Author J. Kelly Hoey says diversification is the key to building your dream network — Since we are talking about investing — well, investing your time — I might as well start with a disclosure: before having J. Kelly Hoey as a guest on my podcast, I hadn’t given my own networking game a lot of thought in, well, decades. When I began my career…

Rockstar International Publicist Tracy Lamourie Shares Her Wisdom The featured Guest Czar for the next episode of The Communications Czar Podcast, Tracy Lamourie, turned her calling into a profession and has become an internationally award-winning public relations executive. Lamourie, the founder of Canada-based Lamourie Media, is no slouch when it…

Person 1: What are you doing this weekend? Person 2: Going to a funeral. Person 1: Oh, how fun! The above conversation never took place. Ever. Anywhere. Everyone loves going to christenings, bar mitzvahs, and weddings, but the one life event that every faith and cultural tradition shares is pretty much universally dreaded. No one enjoys going to…

You know that you need to upgrade your sales skills but it can be challenging to sift through all the hype out there. The internet is full of articles and videos featuring techniques and advice from self-proclaimed sales gurus, but how many of them have actually held down a sales…

9 keys to successfully managing a career change from Career and Life Coach Melanie Mitchell-Wexler The alarm goes off. Your first thought is, “What day is it?” When you realize it’s a workday, you roll over and try not to think about it. Your work is a grind. You don’t…

Dust off your briefcase and find a belt. Ready or not, we are headed back to the office –well, sort of anyway. Of course, things will look different. We will be distanced and masked and there will be a lot of hybrid meetings — but meetings, nonetheless. You’ll have to…

When it comes to telling stories, Eric Scheur has heard a lot of them. He and Reba Sparrow co-produce The Mystery Box Show, which is a storytelling show about sex. Over the last eight years, Scheur estimates that he and Sparrow have shepherded a couple of hundred people up onto…

Founder and Dean of The Non-Sleazy Sales Academy, Annie P. Ruggles has been helping the sales-adverse, sales-reluctant, and self-proclaimed sales-allergic for almost a decade. In this capacity she has seen every mistake, witnessed the vomit and the sleaze, and enthusiastically encouraged her clients to uncover the pain. Ruggles, who is…

Steve Sims is a big dude with a big personality. He lives what he calls a “Four Seasons Lifestyle” and created his business, Bluefish, working with and around the rich and famous. …