Dog Trainer, Manager, Entrepreneur?
June 4, 2019
By Connie Cleveland A Business Owner’s Perspective Listening to a recent interview, this question was posed to comedian Brian Regan: “Your colleagues are in awe of how much material…
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Are you neglecting your best branding tool?
June 3, 2019
By Marcia Purday, APR NP Strategy Companies throughout the nation invest millions (or billions!) in their brands – from research and communication strategies, to analytics and more. But ultimately,…
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Social Media and the Need for Brand Standards
May 23, 2019
By J. Bradley Studemeyer NP Strategy Small businesses often find themselves in a difficult position with social media marketing: on one hand, many feel like their current revenue streams…
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Workplace Violence Citation Upheld – Decision Highlights Steps To Prevent Violence At Work
May 9, 2019
By David Dubberly In December 2012, a “service coordinator” (similar to a home health worker) employed by Integra Health Management Inc. was fatally stabbed during a home visit to one…
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The Toughest Crisis May Be the One You Don’t Know You’re In
May 8, 2019
By Erin Sanders Senior Communications Advisor with NP Strategy The shooting at the UNC Charlotte (UNCC) college campus on April 30th resulted in the death of two students and…
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Where Organized and Spontaneous Collide
May 6, 2019
By Connie Cleveland I had the opportunity to spend a week in Hawaii with my cousin. The first day, I discovered I loved snorkeling, and every morning, when my…
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The worst thing Barr did this week had nothing to do with the Mueller report
May 3, 2019
By Catherine Rampell The worst thing that Attorney General William P. Barr did this week arguably had nothing to do with possible contempt of Congress or the Mueller report.…
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Engaging Your Employees with Your Social Media
April 24, 2019
By Angela Rogers In the last 20 years, a horde of social media platforms have emerged. Odds are you’re an active user of at least one platform; between Facebook,…
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Networking 101: How to build strong connections
April 4, 2019
By Jean Cecil Frick When I was a child, my parents would constantly remind me of the importance of making a good first impression. Little did I know that…
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Pursuing Excellence: When Did You Learn To Practice?
April 3, 2019
By Connie Cleveland My aunt came to visit me soon after I opened the Dog Trainers Workshop. She was trying to be supportive of her niece who had “gone…
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RSVP Today: Making sure the right people are in the room for your event
March 22, 2019
By Emily Eckert NP Strategy My first article in October covered tips and tricks to help execute your event without a hitch. Nailing down those logistics can be a…
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When talent and hard work aren’t enough
March 21, 2019
By Brian Maynor “Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.” – Stephen King All…
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How leaders can prevent sharing from becoming oversharing
March 20, 2019
By Brian Maynor Thanks to social media, our lives have become a testament to oversharing. The common thought is that everything we do needs to be shared, and if…
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The two “C”s of success
March 14, 2019
By Brian Maynor I’m willing to wager when thinking about success we’ve never thought the two “c”s in the middle of the word before. Now what if I told…
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Prescribed Fire: The Prescription for a Healthy Forest
March 11, 2019
By Ryan Bean, Clemson Extension Governor Henry McMaster has proclaimed March 2019 Prescribed Fire Awareness Month in SC. Prescribed burning is a very important management tool in the Southeastern…
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What lawyers and public relations pros can learn from each other
March 8, 2019
Leighton Lord Founder and Managing Director, NP Strategy, LLC In July, I wrote about the natural conflict between legal and public relations. Legal wants to win a case or…
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Avoiding the Adversarial Position
March 6, 2019
By Connie Cleveland My family was never afraid to tackle tough topics. The debates and disagreements, particularly around the dining room table, were memorable. One such disagreement (I believe…
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How to be realistic optimistic
March 6, 2019
By Brian Maynor “Choose to be optimistic, it feels better.” – Dalai Lama XIV I’m proud to be an optimist. As a motivational coach it certainly helps me do…
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Tips to speak up
March 6, 2019
By Brian Maynor How many times have we witnessed some injustice, no matter how great or small, and just turned our backs and walked away or ignored it? Unfortunately…
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3 ways to balance our home work lives
March 1, 2019
By Brian Maynor After working long hours, most of us long for time at home to just unplug and recharge, but rarely is that the case. What normally awaits…
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How to stop our mind from obsessing
February 27, 2019
By Brian Maynor I’m sure a lot of us have this problem, endlessly replaying situations, conversations, or choices we’ve made wondering how things might be different. Mentally rehashing over…
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Film like it used to be – for modern day
February 25, 2019
By Taylor Kearns As the old folks would say, “’Memba film? That’s when the moving pictures MEANT something!” The days when artists would craft thoughtful, moving stories; capturing them…
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Calculating our informal power, Pt. 2
February 20, 2019
By Brian Maynor Yesterday we explored informal power, namely what it is and how we calculate it. If you missed the article, you can find it here: https://midlandsbiz.whosonthemove.com/calculating-our-informal-power-at-work-pt-1 Now…
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3 Cyber Security Trends CEO’s Need to Prepare for in 2019
February 20, 2019
By Kevin Wentzel As South Carolina businesses rely increasingly on technology to improve efficiency, drive down costs, and generally make our lives easier, we inadvertently introduce a growing number…
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Calculating our informal power at work, Pt. 1
February 19, 2019
