Have you ever been in a meeting where everyone avoided the "elephant in the room"? In our business and daily lives we all avoid certain conversations. At work we send emails when we should talk to someone in person. Or, we often ignore issues altogether which only makes matters worse. Mastering Crucial Conversations and confrontations
Lawyers Aren’t the Only Ones Invited
Brett Trout and I want to stress one thing about our upcoming seminar Secrets of Professionals Revealed. It’s a business conference! Yes, we are lawyers and lawyers are invited but so is every other professional on the planet.
Here’s our theory behind this conference: We attend continuing legal education seminars frequently. Unfortunately those get
Friday’s Business Nuggets
Want some great business advice? Here are some of my favorites from the past week:
Take Risks, Run with Scissors by Shirley Poertner on IowaBiz.
2 Ways to Safeguard Your Attitude by Hugh Hollowell on Politically Incorrect Entrepreneur.
Volunteer a Little by Michael Libbie on Insight Advertising – Marketing Communications.
Tre Critelli: Secrets of Successful Professionals Speaker Profile
At the upcoming Secrets of Successful Professionals Revealed seminar you’ll get your chance to hear from Tre Critelli. Tre and his father, Nicholas Critelli, have the only law firm within the United States that features a pair of English barristers and U.S. trial lawyers.
The use of technology in Critelli’s office is innovative and
Victoria Herring: Iowa Business Conference Speaker Profile
Bigger isn’t always better. Victoria Herring is a successful sole practitioner who practices in the areas of civil rights and discrimination law in Des Moines. She is a believer in cutting-edge technology including the latest Apple technology, Web-based communication and online research. She will lend her expertise in how professionals can start their businesses on
Women Need to Consider Asset Protection Too
Penny J. Ummstattd-Cope of the Joplin, MO Business Blog points out that today’s women need to be just as concerned about protecting their assets as men. Penny says:
Women should start thinking about protecting their assets before they get married or even enter into a living arrangement with a man. Why? More and more women
Timothy Johnson: Iowa Business Conference Speaker Profile
All politics are local. Including the office. Do you know how to play the game or is the game playing you?
Timothy Johnson is a business consultant, author and adjunct professor in the MBA program at Drake University in Des Moines. We are excited to have Timothy share his insight, wit and wisdom on office
Blogging is Like Baseball
When the Don of the Central Iowa Blogga Nostra asks you to do something – you oblige. So here is my addition to the conversation Liz Strauss started on blogging as a metaphor.
For me, baseball is life. Steve Rubel once compared blogging to baseball when he said:
Baseball is a good metaphor
Mitch Matthews: Iowa Business Conference Speaker Profile
Are you a professional in need of a kick in the pants? If so, you won’t want to miss the upcoming Secrets of Successful Professionals Revealed Seminar in Clive, Iowa on July 20th to hear Mitch Matthews talk about Life/Work Balance along with some great motivational messages. Mitch is the Head Coach of a Kick
Secrets of Successful Professionals Revealed
Come join us for the LAWpportunities sponsored "Secrets of Successful Professionals Revealed" business conference on July 20, 2007 at the Professional Solutions Insurance Services Center in Clive. It is a seminar you won’t want to miss featuring many of Central Iowa’s top professionals and renowned law blogger and entrepreneur, Kevin O’Keefe of Seattle,