An Articulate Account
As snow gently floats down from the steely gray sky, I find myself once again writing a final blog post. About three months have passed since I wrote my last post. Although in my last post I promised that you would see more of me in the future I had not expected the opportunity so soon. Almost immediately upon my return I realized that things were different. Around the end of the year things usually slow down but this year was an exception. A good amount of work had accumulated and that made for a busy winter break for me. Among all the work there were a few shining Roundpeg...
read moreFrom Real Time to My Time
Things move faster today than they did 50 years ago. Letters which took several days to arrive were replaced by fax, overnight mail, email and text. Today we expect immediate responses to questions, inquires and requests. We want our news as it happens. Everything is now, now, now! But it doesn’t need to be. Recently I have noticed a subtle shift as I take back control of my time by unplugging occasionally. Reading an article by Louis Gray, I realize it isn’t just me. The same technology which allows us to be connected 24/7 allows us to determine when we want to be...
read moreWhat Did Your Letter Say?
On January 2, I gave you an assignment. I challenged you to write a letter to yourself about the year ahead. You were supposed to give it to a friend, and have them hold it till now. Did you do it? What did you write about, and how did the year turn out? In my letter, I wrote about big plans for 2011. I expected us to grow our sales by 50%, add two members to our team and launch an updated website by mid year. I planned to take another vacation out of the country and finally retire the Volvo, exchanging it for a newer car (but still a convertible!). So how did I do? The Team: Hello,...
read moreHidden Gems from 2011
Last week we talked about the most popular posts of 2011. Those superstars got retweeted, shared and reaped loads of traffic. But there are other posts. Good posts, full of interesting information and terrible jokes, that for whatever reason never got much attention. So we’re going to give them a second chance. Here are the Roundpeg staff’s favorite blog posts from 2011 which you may have missed: Peter: Would You Jump Off the Roof for Social Media? Heidi Cohen’s strategic questions offer a key to satisfying and successful social media engagement. Many people don’t...
read moreFaces of Roundpeg: Michelle & Harrison I Love You, You’re Fired!
As a parent, I want my children to be happy and successful. As they were growing up, I wanted them to experience the real world with part time jobs where they would earn spending money, learn new skills and build their resumes. As an employer I want my employees to be successful, productive and love their jobs. The sparks fly when these two worlds collide. Both my daughter Michelle (aka @minipeg) and my son Harrison have worked at Roundpeg in high school and college, and even once after Michelle graduated for varying lengths of time. For Harrison it was always just a part time...
read moreFaces of Roundpeg: My Frenemy Hazel
Hazel Walker and I share a lot in common. We are about the same age, with grown children. We share a love for sushi, martinis, walking on the Monon Trail and the Gretchen Sandwich at 3 Sisters Cafe. We are both direct, strong, smart, competitive women. Maybe it is that competitive nature or the fact that I was president of Rainmakers, when Hazel was Executive Director of BNI which made others assume we didn’t like each other, thus the Frenemy relationship. But the truth is, we have too much fun spending time together to let any of that get in the way of a good conversation. Hazel was...
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