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Vol-23_No-14_Oct-02-2023

Posted on October 1, 2023 by Rob Wood

In this 8020Info Water Cooler we look at clarity of organizational purpose, types of motivation, how to communicate bad news, power words for marketing success, characteristics of effective executives and necessary endings. Enjoy!

Five Tests for a Purpose Statement
An Overlooked Form of Motivation
Communicate Bad News with 4Rs
Two Words for Marketing Success
Zingers: • Moving-Average Culture
The List: What Makes an Executive Effective
Deal with Necessary Endings
Reading: Right Kind of Wrong
Reading: How We Got to Now (Six Innovations that Made the Modern World)

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Vol-21_No-9_June_28-2021

Posted on June 27, 2021 by Rob Wood

In this 8020Info Water Cooler we look at setting priorities for non-profits, managing up, the big fat hippo in advertising, the myth of using body language to assess credibility, five habits for human connection and seven key ingredients for building trust.

Setting Priorities for Non-profits
The Big Fat Hippo in Advertising
Teach Your Employees How to Manage Up
The Myth of Body Language as a Credibility Assessor
The Five Habits of Human Connection
Brené Brown’s BRAVING Elements of Trust
Reading: Digital Body Language | Focus (Playing to Win or Not to Lose)

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vol-16_no-16_Nov_28-2016

Posted on November 27, 2016 by Rob Wood

Building Customer Loyalty
Motivating Introverts And Extroverts
Web Design Mistakes To Avoid
The Pyramid Of Employee Questions
To Give Or Not To Give
Disciplines of Strategy Execution

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