Rosemary Rein

Is Your Company on the Road from Now to Nowhere? Here's 5 ways to get moving and get back your MOJO

1) Make a MAP (Mission Action Plan). Define your Organization's 10 - 10 & 10 List. 10 Things your organization wants to be, have and do by a specific end date. It may be a year time frame or in the case of an organization's strategic plan, a 5 year destin... Read >

11 Leadership Resolutions for 2011

1. Keep the Main Thing, the Main Thing! Wise words from a successful entrepreneur in one of our recent Young Presidents' Organization Forums. CEO giants like Bill Gates credit their ability to avoid "shiny object syndrome" to focus on the most importa... Read >

Hats Off to Tilley Hat Marketing: An Example of Successful Branding & Customer Loyalty

Storytelling and Magic make Tilley Hats a Winner for Building Product Loyalty. As we prepare for a Go Wild! Go GREAT!â„¢ Now to WOW!â„¢ Leadership Safari this week, my team introduced me to their Tilley Hats that they obtained for their trip to Egypt. ... Read >

Create a Think Tank & Create a Business Revolution

10 ways to bring creative ideation to your organization We all know that it's no time for Business as Usual. The good news amidst the bad economic news is this: "Revolutionary Business Ideas-- if not miracles are certain to occur during this econom... Read >

Top 10 Wisdoms from Wise Men and Women

How to Survive and Thrive in Business and Life Downturns This article captures 10 Wisdoms from Experts in Business, Creativity and Education. Are you experiencing a business or life downturn? Learn to Survive and Thrive with these Wise Words: ... Read >

Persuasive Presentations - The 8 P's

Apple CEO, Steve Jobs knows all about the Power of Persuasive Presentations! There are two major job responsibilities of a CEO. One is Chief Strategist. The other is Chief Story Teller. Just look at Apple's, Steve Jobs, who excels at both. Conside... Read >

Bring Winemaker Wisdom to your Leadership Team

My Mission: Enjoy and Learn more about Wines while decanting lessons in leadership from the Wine makers of Mendoza. How can Wisdom from 3 distinguished Wine makers help your business? Let's take a peak at the philosophy and practices of 3 Wise Wine M... Read >

Developing Your Psychological Hardiness: How you can apply The Military’s 7 Point Formula for Surv

From the U.S. Army Survival Handbook: "Your mission as a soldier in a survival situation is to stay alive…You are going to experience an assortment of thoughts and emotions. These can work for you, or they can be your downfall. Fear, anxiety, anger, ... Read >

How do Successful Leaders Spell Survival

Did you know that the same skills used in Survival Situations are the same skills needed for effective Leadership? The U.S. military uses the word SURVIVAL as a pneumonic device to help its troops and leaders remember right actions under fire. In T... Read >

FALL---ING IN LOVE AND THE 3 S's of Happiness

Don't you just love fall? Such a season of change and renewal. I remember when I moved to Costa Rica asking my Aunt Ida to pick Autumn leaves and send them to me in the mail---- just so I would not forget the changing of the seasons with all of it's symb... Read >

International Women Drop Everything to Stop Animal Suffering and Share 10 Hot Fundraising Tips

As a happy and blessed expat living in Costa Rica for close to Nine Years, I have always believed that International Citizens living in a foreign country have a volunteer responsibility to give back to their "Home Away from Home". Nothing worse than t... Read >

I've fallen and I can't get up----Forget about that if you're a Leader!

Meet Bonnie St. John. Bonnie lost her leg at the age of 5--a self-described "one-legged African American Woman, not of privilege" who would go on to win two medals for skiing in the 1984 Para Olympic Games. After her first run at the winter games... Read >

Creating Customer Service Memories – Tips For Improved Customer Service

Growing up in Wilmington, Delaware we had a lilac bush in our garden on Monticello Road. I imagine that's why the site and smell of a blooming Lilac bush while training in Dubuque, Iowa this month compelled me tell my client to " stop the car and pull ov... Read >

It Sucks To be Me and You Sometimes! Develop a Mantra for Stress Management!

Over Easter Weekend, I was able to enjoy a beautiful spring day in New York. The respite desperately needed as the horror of all horrors had happened: Yikes, my internet server had swallowed incoming and outgoing messages without my knowledge! Surely... Read >

What's Your S-E-R-V- U Quotient? Surprise, Extras, Remembrance & The Very, Unexpected.

I was sitting at a new hip day spa and salon when the entire staff of stylists and technicians suddenly disappeared. "Wait a minute! Where are you going? I'm wrapped in foil!" I think to myself. Moments later, the ownership team re-appeared with the e... Read >