Posted by Jerrold R. Jenkins on May 23 , 2022 - 08:36 am Sandi Frost Steensma is the founder of Kennari Consulting, one of the largest full-service fundraising consulting firms in Michigan. Kennari Consulting is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year and currently serves around 100 organizations annually. Sandi has over 30 years of experience [...]
Posted by Jerrold R. Jenkins on Dec 03 , 2018 - 10:00 am How should a savvy business leader approach the new year? She or he may strategically embrace organizational change amidst the evolving digital era by reading SYNC’d: A Behavioral Operating System, Meeting the New-Era Customer at the Warp Speed of Global Business. Cathy [...]
Posted by Jerrold R. Jenkins on Oct 31 , 2018 - 09:00 am “Habits are not considered sexy,” write Andrew Sykes and Hanlie Van Wyk. “They’re not exciting when stacked against big corporate ideas […] But habits are the gene code of your company.” Sykes and Van Wyk express the tremendous importance of habits in [...]
Posted by Jerrold R. Jenkins on Oct 17 , 2017 - 01:00 pm Companies that invest in their employees know personal development translates into organizational success. Not surprisingly, the list of corporate clients that have turned to longtime management consultant Dr. Kay Potetz for leadership training is vast. Think Cleveland Clinic, Marriott International, Marathon Petroleum [...]
Posted by Jerrold R. Jenkins on Feb 24 , 2017 - 11:00 am The best business books address a compelling issue, and there’s a doozy of a problem making the rounds at corporations all over America: lots of talented people assumed to be “on their way up” aren’t paying attention to their growth or advancement. [...]
Posted by Jerrold R. Jenkins on Dec 15 , 2016 - 12:00 pm Christopher Avery was known as “The Responsibility Process® guy” long before he wrote his long-awaited book titled The Responsibility Process: Unlocking Your Natural Ability to Live and Lead with Power. In the early 1990s, having earned his doctorate in organizational communication, Christopher’s [...]
Posted by Jerrold R. Jenkins on Nov 03 , 2016 - 01:00 pm Before he wrote The Empathic Enterprise: Winning by Staying Human in a Digital Age, global business performance consultant Mark Brown was one of many independent advisers helping firms and individuals improve their business performance via leadership development and executive training. Mark wasn’t [...]
Posted by Jerrold R. Jenkins on Feb 20 , 2015 - 03:00 pm Books are powerful messengers for your customers. The written word is one obvious way, but the packaging of words subconsciously tells your buyer much more about you and your company. It’s not just making your words pretty. Packaging is a sophisticated design [...]
Posted by Jerrold R. Jenkins on Oct 10 , 2013 - 01:00 pm Marketing and branding expert Laura Ries is bullish on using books as a marketing tool. After all, it’s what she’s been doing for over 15 years. Laura is the daughter of noted advertising guru Al Ries. In 1981, Al and his partner [...]
Posted by Jerrold R. Jenkins on Aug 22 , 2013 - 03:00 pm “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” That aphorism has been around for nearly a century, but Marty Clarke took it to heart. The one-time corporate executive is in demand these days as a communications consultant and speaker, but that’s largely because [...]