Alliances & Partnerships

The new level of treating customers

In his latest vlog Robin Sharma talks about the new level of treating customers. Robin states that if you deliver on customer expectations you are in a vulnerable position. You'd better be a genius in what you deliver and deliver...

The Alliance Conversation with Jan Twombly

I wrote already about it the past week a couple of times: I am really excited about this conversation with Jan Twombly because it reaffirms in fact the vision I building my business on: the bridge between alliances and (social)...

Friday musings: it all comes together

There are those days and weeks that it all makes sense, you see that it all comes together. This week I had a pretty full schedule with conversations with many great people and it seemed that every conversation was building...

Leadership and Personal Success

A nice one for the Friday afternoon, Robin Sharma in about 8 minutes on Leadership and Personal Success.

Collaborative Networks Are The Organization

I just finished a great conversation with Jan Twombly of The Rhythm of Business. This conversation was part of The Alliance Conversation series and will be available in the podcast next Tuesday. What made this conversation different from the other...

The Alliance Conversation with Donna Peek

Donna Peek is living alliances and that is something that shows when listening to Today's episode of The Alliance Conversation. Donna is Global Alliance Program Manager at SAS Institute and shares in the conversation many tips on establishing alliances and...

Friday musings: partnerships everywhere

Friday evening again, time to watch my favorite television program, actually the only one I will free up time for: Top Gear. It is always a show filled with great humor and great cars. It also always a nice moment...

Alliance panel questions

Gianluca Marcellino, one of guests in the Alliance Conversation, wrote me earlier this week with a great idea in the email about potentially creating a panel of alliance experts that can answer alliance related questions. So taking that idea a...

Blogging basics

In the social media video of Today Penny Power shares her tips on blogging and building interest and audience.

Social media: Tailor the message for each individual platform?

Within the current social media landscape it is quite easy to connect every platform to share messages across all platforms. Even when the platform provider does not provide a way to connect there are often third party tools that will...

The Alliance Conversation with Bruce Acheson

In this episode of The Alliance Conversation Bruce Acheson put's alliances in the perspective of the corporate world, working with ISV's and system integrators. Bruce shares many insights on what to do and what to expect. When as a smaller...

The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

Robin Sharma's latest blogpost is about taking leadership of your own being. Robin calls it "Everyone is a CEO" and shares 5 steps to become your own CEO. CEO is not some special title reserved for a chosen few. CEO...