2 Minute Takeaway Podcast

For businesses that have been around for a while, it's important to consider if you're old or experienced. The two are not always the same and you need to understand the difference.

If your business is just old, then trouble might be down the road. Find out what makes something old, still relevant, in this week's episode of The 2 Minute Takeaway Podcast.

Learn more about my new book, Get Better! Smart Business Advice From Unexpected Mentors with this link.

Motivational Keynote Speaker, Author, and Broadcaster, Ken Okel, believes in creating memorable meetings. He understands the challenge of change on the job and the need to perform at a high level, every day. He's embraced it and shares his unique career lessons and takeaways with audiences.

The 2 Minute Takeaway Podcast gives you easy to implement tips that will improve your productivity, performance, and profits. For more about Ken, clips of his live speaking presentations and workshops, plus his weekly productivity tips, visit KenOkel.com. And yes, Ken does present virtually, which sometimes makes him look a little taller.

For more than a decade, TV audiences watched Ken on the news. At several stations, they saw him perform as a TV news anchor, a reporter, a weatherman, and even a talk show host.

Ken then moved into the nonprofit world for several adventures. These saw him do everything from running a professional ballet company to organizing more than 100 hurricane relief volunteers.

Get Ken's three part course on improving your performance on the job at: https://www.kenokel.com

These tips for smart networking at conferences can help you boost your return on investment when you attend events. For many, the ability to connect with fellow professionals is a big reason why they go.

But you may not get the success you desire if you don't have a strategy. Find out how your fellow professionals approach networking at conferences in this week's episode of The 2 Minute Takeaway Podcast.

Learn more about my new book, Get Better! Smart Business Advice From Unexpected Mentors with this link.

Motivational Keynote Speaker, Author, and Broadcaster, Ken Okel, believes in creating memorable meetings. He understands the challenge of change on the job and the need to perform at a high level, every day. He's embraced it and shares his unique career lessons and takeaways with audiences.

The 2 Minute Takeaway Podcast gives you easy to implement tips that will improve your productivity, performance, and profits. For more about Ken, clips of his live speaking presentations and workshops, plus his weekly productivity tips, visit KenOkel.com. And yes, Ken does present virtually, which sometimes makes him look a little taller.

For more than a decade, TV audiences watched Ken on the news. At several stations, they saw him perform as a TV news anchor, a reporter, a weatherman, and even a talk show host.

Ken then moved into the nonprofit world for several adventures. These saw him do everything from running a professional ballet company to organizing more than 100 hurricane relief volunteers.

Get Ken's three part course on improving your performance on the job at: https://www.kenokel.com

If you want a job or a task done correctly, then you need to understand that poor training produces poor results. When you assume someone will understand exactly what you want, through some kind of magic, disappointment is often around the corner.

This was never more true than when I saw an employee's vision of cleaning at a gym. It's a fun story about a serious challenge for a lot of leaders. Enjoy it on this week's episode of The 2 Minute Takeaway Podcast.

Learn more about my new book, Get Better! Smart Business Advice From Unexpected Mentors with this link.

Motivational Keynote Speaker, Author, and Broadcaster, Ken Okel, believes in creating memorable meetings. He understands the challenge of change on the job and the need to perform at a high level, every day. He's embraced it and shares his unique career lessons and takeaways with audiences.

The 2 Minute Takeaway Podcast gives you easy to implement tips that will improve your productivity, performance, and profits. For more about Ken, clips of his live speaking presentations and workshops, plus his weekly productivity tips, visit KenOkel.com. And yes, Ken does present virtually, which sometimes makes him look a little taller.

For more than a decade, TV audiences watched Ken on the news. At several stations, they saw him perform as a TV news anchor, a reporter, a weatherman, and even a talk show host.

Ken then moved into the nonprofit world for several adventures. These saw him do everything from running a professional ballet company to organizing more than 100 hurricane relief volunteers.

Get Ken's three part course on improving your performance on the job at: https://www.kenokel.com

In a world where technology is everywhere, should your smartphone be banned in meetings? Meetings are a place where lively discussions are supposed to happen, leading to major decisions. Does the smartphone interfere with that productive process?

Recently, I polled my LinkedIn connections on the topic and found there's support for several different strategies when it comes to smartphones in meetings. Find the right one for your business, in this week's episode of The 2 Minute Takeaway Podcast.

Learn more about my new book, Get Better! Smart Business Advice From Unexpected Mentors with this link.

