Mentor Yourself - Interview With Invisible Mentor Dan Elash, Principal, Syntient To get the most from The Invisible Mentor Interview, while you are reading it, answer the following questions: Are their similarities between the Dan Elash and yourself? In what ways can you use the information? In what ways would you respond differently from Dan? What are your five takeaways from the interview? After reading the interview, what is one concrete action you can take? Invisible Mentor: Dan Elash, Principal Company Name: Syntient Website: http://syntient.com/ Avil Beckford: Tell me a little bit about yourself. Dan … [Read more...]
Mentor Yourself – Interview With Invisible Mentor Dan Elash, Principal, Syntient, Part II
21 Quotes to Inspire you in 2012
I love a good quote because it makes me think. I have been collecting quotes for several years now, but a few years ago it struck me that because I read so much, I should be extracting quotes from the books I read. Below are 21 quotes that I like and some of them I pulled directly from books I read, so the only place you’ll see them is if you read the books they came from. “Within each successful person is an ordinary person who found the courage to act – to face the big challenges and make their dreams come true.” Jinny S. Ditzler, Your Best Year Yet! “No matter what you want in life, you can get it by building rapport. If … [Read more...]
Interview With Invisible Mentor Steve Kayser, Head of PR, Cincom Systems, Part Two
Interviewee Name: Steve Kayser Company Name: Cincom Systems Website: http://www.cincom.com/, http://expertaccess.cincom.com, http://radio.cincom.com Avil Beckford: Tell me a little bit about yourself. Steve Kayser: A non-PR, non marketing, non-writer type running a national PR department for Cincom Systems, a global software company. Avil Beckford: Tell me about your big break and who gave you. Steve Kayser: Just one? I have had big breaks all my life. Every day. Every month. Every year. Tom Nies gave me my latest big break. He asked me to run PR for Cincom Systems North America. When I told him I didn’t know … [Read more...]
A Different Kind of Summer Booklist
Summer is the time when most get caught up on their reading. And most are reading novels during this time, but what if you did something a little differently from the rest. Gene Waddell, an architectural historian and College Archivist at the College of Charleston in Charleston, SC, pulled together an extensive list of rare books that inspire learning. I have taken 10 books from his list, and as you will note, they are from a variety genres to build your general knowledge and increase your ability to strategize and solve problems. Here is your summer reading list. Anthropology: Race, Language, Culture, Psychology, Pre-history, … [Read more...]