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Member Recommendations |
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Recession Cost-Cutting No-Nos
Resist the temptation to make these bad
business decisions during this downturn
by Jennifer Wang
Entrepreneur.com, December 15, 2008
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Alternative Places to Network
by Jessica Chen
Entrepreneur.com, November 13, 2008
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I Love You. Now What?
Why do companies
make it so hard to say thank you to the right people?
by Dan Heath and Chip Heath
Fast Company, October 2008
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The Importance of Being Sticky: Five Ways to Boost Customer Loyalty
by Jack and Suzy Welch
BusinessWeek, September 22, 2008
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Take Charge of Your Career: 10 Ways to Survive in Today's Work World
by Finding Satisfaction - on Your Own Terms
by Marshall Brown
Training + Development, June 2008
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The Heroic Checklist: Why you should learn to love checking boxes
by Dan Heath and Chip Heath
Fast Company, March 2008
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Interview Questions to Avoid: What Questions Should You Never Ask
Job Applicants?
by Jennifer Wolfe
PinkMagazine.com
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Speaker Recommendations |
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Doug Lucy, President of Allegro
Consultants, presented a number of recommendations for free
and nearly-free websites and software for individuals and
small businesses. He has shared his
presentation
slides and a
resource list. |
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David Tesroet of FranklinCovey shared the Time Matrix, a
tool designed to help you understand exactly where you are spending
your time and to help you filter out meaningless urgencies. The
model was developed as part of Stephen R. Covey's bestseller, The
Seven Habits of Highly Effective People and can be found as part
of a comprehensive
online
assessment. |
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Olivia Acree and Caitlin
Shear from A Sorted Affair offered participants a handout of
Our 5 Favorite
Books.
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Answering an audience
question, the members of the Women at the Top panel
suggested a number of books that were valuable to them. In
case you missed them, particular titles and authors
mentioned were: Ayn Rand, John Steinbeck, The Book of
Common Prayer and Profiles in Courage.
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Laura Posey has provided a
motivational reading/listening list as recommended in
her presentation at the "Best Business Practices"
panel.
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Click
here for Resource List from the
"Communications 101" RCEN program presented by Casey Quinlan
and Sue Brown.
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Leesa Wilcher has made available the
reading list suggested in her November presentation "Act
Like What You Want to Be." |