Motivational Keynote Speaker, Author, and Broadcaster, Ken Okel, believes in creating memorable meetings. He understands the challenge of change on the job and the need to perform at a high level, every day. He's embraced it and shares his unique career lessons and takeaways with audiences.

The 2 Minute Takeaway Podcast gives you easy to implement tips that will improve your productivity, performance, and profits. For more about Ken, clips of his live speaking presentations and workshops, plus his weekly productivity tips, visit KenOkel.com. And yes, Ken does present virtually, which sometimes makes him look a little taller.

For more than a decade, TV audiences watched Ken on the news. At several stations, they saw him perform as a TV news anchor, a reporter, a weatherman, and even a talk show host.

Ken then moved into the nonprofit world for several adventures. These saw him do everything from running a professional ballet company to organizing more than 100 hurricane relief volunteers.

Get Ken's three part course on improving your performance on the job at: https://www.kenokel.com

If you're outsourcing a task, then you need to ask your provider, "Who's doing the work?" The answer can save you time, money, and frustration.

When you hire someone to do a job for you, it's understandable to expect their showcased level of quality. That may not be the case, as your account may be given to a less qualified junior colleague or outsourced to an overseas partner. As a result you get a subpar product.

Let's make sure the quality of work is what you expect, in this week's episode of The 2 Minute Takeaway Podcast.

Learn more about my new book, Get Better! Smart Business Advice From Unexpected Mentors with this link.

Motivational Keynote Speaker, Author, and Broadcaster, Ken Okel, believes in creating memorable meetings. He understands the challenge of change on the job and the need to perform at a high level, every day. He's embraced it and shares his unique career lessons and takeaways with audiences.

The 2 Minute Takeaway Podcast gives you easy to implement tips that will improve your productivity, performance, and profits. For more about Ken, clips of his live speaking presentations and workshops, plus his weekly productivity tips, visit KenOkel.com. And yes, Ken does present virtually, which sometimes makes him look a little taller.

For more than a decade, TV audiences watched Ken on the news. At several stations, they saw him perform as a TV news anchor, a reporter, a weatherman, and even a talk show host.

Ken then moved into the nonprofit world for several adventures. These saw him do everything from running a professional ballet company to organizing more than 100 hurricane relief volunteers.

Get Ken's three part course on improving your performance on the job at: https://www.kenokel.com

In business, it's easy to let cheap problems hurt your productivity. These are little issues that are extremely annoying.

But they aren't your big problems or your most pressing issues. Are you giving these cheap problems too much of your attention at the expense of more important things?

How can we handle this time management challenge in a more productive way? Let's help you and your team make better decisions about this common challenge, in this week's episode of The 2 Minute Takeaway Podcast.

Learn more about my new book, Get Better! Smart Business Advice From Unexpected Mentors with this link.

Motivational Keynote Speaker, Author, and Broadcaster, Ken Okel, believes in creating memorable meetings. He understands the challenge of change on the job and the need to perform at a high level, every day. He's embraced it and shares his unique career lessons and takeaways with audiences.

The 2 Minute Takeaway Podcast gives you easy to implement tips that will improve your productivity, performance, and profits. For more about Ken, clips of his live speaking presentations and workshops, plus his weekly productivity tips, visit KenOkel.com. And yes, Ken does present virtually, which sometimes makes him look a little taller.

For more than a decade, TV audiences watched Ken on the news. At several stations, they saw him perform as a TV news anchor, a reporter, a weatherman, and even a talk show host.

Ken then moved into the nonprofit world for several adventures. These saw him do everything from running a professional ballet company to organizing more than 100 hurricane relief volunteers.

Get Ken's three part course on improving your performance on the job at: https://www.kenokel.com

In your career, it's important to consider who's watching you. There's a good chance you may be exhibiting behavior that hurts you but you believe that you can get away with it because no one is looking at you, in the moment. You believe that if no one sees it, then it doesn't matter.

That's a big gamble and one that could have a huge downside. Let's go over some examples of this problem, in this week's episode of The 2 Minute Takeaway Podcast.

Learn more about my new book, Get Better! Smart Business Advice From Unexpected Mentors with this link.

Motivational Keynote Speaker, Author, and Broadcaster, Ken Okel, believes in creating memorable meetings. He understands the challenge of change on the job and the need to perform at a high level, every day. He's embraced it and shares his unique career lessons and takeaways with audiences.

The 2 Minute Takeaway Podcast gives you easy to implement tips that will improve your productivity, performance, and profits. For more about Ken, clips of his live speaking presentations and workshops, plus his weekly productivity tips, visit KenOkel.com. And yes, Ken does present virtually, which sometimes makes him look a little taller.

