Eli Broad is the founder of two Fortune 500 companies and has an estimated worth of $6 billion. So when he offers up time management tips, I’m all ears.
Excerpts from his recent Fast Company article:
People who have been in meetings with me …
Retired four-star General, Colin Powell, has a new book out. It’s a good time to remind everyone of his rules for life and leadership. Entrepreneurs in particular need to focus on #13.
Great fiction moves characters through a stirring plot.
Great writers teach that plot should consist of three strands: external, internal, and relationships. The “external” is the events that happen to a character (or what the character does), the internal is the emotional/intellectual growth of the character, and “relationships” are about deepening …
My sales rep: “They just want us to build ten hours of training for $10,000 and they need it in a month.”
Me: “That’s ridiculous. Did you tell them we don’t do that? Did you explained why they’ll get better results from our approach and why we charge $500,000 and …
I’m not usually a fan of mindmaps, but this one from Australian company, Learning Fundamentals, is a great summary of tricks to stay focused and productive. It was designed with school kids in mind, but applies to adult knowledge workers too. My favorite tips are:
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Serial entrepreneur and NY Times bestselling author, Kevin Kruse, focused on Wholehearted Leadership for Employee Engagement to build and sell several, multi-million dollar companies, winning both Inc 500 and Best Place to Work awards along the way.
