Dennis Yu

leadership

What Qualifies You to Provide a Credible Opinion

Many people have strong opinions, whether credible or not, about what you should or should not do, whether backed by experience or not. And the more people you have, the more unsolicited opinions you’ll have coming at you– from family, friends, people who work for you, and random people on the internet. The tricky balance …

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How to instantly recognize the experts from the amateurs

Know how to instantly tell an expert from an amateur? The expert spends 90% of their time practicing the fundamentals and only 10% of their time doing “pro” stuff. The amateur spends 90% of their time trying to do the “pro” stuff while ignoring the fundamentals. The amateur marketer chases tricks and hacks. The amateur …

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I don’t get paid enough and my job sucks

My boss constantly chases me down, wondering where I am or what I’m doing. But that’s because I’m not motivated– and once I get a raise, I then might consider starting to work again. I complain that I don’t know what’s going on in the company, but I’m also not around to listen and don’t …

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How to scale up your agency: a fresh approach

A colleague and I were discussing “leadership” and what that truly meant.  We came up with this analogy, which I hope you’ll enjoy. Imagine you move rocks for a living.  The more rocks you move, the more you’re paid.  You don’t move rocks, you don’t get paid.  Thus, you understand the direct linkage between putting …

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Wayne Elsey Says Almost Isn’t Good Enough

 It took me three cross-country flights to finish Wayne’s book. It’s 161 pages of simple but powerful language.  Do you want to hear the essence of someone who left the corporate world and built one of the largest non-profits in the world—one that has donated 15 million pairs of shoes?  Want to find out how …

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