Mark Goulston Posted on Saturday, January 18, 2014 at 7:54PM 
It is not the strongest not the most intelligent of the species that survives; it is the one that is most adaptive to change - Charles Darwin
Six months following the end of a change initiative what percentage of the people in your company or organization:
Mark Goulston Posted on Saturday, January 11, 2014 at 10:50AM 
This year I made the New Year Resolution to not deal with anyone I need to persuade, convince or arm twist to do anything.
Mark Goulston Posted on Monday, January 6, 2014 at 3:01PM 
You never get a second chance to make a good first impression. – Will Rogers
Unlike what the song by the rock band, War, proclaimed in 1972, the world is not a ghetto... it is a silo. That means that as the pressure to develop niches and specialization increases, it is becoming more of a challenge to communicate effectively across silos each of which represent subcultures within a company or organization as well as across cultures.
Mark Goulston Posted on Monday, December 30, 2013 at 8:28PM 
If you're suffering from networking burnout it's probably because it's something you need to do, but don't want to do. It may also seem that you're putting out a lot of effort for what you get in return. Not liking doing something + not being successful at it are a recipe for burnout.
Mark Goulston Posted on Monday, December 30, 2013 at 9:22AM 
If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail - Ben Franklin
Show me someone who doesn't keep or even make New Year's Resolutions and I'll show you someone who will not follow plans and much less, often resists even making them.
If most people would agree with Franklin's quote at least intellectually, why then do they resist following a plan and in many cases even making one?
Mark Goulston Posted on Sunday, December 29, 2013 at 5:24PM 1. BE REALISTIC. Don’t confuse reasonable expectations with realistic expectations. Reasonable means “makes sense.” Realistic means “likely to happen.” It may be reasonable to stop smoking, start a new diet and begin exercising, but it may not be realistic to change all of them at once.
Mark Goulston Posted on Sunday, December 29, 2013 at 11:52AM 
I recently saw the wonderful movie, 12 Years a Slave, directed by Steve McQueen. It is a true story and in it free negro, Solomon Northrup, played by Chiwetel Ejiofor is living in Saratoga Springs, NY where he is taken to Washington, D.C. under false pretenses, kidnapped and then sold into slavery.
Mark Goulston Posted on Thursday, December 26, 2013 at 5:43PM 
If you want to really win friends and influence people at work:
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