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Respond Please: Tips for Saving on Business Travel Expenses
Question: After taking an international business trip, your company's chief operating officer (COO) asks you for tips you can share to reduce business travel expenses (e.g., if possible, take the hotel shuttle to the office instead of a taxi, eat breakfast for free in the concierge floor lounge v. in the restaurant).
Ideas? Thank you for your suggestions. I am helping a client COO gather these tips to communicate across the company worldwide.
On Being Productive: Tools, Techniques, Inspiration & Motivation
He who knows most grieves most for wasted time.
Join Me: Sandy Schwan (MS03) to Speak at Day with Northwestern (Sat. April 16)
I am honored to be chosen as a speaker at ‘A Day with Northwestern’ on Saturday, April 16. This all day event features faculty from a variety of different academic backgrounds leading engaging discussions. Attendees can choose from 14 different lectures to personalize their schedules based on interests.
Empower Employees: Try 3 Before Me
“Do or do not. There is no try.” Yoda, Star Wars' Jedi Master
Wishing You Failure During Organizational Change...Read On.
"I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
Learning from the Best: Lessons in Completing Marathons & Organizational Change
“Life is a challenge, meet it.”
Leveraging the Luck o' the Irish to make Organizational Change Happen
"You'll never plough a field turning it over in your minds." Irish Proverb
Seemed appropos to find an Irish proverb as I am working in Dublin today.
Three Ways to Approach Organizational Change with Your Glass Half Full
"What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds."
Your Coachability is Important in Successfully Navigating Organizational Change
“It’s how you cope with the imperfect matches that makes you great.”
Kim Clijsters (1983 –) Belgian Professional Tennis Player, Two-Time U.S. Open Champion
You don’t know everything. You do know that, don’t you?
