Ethical Influence

Back in May 2008, I interviewed E. J. “Jay” Williams, Jr., the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Jay Williams Group (TJWG), an international marketing and management consulting firm which provides services to broadcasting, media, film, corporate, government and faith-based clients....

What Stops People From Achieving What They Want

Happy New Year!!! 2008 is behind us now and a new year has begun! By now, you’re off to a great start on achieving the goals you’ve set for 2009. However, you have probably run into some opposition. Typically, opposition shows itself in two ways – but I’m only going to write...

Elegantly Influencing Others

On any given day, we have a myriad of opportunities to elegantly influence the people in our lives. Each and every opportunity holds itself out to us with a question. “What will you do with me this time?”

Elegantly Influencing Employee’s Behaviors in Tough Economic Times

In any time of economic uncertainty, most employees quickly begin to feel “stressed out” about their future employment with a company. The intensity of the employees stressful feelings is closely related to how much their company is impacted by an economic downturn. For example, employees...