by Mary Kelly | Oct 20, 2010 | entrepreneurship, growing your business
Work like a dog? Perhaps you should…Things improved for me at work when I started to behave more like my dog. What do I mean? There are a lot of articles on how to be a better manager. This is about how to be a better employee.1. Work with enthusiasm. There are...
by Mary Kelly | Oct 12, 2010 | leadership, management tools, productivity
Avoid these 10 Meeting MistakesBringing people together for meetings can be a great way to increase team interaction, discuss ideas, and share valuable information. However, 100 people polled in the last 42 days indicated that most employees perceive meetings as a...
by Mary Kelly | Sep 7, 2010 | customer Service, growing your business, leadership, team
Want Referrals? Be Referable!Many people rely on referrals and repeat business to sustain their livelihood. But there is a difference between repeat business and business loyalty that makes your clients happy to refer you to other people.I have a friend who has been...
by Mary Kelly | Sep 4, 2010 | Uncategorized
Fresh Palisades Peaches!!!! They are so juicy and delicious fresh from the farm, but they also fabulous as a dessert, tucked nicely under a cobbler crust. (My friend Deborah Hoskins went peach shopping two weeks ago and she put the cobbler idea into my head for the...
by Mary Kelly | Aug 10, 2010 | speaking
Not everyone loves delivering speeches or presentations, so knowing a few tricks make it easier. In some instances, using power point or other visual aids is helpful. In other situations, an after dinner speech for example, the speech by itself reigns supreme. Look at...
