When you want to run better meetings, two of the most useful questions you can ask are: “Do we need a meeting?” “Is this the right kind of meeting to achieve what we need?” The answer to the first question depends on your team and culture. (Not clear enough? Check out this and this). To […]
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CMO Sunday: Culture of Innovation
I had a fantastic conversation this week about why the team at B2BNN is so successful. I was explaining that we all have a shared foundation in Marketing and Technology (in one form or another). With a common foundation, what makes our group unique? What helps us innovate? We are at heart a digital business. […]
CMO Super Bowl Sunday
I had a boss once (Hi Al) that was a huge Chicago Bears fan (Go Bears! though they aren’t playing today). He was, and probably still is, immensely fond of using football analogies to help his business team solve problems. Football lends itself to all kinds of team and business analogies. Transformation and innovation are […]
Loyalist Teams Rock the Boat
Loyalist Teams consistently deliver extraordinary results. They’re the teams we remember all our lives. On these teams, we do our best and most creative work, blow through challenges, and exceed our own expectations. You know you’re on a Loyalist Team when: You trust your teammates implicitly; they have your back and you have theirs You […]
App of the Month: Workmates
You’ve used recruitment marketing to attract the best employee talent on the planet. Hopefully if you’re using technology to attract employees, you’re using something to retain them as well. If you have a global staff, one that works in an office all the time, or one that’s remote, you also want to encourage the “team” […]