by Janet Ioli | Mar 4, 2016 | Inspiration Point, Uncategorized
As someone who has spent most of my daily working hours for the past two decades talking with and listening to leaders and their teams—I can’t help but notice the same patterns that occur over and over again with different players and different organizations. One of...
by Janet Ioli | Feb 28, 2016 | Inspiration Point, Uncategorized
I recently engaged in an intriguing dinner conversation with one of our new neighbors, discussing his career as a successful serial entrepreneur and marketing professor at the business school of a local university. As he described one of his business start-ups,...
by Janet Ioli | Feb 20, 2016 | Inspiration Point, Uncategorized
Time-management is a challenge for many of us. Day after day I hear the lament from clients, colleagues, family, and friends about the struggle to fit in all the things they are committed to, want to, or more often than not, feel obliged to do. As much as we try to...
by Janet Ioli | Feb 14, 2016 | Inspiration Point, Uncategorized
Embracing diversity and increasing inclusion are not new concepts. Whether in the organizations we work in, the institutions we participate in or are governed by, the communities we live in, or the families we form—we often espouse ourselves to be inclusive and open...
by Janet Ioli | Feb 7, 2016 | Inspiration Point, Uncategorized
How do we become more innovative? Are we born with originality or do we cultivate it? The areas of creativity, innovation, and originality have always been of particular interest to me. Over the years, just about every teacher I have ever had growing up and everyone I...
by Janet Ioli | Feb 1, 2016 | Inspiration Point, Uncategorized
At the beginning of a 2-day Networking class I teach at American University’s Key Executive Leadership Program for government executives, I ask the participants in the session to tell me what they think of when they think of “networking”. Without fail, most of the...
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