All too often I hear my customers say, "I need to tweet more," or "I don't use Facebook enough," or "How do I get the most out of LinkedIn?" In…
Ira KoretskyMay 2, 2018
A few days ago, Jeff Weiner, CEO of LinkedIn appeared on CNBC to share the major findings from LinkedIn's recent Skills Gap Analytics initiative. He tweeted and posted on LinkedIn…
Ira KoretskyApril 23, 2018
Here's a quick story about "asking." A very good friend, William, is seriously contemplating a summer trip to Europe. There are so many good reasons to go. Unfortunately, there is…
Ira KoretskyApril 16, 2018
James Nathan Miller made an interesting observation some 50 years ago: “Conversation in the U.S. is a competitive exercise in which the first person to draw a breath is declared…
Ira KoretskyApril 9, 2018
Unfortunately, Maya Angelou passed away in 2014. She was a poet, singer, dancer, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She was brutally honest with her stories about her "less than perfect…
Ira KoretskyApril 4, 2018
"No" often hides the door to "yes." This insight was shared to me many years ago by one of my mentors. And what he explained to me was that you…
Ira KoretskyApril 2, 2018
I stumbled upon a tweet by the Mother Nature Network on laughter. It contained a link to an article on the results of a study by Sophie Scott, a neuroscientist…
Duane BaileyFebruary 27, 2018
In today's go-go-go world, people want and demand information to be on point. Once you get the reader's attention, you can then offer more details. We suggest writing all of…
Dave MichaelsFebruary 12, 2018
I can still remember the poster I saw last year on the wall of the gym, alongside the basketball court. It featured a quote by Dennis and Wendy Mannering that…
Duane BaileyJanuary 23, 2018