Posted June 18th, 2010 by michael platner
Here you go. You just climb into bed, spend some time giving your wife some of some badly need attention, and are finally drifting to sleep when the phone rings. And on the 6th ring you finally wake up to point where can answer the phone ' only to have the person hang up. And that's the 4th time this week. Something has to give, you think. Now you're finally going to get serious about ending these calls for good. But how? You grab the number off your caller ID and ... Read the rest of this entry »
Posted May 29th, 2010 by michael platner
In this world of industrial globalization and razor thin margins, effective communication is often the only edge in tremendously competitive markets. That was often the mantra in several corporate improvement techniques for the past decade. Now that instantaneous data transmission and communication is at our fingertips, there's no excuse not to communicate within the team. Oftentimes however, this communication takes place in different time zones and in different countries. ... Read the rest of this entry »