by Misti Burmeister | Feb 18, 2016 | Leadership, Provoke your Performance |
Loving your customers makes good business sense. Show them some love, and they’ll reward you by purchasing more and raving about you, which hopefully leads to more love affairs, purchases, and ultimately growth. Loving on your boss makes good business sense too. Do...
by Misti Burmeister | Feb 11, 2016 | Leadership, Provoke your Performance |
I pray every day, sometimes several times a day. I pray for clarity and opportunity—to speak, coach, and elicit meaningful conversations—to share the gifts that God has given me. I’m not a religious person, but I am spiritual, and the word God works for me. My one...
by Misti Burmeister | Feb 3, 2016 | Leadership, Provoke your Performance |
“How old are you?” John asked, after I had shared a bit about my history, why I do this work, and a few of the results I’ve helped leaders create. “Why does it matter?” I asked, wondering if he’d been listening to me. “It lets me know how much experience you’ve had on...
by Misti Burmeister | Jan 27, 2016 | Leadership, Provoke your Performance |
Advancing, or getting different results than you’re currently getting, requires doing something different, which isn’t always comfortable. How many people do you know who keep doing the same things and hoping for different results? We’ve all done it. Why? Because it’s...
by Misti Burmeister | Jan 21, 2016 | Leadership, Provoke your Performance |
Pam, a mentor cautioned me from the day I started doing this work nearly eleven years ago, “Misti, you’re going to need to expand on what you’re doing. You’ll get bored with speaking about generational differences at some point.” At the time, I thought she was crazy,...
by Misti Burmeister | Jan 14, 2016 | Leadership |
Imagine the power inherent in knowing how to cash in on the value of your life experiences. While I did buy a lottery ticket ($1.5 billion—who wouldn’t), the greatest winnings I’ve accumulated have little to do with paper (tickets or Benjamin’s). In reality, the odds...
