CMO Blog

Embracing Soft Skills with Hard Science – Part 1: Importance of Definitions
In this multi-part blog series, we’re exploring the topic of “soft skills” and how to shift them into hard science. Part one emphasizes good operational definitions as the foundation of developing good “soft skills”.

Listening as an Art
How good are your listening skills? What do others do that make you say they are a great (or not-so-great) listener? Shannon dives into how she practices good listening, and dispels common issues around typical definitions of “active listening”.

Podcast – The Buzz with B&B Episode 2: Biagi on Sustainability, Mindful Living and Her Teeny Tiny House
In this episode, Biscontini grills Biagi on her zero waste goals, building her tiny house and meatless meals.

Making Sense of Mission
Too often, organizational mission statements meet one of two fates: One, they are too long and convoluted, tucked away in an annual report or employee handbook, never to be heard of again, or… two, they are plastered on the walls, embedded in everyone’s email signature and on their coffee cups and pens, and yet no one understands how they contribute to the organization’s mission in the work that they are actually doing.

CMO Reviews… Juliet’s School of Possibilities
A sweet, short read, with a good lesson: Often, we get caught up in menial, tedious tasks that are thrust upon us by others, and that aren’t contributing to what we ultimately want to do, and those things usurp our energy and impede our ability to get where we want to be.

CMO Reviews… The One-Minute Manager
The first “CMO Reviews…” article goes to this classic! This book is a super quick read, and perhaps for a complete newbie manager, full of little gems. For my experienced OBM folks, or behavior analysts in general that understand “IT’S ALL THE SAME SCIENCE”, you may not get as much from the read. But for 35-45 minutes of effort, why not settle in with a cup of tea and take a break with this book?

Podcast – The Buzz with B&B Episode 1: Meet the B’s!
In partnership with W3RKWELL, we’re excited to share this fantastic podcast project – The Buzz with B&B! Listen to episode 1 below to learn about the mission of this project, and how you can get involved!

The Human Leader
As leaders, we strive to help our employees be successful through clear communication, reinforcement, and preventing them from overworking. But what about us?
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