March, 2013 | It's Worth Noting

Taming email to an hour or less a day

March 8, 2013

Have you heard of people declaring email bankruptcy, wiping out their mailbox and emailing everyone in their address book that they are starting over? Or what about the people who have boldly declared they are no longer using email? It is tempting. Both of these rather severe reactions seem somewhat reasonable given how much we have come to disdain managing the ever increasing flood and time demands of email. There are three tools I want to share with you that I use to manage all of my personal and business email in less than an hour a day. For those who have been following my blog for long, you know I am not interested in this to be a productivity or technology junkie. I try to be more productive and leverage the best technology so I have more time for the things ever increasing demands on our time crowd out: white…

Where would you invest?

March 28, 2013

Let’s say there are two companies you are considering investing in and that besides the differences described below they are identical: Company X: exceptional products, marketing and execution unhealthy company culture, which is failing to attract and retain exceptional talent (employees) Company Y: average products, marketing and execution exceptional company culture, which is attracting and retaining exceptional talent I would put my money on Company Y. Subpar products, marketing and execution can be corrected if the company is attracting and retaining exceptional talent. Company X’s unhealthy culture and the resulting talent drain are more difficult to correct. Without talented, motivated and engaged employees, Company X will struggle to innovate, penetrate new markets and execute in changing business climates. Would you invest in Company X or Y? Share your answer and reason why in the comment section below.

Donavon Roberson interview – “We believe in people and their dreams”

March 13, 2013

How would your employees respond if you told them you were going to help them achieve their personal dreams? How would you respond if fulfilling a dream pulled a good employee away from your organization? In this podcast interview with Donavon Roberson, Dream Manager at Infusionsoft (a CRM provider for small businesses), we discuss what it looks like to get behind employees’ dreams and the impact on employees, customers and the bottom-line. During the interview, Donavon references a couple of books and resources, all of which are linked to below for your convenience. Enjoy! Resources: The Dream Manager by Matthew Kelley Peak by Chip Conley Dream Manager training by Floyd Consulting Listen below or on other podcast players.

March 2013