By Brian Maynor It’s no surprise that job titles carry a weight of their own, but most people don’t realize we carry a second kind of power unrelated to…
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3 steps to correct a mistake
February 13, 2019
By Brian Maynor “Our love of being right is best understood by our fear of being wrong.” – Kathryn Schulz, Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error …
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Lessons from a Professional Athlete turned Public Relations Professional
February 10, 2019
By Maggie Speaks My first job after completing my Public Relations degree didn’t take me to a corporate headquarters or nonprofit office – instead, it took me around the globe…
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How to make friends as an adult
February 7, 2019
By Brian Maynor It doesn’t matter if we’ve moved to a new city or just looking to expand our social circle, adults need friends just as much as children…
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Tips for taking extended time off
February 5, 2019
By Brian Maynor Vacation days are one of the perks of working, but how often do we lose them at the end of year? Believe it or not, some…
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The Power of a Compliment
February 4, 2019
By Connie Cleveland All I ever wanted to be was a dog trainer. I still have the letter I wrote as a 12-year-old to a guide dog school asking…
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A modern professionals guide to dressing for work
January 31, 2019
By Brian Maynor The rules governing what to wear for work have changed a lot over the years, but that doesn’t mean we now have carte blanche to wear…
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Timeboxing – Taking control of our to-do list
January 30, 2019
By Brian Maynor One of the cornerstones of time management is creating to-do lists, but often we just end up with multiple, excessively long lists. Some of the other…
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Building your team: How to Highlight and Combine Skills and Personalities
January 28, 2019
By Amanda Loveday Consider this: Who would the Beatles be without Ringo, John, Paul AND George? How successful would Clemson have been this year without Dabo Swinney AND Trevor Lawrence? …
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Proven methods to becoming more creative
January 25, 2019
By Brian Maynor As a member of the creative profession, let me set the record straight. Creativity is a skill, not a gift that you are either born with…
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Tips to get motivated for work
January 23, 2019
By Brian Maynor Would you be surprised to know that 85% of people worldwide feel disengaged from their jobs? That’s according to a recent Gallop poll. That leaves a…
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How to make sure everyone feels welcome
January 18, 2019
By Brian Maynor When working as a team, it’s natural that work time bleeds over into personal time. Whether it’s staying late just enjoying casual conversation, or pulling together…
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To combat stress try something new
January 16, 2019
By Brian Maynor Now that the holidays are behind us, it’s easy to assume life would calm down and stress levels would abate, but that isn’t true for everyone.…
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The Art of the Ask: How to Receive by Giving
January 14, 2019
By J. Bradley Studemeyer NP Strategy Stakeholder management is a crucial component of any long-term project, essential to understanding and engaging your stakeholders. But even with a solid foundation…
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What to do before we start gossiping
January 9, 2019
By Brian Maynor Getting frustrated with a friend or colleague isn’t unusual, but when it happens are you more likely to talk to them about it, or about them…
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Understanding our resistance to change and dealing with it
January 2, 2019
By Brian Maynor Celebrating a new year is fun, but it’s also motivational. We see the new year as a chance for making changes in our lives, and even…
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What Does It Mean To Be A Good Sport?
January 2, 2019
By Connie Cleveland I have never known life without competition. My father was a tennis player and coached an NCAA Division I school for 32 years. My mother was…
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New Year’s Challenge: Fewer Selfies in 2019
January 2, 2019
By Heather Matthews NP Strategy Your dinner, your stitched up surgery site, your haircut. Or… A gracious waitress, a skilled physician, a dependable barber. The only difference here is…
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5 ways to sparkle and shine this holiday season
December 19, 2018
By Brian Maynor The holiday season is all about sparkle and shine, but sometimes things happen that dull them. With less than a week before the big day, you…
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Let’s recognize those who give of themselves to make a difference
December 17, 2018
By Richard Eckstrom, CPA, SC Comptroller Given how bad news tends to dominate headlines – and how misdeeds are far more likely to find their way onto the nightly…
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Tips to make the workplace festive
December 14, 2018
By Brian Maynor Tis the season to be jolly! To say the holiday season is festive would be an understatement, but how do you know when it’s too much?…
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Why laughter is the best medicine especially at work
December 12, 2018
By Brian Maynor We’ve all heard laughter is the best medicine, but now there’s proof. In fact, there are several studies that document not only the benefits of laughter,…
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The 7 cornerstone skills of life
December 7, 2018
By Brian Maynor There are seven skills we all need to master when it comes to life. Recently I read an article by the renowned Leon Ho, founder and…
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Three Character Traits Dogs Gave Me
December 5, 2018
By Connie Cleveland I don’t remember life without a dog in it. Decades of working with and loving dogs have taught me many lessons. And in the process dogs…
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Why is it easier to make decisions for someone else?
December 4, 2018
By Brian Maynor No matter the dilemma, why does it always seem easier to solve when it’s someone else’s? When someone asks for our advice or help it doesn’t…
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What kind of happiness are you chasing?
November 29, 2018
By Brian Maynor In the constant pursuit of happiness have we ever stopped and asked ourselves, what kind of happiness we’re after? When we stop to think about it,…
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