How to Inspire Excellence
Diana Martin Gifts was asked by a company to provide gifts for approximately 1600 of its employees this past year for an award program recognizing its top employees. One of the trips was held in Hawaii while the other two were in Las Vegas. All trips were filled with activities as well as welcome gifts…
A Reflection On Leadership
When there are changes, you step back a moment and look what could have been done differently. If you are honest with yourself, you can learn from your decisions…thanking yourself for the insight to make good decisions and determining how you could have made better choices with the poor ones. My business is surrounded by…
Cavalier Spending is Out, Wise Spending is In
Here’s a feel good story that I wish to share with you. A long-time client, a CEO of a mid-size company, called and asked for help in ways to get the attention of another CEO who had been ignoring his requests to get together. For our CEO, this relationship with an affiliated company was important for business…
The New Rules of Luxury Spending
I recently read an article in Forbes: The New Rules of Luxury Spending analyzing the current climate of consumers regarding how they spend on their personal wants. Here are some salient points that I would like to share with you: Exclusivity will be embraced as well as quality and dependability. Consumers will be very careful and selective. Buyers will…
Ouch, No Gifts.
No one can deny that our mindsets have been affected by the recent devastation of the financial markets as well as the uncertainty of the presidential election. Today, the word “luxury” is almost a bad word, and the idea of frivolous purchases makes one seem out of touch. Ostentatious displays of one’s goods have never…
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