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The Long Tail of a New Leadership

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Promo Kitchen

There is rare agreement among leadership gurus such as John Kotter, Seth Godin and Tom Peters. Leadership is going through dramatic change. We don’t need to look far to see why. Change is happening faster and faster, more and more. Author of Leading Change John Kotter explains in Accelerate (HBR November 2012): Perhaps the greatest challenge business leaders face today…

Leadership By Example

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Promo Kitchen

Marsha Londe is the CEO of Tango Partners. Contact Marsha via email or phone, 404-846-1900. Leadership: It’s one of those venerable qualities that’s hard to explain. Ask 10 people to define it, and you’ll get 10 different explanations. But one thing is true about leadership: you know it when you see it. Janelle Nevins of Nevins Marketing Summit Group died…

Leadership Is Personal

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Promo Kitchen

The following article was written by Cindy Jorgenson, MAS. Cindy has 15 years of industry experience beginning as an assistant, becoming a top sales producer and is currently the vice president -national sales manager for Brown & Bigelow. During her years she has achieved great sales success winning multiple sales and industry awards. When the editors of PromoKitchen asked me…

Authenticity

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Charity Gibson

The following article was written by Charity Gibson, Top Banana at Green Banana Promotions. I’ve been pretty introspective lately. A lot of things around me are changing, and I realized that if I’m not careful, I could easily lose myself to it all. So…this blog post isn’t really about business; but at the same time, it’s kind of everything about…

Now Serving…YOU

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Roger Burnett

By Roger Burnett, National Director of Branded Merchandise for WorkflowOne “So if it’s all for one, and one for all, then maybe one-day, we ALL could ball….” B.o.B. Make no mistake about it, I was horn-swaggled into participating in my regional association. The details are fuzzy, but Tim Hill from Lanco and Kari Moravec from Gold Bond invited me to…

Want To Be A Line Leader? Have The Confidence To Carry The Soap Bucket.

Posted on May 31, 2012 by PromoKitchen Contributing Editor

The following article was written by Russ Mogell, CEO of Seven Sourcing, and he can be harassed via email here. My five-year-old son, Jack, is in pre-school, and each day a student from his class is chosen to be the “line leader.” The line leader is responsible for carrying the soap bucket and leading the class down the hall to the…

Top Six Trends Changing Our Business Today

Posted on May 14, 2012 by PromoKitchen Contributing Editor

Dale Limes, MAS is senior vice president of sales at HALO Branded Solutions. You can reach Dale via email, here. If you have been in the promotional marketing business for a while, you certainly know there have been an abundance of changes, and there are more to come. I can recall my early days when the morning started by unrolling…

Fear Of Success

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Charity Gibson

In order to succeed, you must learn to get over the fear of failure. Great. Mission accomplished! I’ve come to terms with not only the fear of failing but also with failure itself. To me, failure is no big deal. What terrifies me? Success. And judging by some figures I just read, I’m pretty sure I’m not alone. Though the…

Bovina. Explained.

Posted on April 4, 2012 by PromoKitchen Contributing Editor

The following article was written by Kamran Popkin, creative director (and rebel-rousing instigator) at swagclub. In which, we grilled a cow. Six sheep. And a goat. And The Wall Street Journal came, spent a few days with us, and put us on the front page of their damn publication. That’s NOT the story. The story was, and continues to be,…

Profit Feeds Families; Volume Feeds Egos

Posted on March 1, 2012 by PromoKitchen Contributing Editor

The following article was written by Kamran Popkin, creative director (and rebel-rousing instigator) at swagclub. Promotional Products Industry Scion Cliff Quicksell said, roughly, “Profit feeds families. Dollar volume feeds egos.” Amen brother. Look, Jay Z was incorrect about something: Mo money DOESN’T have to mean more problems. Yes, unrestrained greed is bad, immoral, destructive and ultimately unsustainable. BUT…profit is good….