In order to succeed as you climb higher in an organization, the more you must engage other people in conversations. Here are seven ways that the best bosses increase their effectiveness by the ways they communicate:

1. Bring the vision to life
2. Ask smart questions
3. Take time to read the room
4. Create a climate where things get done
5. Use stories to get your points across
6. Be mindful of what you don’t know
7. Make people feel they work for a winner

You can read the full article here.

Feeling stressed, overwhelmed and frustrated? Our friend Elizabeth of @RealLifeE has a new book to help you! We’ve implemented several of her suggestions in our daily activities and these ideas have helped us manage the crazy demands of business and life in general. We work in an industry that expects quick response and availability 24×7. Those expectations can tend to be overwhelming!

The section that focused on various personality traits and how understanding those traits and tendencies from a perspective of getting things done was extremely helpful. Our office may be small, but we have many different personality types and benefited from her insight and suggestions.

If your interested in some great ideas on the best way to utilize your time, reduce your stress levels and start 2013 off on the right track please check out her book :

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Thank you!

Carrie

UPDATE: As of 2:30pm EST, support email is working again and going to our ticket system and all replies should be in your ticket. Let us know if we missed one.

Lots of excitement in Athens today as we welcome President Barack Obama to our little city in the hills of southeastern Ohio! It’s the first time over 40 years that a sitting President has visited Athens.

Check out this great article on the benefits of cleaning off your desk at the end of the workday. At a more organized stage of my life I practiced this approach and definitely found it to be beneficial. The article has inspired me to get back into the habit of organizing my desk at days end! Feel free to share your thoughts and opinions! A Spotless Desk at Day’s End: Organized or Overkill?

Check out how one of our client’s use Pinterest to boost sales! They are doing a great job organizing their boards and promoting their products. You can find some pretty interesting items on their boards:
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Anyone remember our Logo from 2004? Our first logo was only text back in 2002-2003.