For more than a decade, TV audiences watched Ken on the news. At several stations, they saw him perform as a TV news anchor, a reporter, a weatherman, and even a talk show host.

Ken then moved into the nonprofit world for several adventures. These saw him do everything from running a professional ballet company to organizing more than 100 hurricane relief volunteers.

Get Ken's three part course on improving your performance on the job at: https://www.kenokel.com

Having a sense of purpose at work is an important part of a career. It's empowering to find that connection, as it can help you stay motivated and help you get through challenging times.

Not long ago, I polled my LinkedIn connections about their purposes at work and I discovered they fall into four categories. Let's break them down, so you can decide whether one of them fits your needs. That's all in this week's episode of The 2 Minute Takeaway Podcast.

Learn more about my new book, Get Better! Smart Business Advice From Unexpected Mentors with this link.

Motivational Keynote Speaker, Author, and Broadcaster, Ken Okel, believes in creating memorable meetings. He understands the challenge of change on the job and the need to perform at a high level, every day. He's embraced it and shares his unique career lessons and takeaways with audiences.

The 2 Minute Takeaway Podcast gives you easy to implement tips that will improve your productivity, performance, and profits. For more about Ken, clips of his live speaking presentations and workshops, plus his weekly productivity tips, visit KenOkel.com. And yes, Ken does present virtually, which sometimes makes him look a little taller.

For more than a decade, TV audiences watched Ken on the news. At several stations, they saw him perform as a TV news anchor, a reporter, a weatherman, and even a talk show host.

Ken then moved into the nonprofit world for several adventures. These saw him do everything from running a professional ballet company to organizing more than 100 hurricane relief volunteers.

Get Ken's three part course on improving your performance on the job at: https://www.kenokel.com

In business, you need to watch your words with customers. The things you say to them, even as offhand remarks, can become major turnoffs. And in a competitive marketplace that could cost you business.

Even if you have the best marketing and branding, you and your employees can repel customers with your words. Let's go over two scenarios where the wrong sentence at the wrong time can send the wrong message, in this week's episode of The 2 Minute Takeaway Podcast.

Learn more about my new book, Get Better! Smart Business Advice From Unexpected Mentors with this link.

Motivational Keynote Speaker, Author, and Broadcaster, Ken Okel, believes in creating memorable meetings. He understands the challenge of change on the job and the need to perform at a high level, every day. He's embraced it and shares his unique career lessons and takeaways with audiences.

The 2 Minute Takeaway Podcast gives you easy to implement tips that will improve your productivity, performance, and profits. For more about Ken, clips of his live speaking presentations and workshops, plus his weekly productivity tips, visit KenOkel.com. And yes, Ken does present virtually, which sometimes makes him look a little taller.

For more than a decade, TV audiences watched Ken on the news. At several stations, they saw him perform as a TV news anchor, a reporter, a weatherman, and even a talk show host.

Ken then moved into the nonprofit world for several adventures. These saw him do everything from running a professional ballet company to organizing more than 100 hurricane relief volunteers.

Get Ken's three part course on improving your performance on the job at: https://www.kenokel.com

If your Monday morning productivity is a concern, then you'll like these tips to start your week off strong. Each is designed to be easily implemented. Complex things usually never become habits.

You don't want to get into a situation where you feel like you're falling behind on your week and it's only Monday morning. Let's change the game with some simple, yet powerful ideas, in this week's episode of The 2 Minute Takeaway Podcast.

Learn more about my new book, Get Better! Smart Business Advice From Unexpected Mentors with this link.

Motivational Keynote Speaker, Author, and Broadcaster, Ken Okel, believes in creating memorable meetings. He understands the challenge of change on the job and the need to perform at a high level, every day. He's embraced it and shares his unique career lessons and takeaways with audiences.

The 2 Minute Takeaway Podcast gives you easy to implement tips that will improve your productivity, performance, and profits. For more about Ken, clips of his live speaking presentations and workshops, plus his weekly productivity tips, visit KenOkel.com. And yes, Ken does present virtually, which sometimes makes him look a little taller.

For more than a decade, TV audiences watched Ken on the news. At several stations, they saw him perform as a TV news anchor, a reporter, a weatherman, and even a talk show host.

Ken then moved into the nonprofit world for several adventures. These saw him do everything from running a professional ballet company to organizing more than 100 hurricane relief volunteers.

Get Ken's three part course on improving your performance on the job at: https://www.kenokel.com