Guest post by AmyK Hutchens “Love withers with predictability; its very essence is surprise and amazement. To make love a prisoner of the mundane is to take its passion and lose it forever.” ~ Leo Buscaglia, author, motivational speaker and professor Can you remember a time when you were excited... Read more →

Guest post by AmyK Hutchens Need another excuse for a little R&R? Boost your creativity by getting away from it all. The most creative, innovative executives take leisure travel on purpose. And that purpose is not just for R&R, it’s for I&R – innovation and re-creation! They know that travel... Read more →

Guest blog by AmyK Hutchens, AmyK International, Inc. Imagine if you could get your team on board to work in concert and change the future of your company for the better. What if, in the process, you were also able to give them a greater sense of worth and to... Read more →

Creating balance in your activities is not possible. Quit wasting your time. When it comes to life activities there is no such thing as balance, only priorities. If you strive for balance you’ll only add to your stress levels, not reduce them, but if you change your priorities you will immediately start reducing your stress and feel more in control of how you utilize your time. Read more →

Guest post by AmyK Hutchens With the holiday season upon us every retailer across the nation is gearing up for a way to reach out to their customers in a razzle-dazzle kind of way and get them to spend their precious gift giving dollars on their goods. Marketing experts will... Read more →

Guest post by AmyK Hutchens Debbie* is brilliantly creative. She leads the public relations campaigns for one of the largest healthcare facilities in the United States, but she yearns to be her own boss, brave the entrepreneurial path, and reinvent the long forgotten power of the written word. Jill* is... Read more →

Guest post by AmyK Hutchens In the mid 70s a famous perfume commercial told young women everywhere they could “bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan, and never let their husbands forget they’re a man.” The quintessential do everything, be everything woman of the decade was there... Read more →

Guest Post by AmyK Hutchens Just last December, Sharon, a harried CEO, shared that her executive team needed leadership training. With tighter profit margins, a faster pace, a growing customer base and more competitors, she needed her executive team to think, communicate, innovate and lead better, and… handle stress better.... Read more →

By AmyK Hutchens Work/life balance: just uttering the phrase evokes emotion in most entrepreneurs and business leaders. And the emotive behaviors most often displayed? Laughter… followed closely by dismissal. Work/life balance? In real life, the concept most resembles a circus act, juggling, rather than some Zen-like homeostasis described in the... Read more →

by AmyK Hutchens The photo on page 25 shows your marketing department playing ping-pong in the cafeteria. The caption next to your director’s shirt reads, “No tie required, but ironing is encouraged.” Another picture includes your shipping department filling out their March Madness brackets and the description reads, “Playing for... Read more →