I am reminded frequently how important creativity is to our success in winning and keeping clients. Just recently, a client asked us to pick up a new product category because the incumbent agency “lacked creativity.” Our dozens of industry awards over the years frequently recognize our creative thinking in addition to other aspects of our [...]

When my colleague Corrinne and I were asked to make a digital overview presentation at a recent financial services client planning session, I’ll freely admit that at first I was a little concerned. Why? My financial advisor would be the first to tell you that I’m no genius when it comes to investment planning, and [...]

Lagging, demanding, and undedicated, are some of the terms I’ve heard and read to define Generation Y in the workplace. Countless articles are still being written about how employers should handle the different behavior of this generation. But, I really have to ask why? First, the evolution of Gen Y is old news. Second, I [...]

As the CEO of a medium-sized enterprise, I take note of CEO best practices in business and academic articles as well as with the other CEOs I encounter in my consulting career.
We’ve enjoyed good successes at Environics with annual revenue growth exceeding 100 per cent in some of the early years and a 2010 designation [...]

Call me old-fashioned. I start my morning at home with the Washington Post spread across my kitchen counter. I start with the front section and go page-by-page, headline-by-headline and article-by-article. I carefully look at the editorials, the letters to the editor and the op-ed articles.
While I’m working through the front, Metro, Style and Sports sections, [...]

There’s an old adage that when change happens, not one but three things happen simultaneously. My life is an epitome of this type of change. Change seems to embody me like the bud and fall of a leaf from spring to winter. While change can be scary, I always look for bits of information from [...]

Have you tried to say yes to everything and anything with the hope of creating more opportunities in your life? While saying yes is often associated with gaining more power – think Jim Carrey in Yes Man – the aptitude to say no, when appropriate, to teammates, friends, family and others, is an equally great skill to perfect. Synonymous to the Chinese philosophy of ying and yang, [...]

This month the men of Environics Communications braved the streets to raise awareness – and funds – for the White Ribbon Campaign: the world’s largest effort of men working to end violence against women. On October 1st they participated in Walk a Mile in her Shoes (WAMIHS); an event during which they walked one full [...]

Associations employ more than one-million people in the United States (including one-in-10 in the nation’s capital), generate more than $30-billion in payroll, bring in some $33-billion in revenue, and hold an estimated $50.6-billion in assets.
There’s no denying that associations are powerful. And as more associations are becoming globally focused, they are becoming increasingly important around [...]

What causes me to want to blog about work, while at the same time attempting to play with my daughter as she “dances” (actually weird herky-jerky gestures) in her bouncy chair?
Thinking about my child’s future has gotten me reflecting a wee bit about work. Over the weekend I officially turned thirteen years-old at Environics which, from [...]