This is a contributed post to JMLalonde.com. For more information on contributing a post, please see our contributing policies. Before you can start making sales, you first have to generate some leads. Generating leads brings in potential customers, who you can then move onto the sale stage to get them to spend money with your business. But if you feel like you’re not getting as many good leads as your business deserves, you need to do something about it. Not all leads are equal, so you could even be getting lots of leads that don’t really go anywhere. If you feel like your business is la ..read more

Without feedback, the workplace struggles. Your employees will wonder if they’re doing a great job; some may even have nightmares that you will fire them because they haven’t heard from you. That’s why having a feedback culture in your workplace is important. By giving regular feedback, you help your people know where they stand, how they can improve, and what to do next. But how do you create a feedback culture? Photo by charlesdeluvio on Unsplash It’s not easy. However, I know you can do this. We’ll take a look at 6 ways you can encourage feedback at work. 6 Ways To Develop A Feedback Cult ..read more

I recently came across the story of Eric Kilburn Jr. He’s a great young man, by all accounts. Yet, he was in need. His mother, Rebecca Kilburn, saw that Eric was struggling. Her 14-year-old son needed shoes. Not just any shoes but big shoes. Eric is 6’10” with size 23 feet. He’s a monster of a young man. Rebecca sent a call out to local and national media after she couldn’t find shoes that fit Eric. Eric had been wearing shoes that were a size too small. He couldn’t find cleats to play sports. It was frustrating to him and his family. The media picked up on Eric’s plight. They began ..read more

A Reel Leadership Article My latest book, Reel Leadership, is now available on Amazon. If you love movies and leadership, you will love this book. The much-anticipated sequel to the 2019 film Shazam! opened recently. Shazam! Fury Of The Gods brings just as much fun to the theaters as the original film. The film continues Billy Batson’s (Asher Angel) journey as the boy who says SHAZAM! and is turned into a superhero (Zachary Levi). Critics have panned the movie. I think they don’t understand the point of film at times. Sure, Reel Leadership looks at the leadership aspect of movies, but mov ..read more

Servant leadership originated with Robert K. Greenleaf. He wrote an essay titled “The Servant as Leader,” in which he laid out his thoughts on leadership. His thoughts were new for the time. They’re still valid today, in my opinion. In this article, I want to look at the principles Greenleaf laid out as he promoted the concept of servant leadership. These 3 principles will help you become a better, more servant-minded leader. Photo by Jack Sharp on Unsplash The 3 Main Principles Of Servant Leadership In his essay, Greenleaf mentioned 3 items that stuck out to me. They are that servant leader ..read more

Positive thinking won’t allow you to do anything, but it will allow you to do everything better than negative thinking will… That’s a quote by the famous Zig Ziglar. He’s right. You can’t do everything. However, if you have positive thinking, you can do everything you do better. That’s a goal every leader should strive for. We want to be better, do better. Why not think better? Photo by Sean Oulashin on Unsplash When we think positively, our minds and bodies begin to change. Science shows us that there are lower rates of depression when we are positive. Our ability to fight off sickness incr ..read more

This is a contributed post to JMLalonde.com. For more information on contributing a post, please see our contributing policies. Photo by Kevin Matos on Unsplash Whenever you think about successful businesses, you think about all of the creative processes that they went through and all of the hard work they put in. You only ever really see the glamorous side of things because that’s all they allow you to see. The truth is that they have all been through situations that could have been disastrous if they made the wrong decisions. There is no company in the world that has not gone through ..read more

This is a contributed post to JMLalonde.com. For more information on contributing a post, please see our contributing policies.   If you want to be successful in the digital age, conversions are key. After all, it’s not just about getting visitors to your website—it’s about turning those visitors into paying customers. Luckily, there are several strategies you can use to boost your business conversions and turn more visitors into paying customers. Because it can sometimes be hard to work out what they are or which the best to utilize actually is, in this blog post we’re going to run ..read more

A Reel Leadership Article My latest book, Reel Leadership, is now available on Amazon. If you love movies and leadership, you will love this book. The Champions is a heartwarming story about a down-and-out basketball coach, Marcus (Woody Harrelson), who learns what it means to connect with his team, treat people with respect, and to tone down their anger. Marcus is an assistant coach who is fired from the Iowa Stallions. Why? Because he attacked the head coach, Coach Phil Perretti (Ernie Hudson of Ghostbusters fame). This leads Marcus down a dangerous path of drinking, driving, and crashi ..read more

We don’t get into a leadership position because it’s easy. We choose to lead because we know we can make a difference. Yet, so many times, we slip into creature comfort. We stop doing important tasks because they can be outsourced or someone else can do them better (i.e., I don’t want to do them). We stop getting dirty… Photo by jesse orrico on Unsplash 5 Ways To Get Dirty Leading In Spartan Up!, a book about the Spartan endurance races founder, author Joe De Sena mentions how his kids were training for a race. When the kids came to a puddle, they froze. The kids had been taught that they ne ..read more