by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Jan 5, 2019
One of my daughters knows me cold. Since I’m always on the lookout for great presentations, she created one to convince me to buy an iPhone. I was reluctant at first. By the end of the presentation, I was sold and she got her gift last Christmas. She’s...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Jan 5, 2019
Companies from Google to Intel will start 2019 with audacious and measurable goals called OKRs, detailed in investor John Doerr’s bestseller, Measure What Matters. The goal-setting strategy is a tool Doerr first learned while working for legendary Silicon Valley...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Jan 3, 2019
Empathy is the ability to understand how another person feels. According to new Harvard research in The Empathy Effect, it’s a trait that can be taught and developed. Build empathy and you’ll be a more effective entrepreneur and leader. Author Helen Riess...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Jan 2, 2019
He projected “an aura strong enough to penetrate the farthest corner of any room he entered.” He was Continental Army commander George Washington. The time was the winter of 1777-1778 as described in the new book, Valley Forge by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin. It was...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Jan 2, 2019
Trade tensions, political divisions, and global economic slowdowns are fraying nerves these days. Even if you’re calm about it, business news reports are determined to make you anxious. In just one recent article on a day the stock market declined, I read a...
