Centering Gaining Control at the Start of a Performance Centering helps you stay calm and grounded. © iStockphoto/spooh It's the worst nightmare for many people: You're about to give a speech before hundreds of people, and the speech could impact your career for years to come. Performance experts and life coaches have told you, time […]
The Inverted-U Model Balancing Pressure and Performance (Also known as Yerkes-Dodson Law) Get the pressure right. © iStockphoto/SteveStone Have you ever worked on a project that had a tight-but-achievable deadline, and that needed your unique, expert knowledge for it to be completed successfully? Even though you found it challenging, you may have delivered some of […]
Assertiveness Working with People; Not Against Them Stand firm when you need to. © iStockphoto/JayKay57 Do you consider yourself to be assertive? And what does being assertive mean to you? Does it mean exercising your rights all the time, every time? Or does it mean knowing when to let someone else or some other cause […]
Dealing with Unhappy Customers Turning a Challenge into an Opportunity Turn dissatisfaction into satisfaction with these strategies. © iStockphoto/Roma One of Tim's most important clients has just walked into his office, unannounced. Tim stands up with a smile on his face, ready to greet him, when the dam bursts - his client explodes into an […]
via http://www.apple.com/stevejobs/ Call apple what you will, but one thing is certain Steve Jobs was a visionary in many different areas of media and entertainment. is ingenuity and vision brought forward the world of smart phones as we know it today and brought forward Pixar one of today's most prominent Animation and entertainment companies […]
Before every major architecture launch from AMD or NVIDIA, the companies typically hold an editor's or tech day. These events usually last about a day (sometimes two) and involve a bunch of press sitting in a conference room while they get peppered with presentations and pepper back with questions. Engineers and key architects are usually […]
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA and LIBERTYVILLE, IL – AUGUST 15, 2011 – Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: MMI) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Google will acquire Motorola Mobility for $40.00 per share in cash, or a total of about $12.5 billion, a premium of […]
Gmail is taking a few cues from its tablet apps with Preview Pane, Google’s newest Gmail Labs feature. Preview Pane, which is now available in Gmail Labs, allows users to simultaneously preview parts of an email while reading or replying to others. Users of Gmail for iPad or Android will instantly recognize the interface — […]
Nielsen: Hulu users watch more TV than Netflix members Nielsen study shows what people are watching on Netflix and Hulu By Athima Chansanchai As people begin to seek alternatives to Netflix after the brouhaha caused by its 60 percent price hike and separation of DVD and streaming plans, Hulu is one option where users are […]
Michael Dell is toying with the idea of using Google+ Hangouts for Dell’s customer support. The service allows users to initiate a video chat session with multiple people inside their Google+ circles. “I am thinking about hangouts for business. Would you like to be able to connect with your Dell service and sale teams via […]