by Ed Evarts | May 22, 2018 | Visibility and Value
All organizations operating in complex environments are impacted by external and internal forces. Externally, your organization needs to raise capital in order to invest in its growth and generate revenue to cover its operating expenses with vendors and employees. In...
by Ed Evarts | Feb 8, 2018 | Relationships, Visibility and Value
Organizations today are not like a family, regardless of what your well-intentioned CEO tells you. In functional families, “blood is thicker than water” and family always comes first. Whether you a mother, step-father, sister, brother-in-law, aunt, uncle, beloved or...
by Ed Evarts | Aug 9, 2017 | Interacting, Participation, Relationships, Visibility and Value
Once you convince your boss that your membership and your attendance is work-related, you want to have your organization pay for your membership or registration fees. How do you start? You could write a memo similar to the example below, or use the key points from...
by Ed Evarts | Jul 26, 2017 | Interacting, Participation, Relationships, Visibility and Value
An important mindset for you, your boss, and your organization is that your membership in an industry association is work-related. This is not an extracurricular activity. The benefits to you and your organization, as we reviewed in prior posts, are compelling and...
by Ed Evarts | May 17, 2017 | Relationships, Visibility and Value
During my tenure as an author, speaker, and leadership coach, many of my colleagues are curious how I got my practice started. Many of you may not realize that I started my business from “square one.” I did not know I was going to be laid-off from Iron Mountain and I...