dive. The Harvard Business Review has a piece today on this very topic —...
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