How to maintain a high energy level when traveling for business
NOTE from Phil: What follows is a post from my good friend and fellow Milwaukee small business owner Jim Raffel. Jim travels a LOT for business, so his insights are super helpful for me, and I expect will be for you too!
Not all aspects of traveling for business are nearly as glamorous as some folks imagine. A client dinner at a five-star restaurant can be great, but that comes at the end of a long day filled with meetings and other work. Add to that the need to make time for a routine of healthy eating and exercise to maintain a high energy level and you quickly realize that work on the road is not a vacation.
Work comes ...
Source: Phil Gerbyshak - July 17, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Jim Raffel Tags: Attitude Blogs Guest Posts Lifehacks loyalty tips travel Source Type: blogs
Accountability: Why We All Need to Have It
NOTE from Phil: This is a special guest post from someone I greatly admire and respect, and I am thrilled that Catherine has agreed to write it for me. Not only do I admire and respect Catherine, she is also, my personal accountability coach! She keeps me on track (no easy feat) and enables me to stay more focused and that allows me to more available to grow my business.
There are a million things to do every day and only so many hours in a day. Left to our own devices, we may do the task that is fun or interesting or new, and not the task that we SHOULD be doing. When we focus on the wrong task, we may come up with some...
Source: Phil Gerbyshak - July 15, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Brandie McCallum Tags: Assessment Attitude Blogs Business Improvement Change Coaching Communication Guest Posts Leadership Motivation Productivity Writing accountability resources support Source Type: blogs
Five Tips for Better Videos
I am really excited about today’s guest post, especially since I am now involved in the #ShutUpShow with my very good friend, Berni and my friend, Noeleen, is fantastic and offers up some great tips for you!! Please let me know which ones you find most useful.
Noeleen McGrath is the President of McGrath Comm. Her firm specializes in executive media training and executive presentation skills coaching. She recently launched a podcast, “Eat The Lens,” where she offers bite-sized tips to help you improve your on-camera performance. You can also find her on twitter as @McGrathComm and on google+.
As an executive media...
Source: Phil Gerbyshak - July 10, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Noeleen McGrath Tags: Attitude Author Branding Coaching Communication Leadership Lifelong Learning Podcasts Public Speaking Small business improvement ideas Speaking and Training Video Source Type: blogs
I Hate to Break The News: Effective Marketing is Hard. And Costs Money.
I am honored to present today’s guest post from Tom Snyder. Tom Snyder, is founder, president and CEO of Trivera, a seventeen year old strategic marketing and communications firm that has embraced the web from the very beginning. Tom oversees the day to day operations of the firm, and lives in suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin with his wife Marjie and their two dogs. When Tom isn’t busy making his clients look like marketing rock stars, he’s also a wine snob, music junkie, Ex-Milwaukee Radio Guy, HDTV expert, political wonk, hopeless romantic and author of “The Complete Idiot’s Mini Guide...
Source: Phil Gerbyshak - July 8, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Brandie McCallum Tags: Assessment Attitude Communication Guest Posts Innovation Leadership Marketing Networking and Connecting Small business improvement ideas Social Media Marketing expertise Source Type: blogs
From Passion to Loyalty (A guest post by: Judi Samuels)
While I’m on vacation, I have turned over my site to some smart people to share with you their experience and business expertise!! The first of these posts comes from Judi Samuels!
Since 1999, Judi has focused on building relationships between brands and their audiences. From creating compelling destination marketing campaigns; to creating experiential marketing programs launching a gaming console in Canada; to playing an integral role on developing thought leadership for next generation loyalty programs – each role locked in on developing deep, long-lasting engagement. Judi believes that genuine audience engagemen...
Source: Phil Gerbyshak - July 2, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Brandie McCallum Tags: Attitude Author Branding Business Improvement Communication Customer Service and Customer Experience Guest Posts Loyalty Marketing Relationship Building building community small town Source Type: blogs
Get the heck out of town – and vacate!
Vacation. I have never taken one. No, seriously, I have never taken a vacation before but I am going to take one now, for most of the month of July. Now, you might think why I am I telling you… trying to make you jealous?
Nope.
I’m telling you this because I’m encouraging you to take a vacation with me. OK, not really a full vacation – but I won’t be here on my blog. However, if you pay attention and stick around, you’re gonna get some new names, new faces and new voices on my blog. I hope you’ll enjoy meeting some of the smartest friends, I know.
Now make sure you leave comments ...
Source: Phil Gerbyshak - June 28, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Brandie McCallum Tags: Attitude Source Type: blogs
Connecting the 5-Year Journey to Discovering You
Photo credit Lyssa Vang
[Today's guest post is by my good friend and co-host of The Shut Up Show, Berni Xiong. As The Shin Kicking Life Spark, Berni helps solopreneurs spark people and spark movements.]
It’s hard to believe I almost let myself whittle away to nothing nearly five years ago. Literally. Two weeks after I kicked my corporate sales job to the curb and started my first entrepreneurial venture in coaching, I got sick with a mystery diagnosis. I was hospitalized for seven days. Unable to work on building the new business. Uninsured. Unemployed. On top of that, I was forced into involuntary anorexia by four docto...
