How do you stay ahead of your customers in today's lightning-speed ecosystem? Well, Google's global creative director of Unskippable Labs, Ben Jones, discussed this question on The Harvard Business Review and Google's interview series The Quick Take. Here are a few of my biggest takeaways--starting with the answer to that million-dollar question. #b2bmarketing #marketing #b2b #Google #customerexperience …see more

working from home meme #3 Conference call bingo... Feel free to add more in the comments... in the meantime, can everyone go on mute? #wfh #workingfromhome #zoomcall #newnormal …see more

What an honor it was to sell Getting There at this year’s Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders meeting next to the amazing Robert Cialdini ! Plus a visit from the awesome Danielle Town ! #warrenbuffet #gettingthere …see more

Give it up for #Angola , #BurkinaFaso #Congo , #Egypt , #Eritrea , #Ethiopia , #GuineaBissau , #Liberia , #Mozambique , #Somalia , #Tanzania + #Uganda ! Their women Health Ministers are leading the fight against #COVID19 in #Africa ! #Africa #Africanhealth #globalhealth #HealthForAll #womenleaders #womensleadership #COVID19 #coronavirus #pandemicpreparedness #pandemicresponse #HerDecisionsWillSaveYou https://lnkd.in/ehnuHG8 …see more

This brilliantly characterizes the glory of growing older. I have never felt smarter, stronger, braver or prouder of myself for surviving this crazy world as long as I have! And I have some seriously exciting plans for the next 40 years, so if God and the Universe support me, look out, World! P.S. Share this with someone you love, someone you don't know, and someone you think needs to see it. …see more

What does Radical look like? Well, it’s the first week in March and the partners Geoffrey Stewart Trent Watrous and Adam McDowell, CPA invite me to Nashville to GET Radical! This is how it went.... #radicalcpa #leadership #technology #newfirm Are you caught in the Busy Season Rat Race or do you evolve all year? #cloudaccounting #accountingfirm #taxseason #cpa …see more

Many times, we can find ourselves losing control of our own emotions. Check out my article below to learn how to master your emotions using two smart techniques and more! #bestreads #mastery #emotions …see more

Distraction is dangerous. Perception mistakes caused by healthcare practitioners while working in hospitals, injure hundreds of thousands of Americans annually. A group of nurses at the University of California, San Francisco wanted to figure out why this was happening. Here’s what they found 👇 The reason people were being given the wrong medication was because nurses were distracted. Seriously! When nurses were dosing out medication for patients, they were interrupted, on average, ten times per dosing round. These constant interruptions were the source of avoidable mistakes. So, how did they address this? They didn’t need to spend millions on a new program or technology. Nurses wore cheap plastic vests that read, “drug round in progress. Do not disturb.” Mistakes dropped by 88%. Whether it’s finishing a project for work or dosing out life-saving medicine, we cannot do our best work when we’re constantly being interrupted. Do you sometimes feel like a nurse constantly interrupted and distracted? How do you block out distractions? Any other stories like this that come to mind? #Indistractable #ProblemSolving #Productivity #Health …see more

In my latest newsletter, learn the best ways to adjust your business and parenting strategies in the new global environment. #indistractable #workfromhome #parenting …see more

A lot of people ask me, “What is a habit?” A habit is an impulse to do a behavior with little or no conscious thought. About half of what you do every day is done from habit. There are good or bad habits. In our industry, we can use habits to help people live happier, healthier, more engaged, and more productive lives. There is a big difference between a habit and an addiction. Addictions are persistent, compulsive dependencies that hurt the user. Everything I teach is about persuasion: helping to build healthy habits into peoples’ lives, so they do what they already want to do. There’s an ethical line crossed when you keep someone using your product when you know they don’t want to. That’s coercion. I’d put addiction in that category. Some companies need to worry about this, but most have the opposite problem: “I have a great product that would really help my customers if I could only get them to use it.” That’s what I teach you in Hooked. To learn more, check out my interview with Keith Fenech in the comments. 👇👇👇 #Hooked #HumanBehavior #ProductDesign …see more

