I work in the offices at The Chariot Group and, while I am officially with its sister company, The Strive Group, I find it hard to truly severe my ties with the former organization. That being said, I often attend some…
I have had a mentor for nearly 20 years and, while I moved nearly 1000 miles away from him about two years into our mentoring relationship, we continued. We didn’t do this by flying back and forth; we used collaborative technology. At the time, “collaborative…
I haven’t had an “epiphany” moment in a couple of weeks, which surprises me because for the most part, I have numerous ones per day! Working for a company that specializes in audiovisual and collaborative technology gives me the figurative…
Two weeks ago, I published a piece on the difference between an “information sharing” culture and a “collaborative” culture. I called it Sharing Information on Collaboration. In that post, I wrote, “The purpose of an information sharing event is just…
Many business leaders confuse Information Sharing with Collaboration. But they aren’t the same thing…more on that in a minute. I was having a great discussion last night about collaboration. Granted, it was with my nine year old son as we headed to his…
For the past month, I’ve been on a “remote working” theme. It started with 8 Ways to Support the Remote Worker, which led me to 12 Ways to Successfully Manage the Remote Worker, which led me to I Want to Be a…
I come from a fairly large family and ever since I was a teenager, my siblings and I have been on opposite ends of the country and/or globe. Back in the day, phone calls and letters were the way we…
When I first started on my journey here at The Chariot Group, neither I or the owners knew specifically what I would being doing, what value I could add, etc. Being “comfortable with ambiguity” was required as we figured those things out.…
I was eavesdropping on the The Chariot Group (TCG) Sales Team the other day and a few of them were having a conversation about a potential client, a nonprofit organization, and what the leadership team was struggling with in terms of purchasing…
It’s the last week in January and I find myself wondering about everyone’s New Year’s resolutions. I see the crowded parking lots at the gym and I wonder if the people there have always been gym rats or has the…