Source: Phil Gerbyshak - June 28, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Berni Xiong Tags: Blogs Change Coaching Entreprepeneur Guest Posts Lifelong Learning Networking and Connecting Passion Perseverance Phil Gerbyshak Podcasts Public Speaking Relationship Building Self Awareness Self Improvement Servant Leadershi Source Type: blogs
Get some Extreme Leadership
Many years ago I was introduced to a book that changed my life. It talked about Love and leadership, among many other leadership ideas.
The book was written as a fable, which means it wasn’t your typical “this is how you must lead” leadership book. Instead it demonstrated through the power of story how a radical new way of leading, an extreme way of leading, could make a difference in an organization. This book changed the way I led my teams, and it reinforced that it was more than ok to talk about Love with your team.
Fast forward a few years and I got to meet the author. We became good friends and have ...
Source: Phil Gerbyshak - June 13, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Phil Gerbyshak Tags: Leadership des moines extreme leadership farber leadership workshop Source Type: blogs
Three Unexpected Lessons Learned After Leaving Corporate America
On May 31st, 2010, I completed my last day as a corporate employee. My last work day was May 27th. It was a wonderful Friday, and I turned out the lights in the place as the last manager on duty before a nice long 3 day weekend for Memorial Day. I didn’t turn in my company issued BlackBerry or my access card. My e-mail wasn’t shut down. And I knew I’d see everyone in a few weeks when I got back from some work I had already booked out of state, as my former employer wanted me to work on a project for another 90 days as a consultant.
The lessons I learned started in earnest three years ago. They’re no...
Source: Phil Gerbyshak - May 31, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Phil Gerbyshak Tags: Small business improvement ideas Source Type: blogs
The 3 R’s of DIY Video: Record, Rinse, Repeat
[Today's guest post…..Sean is the Head of Business Development at Bravo Video, which enables businesses to capture video from customers, users and fans - right over the web.]
Notice any trends lately on Phil’s blog? If you’ve been paying attention, you’ve probably noticed a handful of self-recorded videos in some of Phil’s recent posts. Knowing what we know about Phil, my guess is he’s on to something.
We also know that video is incredibly powerful, so I won’t spend too much time arguing this point (although I do feel the need to mention that a recent report from comScore shows tha...
Source: Phil Gerbyshak - May 8, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Phil Gerbyshak Tags: Guest Posts Video Source Type: blogs
Help Stop Human Trafficking in Milwaukee and Beyond
Did you know
Approximately 27 million people a year are trafficked worldwide for labor and sexual exploitation. Of these, 80% are women and 50% are children. Human trafficking is modern-day slavery. Estimated to generate $32 billion annually, it is the fastest growing criminal industry in the world.
Due to increased media attention, many Americans are more aware of the horrors of trafficking. But most perceive it to be a crime isolated to the far corners of the globe rather than a domestic or local issue. Trafficking victims have been identified in cities, suburbs, and rural area in all 50 states including every county in ...
Source: Phil Gerbyshak - April 30, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Phil Gerbyshak Tags: Change Source Type: blogs
Discover the Power of Story Telling for Your Small Business
One of the most important tools you have as a small business owner is the power of storytelling. Your story makes the difference between someone buying from you, and someone buying from someone else.
Not directly mind you, but indirectly. All of the marketing you do, all of the people you hire, and yes, all of the reasons you’ve started your business, they all matter to somebody, often to you.
What story gets passed down from generation to generation? That your company had another record year in 2008? Or that your company was founded in 1997 by a single dad looking for a better way for his son not to have to play bas...
Source: Phil Gerbyshak - April 26, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Phil Gerbyshak Tags: Small business improvement ideas Source Type: blogs
How Can My Business Get Social Media Right?
In Nielsen’s 2012 annual Social Media Report, they reported that Americans were, collectively, spending more than two billion hours on social media sites every month.
With 212 million Americans using some form of social media, businesses (both small and large) cannot overlook these sites when coming up with a marketing plan.
Here are a few tips to nail your company’s social media presence:
1. Plan Your Strategy
With so many social networking sites to choose from, each with its own style of conversation, you’ll have to come up with a plan in order to be successful. Before you make your first post or tweet,...
Source: Phil Gerbyshak - April 19, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Phil Gerbyshak Tags: Guest Posts Source Type: blogs
Prepare for the Worst (but Expect the Best)
Very often I get what I expect, for better or for worse. I always expect the best out of people, and fortunately, I get what I expect. People generally EXCEED my expectations – and they’re even better than I’d hoped they’d be.
But I also prepare for the worst. I leave myself extra time everywhere I go – just in case. This morning offered a great reason of why I do both of these things.
I am on my way to Phoenix for a speaking engagement. I booked the first flight of the day out, as I always do, just in case there are weather problems out of Milwaukee, or Chicago, as is often the case. This mor...
Source: Phil Gerbyshak - April 9, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Phil Gerbyshak Tags: Attitude Source Type: blogs
You have a choice – and neither is wrong
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NOTE: If you can’t see the embedded video, read the article, and I’ll click the link at the end of the article.
Today I was stopped in my tracks by an article that was a lot different than I expected. It’s in praise of being unremarkable and I think it has some valid points.
To quickly summarize, the author points out that not everyone should choose to flower “rainbow bombs” or pursue other lofty dreams, that instead they can choose the unremarkable. As someone who is following his passion, I didn’t think this would resonate with me at all – ...
Source: Phil Gerbyshak - April 4, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Phil Gerbyshak Tags: Make It Great mark w schaefer remarkability Source Type: blogs