I am pleased to announce that our TransUnion South Africa team will be hosting a webinar on 7 April to discuss some of our analysis and key insights of COVID-19 crisis in South Africa and discuss strategies for SMMEs and larger businesses to respond in these challenging times. Sign up now! #InformationForGood #covid19 #southafrica Sean Diamond Charlie Wise David Neenan Stephen De Blanche Tim Collins Carmen Williams Robin Wagner Dries Zietsman (MBA) Kriben Reddy (MBA) Nicola (Nikki) Peel Hans Zachar …see more

My latest LinkedIn article is titled #StrongerTogether : Lessons from the 2019 Rugby World Cup and covers some of the lessons I extracted from following the South African rugby team's performance in their recent win at the 2019 Rugby World. #StrongerTogether #RWCFinal2019 #RWC2019 #SouthAfrica #AfricaRising #Leadership #rugbyworldcupfinal …see more

Extraordinary belongs to those who create it. Kodi Lee has shown us just that. His passion and focus on music have made impossible, possible. Something to learn for us all. Impossible is nothing! #WeekendMusings

Launch your week off right by being the strongest leader you can. Not just for your team and the bottom line... But for yourself. I used to set myself on fire to keep everyone warm, but realized that wasn't the way to get ahead and some people refuse the help and encouragement. Focus on the solution and you'll spread positivity like wildfire to keep everyone warm. Go get 'em! #leadership #management #teambuilding #chantelshares …see more

What’s a four-letter word leaders swear by for career success? GRIT. This soft skill is all about your ability to maintain a long-term focus on a highly important goal, and have the perseverance and passion to keep going, even when you get frustrated or feel challenged. But this isn’t always easy. The keys to developing your grit are practice, maintaining the resiliency and optimism to bounce back from failures, and adopting a growth mindset where you believe you can—and therefore, will—get “grittier” over time. In the latest episode of my #LinkedInVideo series* on soft skills, I share seven question to ask yourself to develop your grit. #grit #leadership #business #success #professionaldevelopment #growth #softskills #career #HumansFirst #growthmindset *Links to the other videos in the comments ----- I’m a ghostwriter and speaker who helps leaders communicate and connect better. Contact me if you or organization could use my help. …see more

How does social media ghostwriting work? In the latest episode of my new #LinkedInVideo series* on ghostwriting, I’ll answer one of my most frequently asked questions and share my simple and effective process for helping my clients build their personal brands and thought leadership. (P.S. If you have a question about ghostwriting you’d like me to answer, please add it to the comments below.) *Links to other videos in the comments below ***UPDATE: A friend alerted me to the weird captions glitch. I’ve uploaded the file to my other social accounts and it’s fine, so it must be a weird LinkedIn glitch. If you’d like to see a version with the correct captions, check my profile or click here: https://lnkd.in/gh3uDCw #ghostwriting #leadership #personalbranding #thoughtleadership #business #success #relationships #communication #career #writing #connection …see more

When was the last time you failed? #career #leadership #entrepreneurship #success #growth #mindset #entrepreneurlife #entrepreneurs …see more

All the grind, hustle, and grit in the world are meaningless without the one thing that will improve your career: clarity. #career #leadership #clarity …see more

‪In my latest Forbes article, I share why constraints aren’t the boundaries of creativity, but the foundation of it. ‪ #career #innovation ‬ #creativity ‪ …see more

Become a trusted voice in your field Being a top voice means becoming: 🍗 the go-to-channel 🍗 creating content that provides value (value can entertain or educate) 🍗 and showing up every day (a channel is not a one time thing, it’s a constant repetition of your brand, usp, and messaging) Still, if you’re an expert, the next winning skill is developing to being a media company. Be a trusted voice. Be a trusted channel. Here are 3 tools to increase your content #productivity 🍗 Otter.ai ( otter.ai ) - Transcribe your brain and convo 🍗 Blinkist ( blinkist.com/stringnguyen ) - is great to study how to create engaging social posts (it's cliff notes but it really suits LinkedIn post content) 🍗 Notion ( http://notion.so )- My tool for content and project management Follow String Nguyen for more personal brand tips. What tool are you using for content creation? Share it below your favourite tool. #stringtheory on #contentcreation and #topvoices #linkedintopvoices …see more