About Michael Hyatt

If you understand why talented people leave their organizations, you can make sure it doesn’t happen to yours. Here are five ways to retain your best talent.

Before you launch your new product, service, or cause, you need to develop an online media kit. Here are eight components you need to include if you want to create the ultimate tool for prospective partners and super fans.

Before you launch your product, service, or cause, you need “an elevator pitch.” Here are three reasons why and four components it should include.

In the last decade, we have witnessed the “free revolution.” While this might not be a viable business model, it can be a brilliant marketing strategy. Here are 10 idea-starters to make free work for you.

If you want to get a book published, you must start by creating a formal book proposal. Here are three reasons why and how you can get started.

Much has been written on the topic of coaching employees. But very little has been written on the topic of coaching your boss. Here are eight suggestions for doing so.

If you can learn to write faster, you will write more frequently. Here are eleven tricks I use to write my blog posts in 70 minutes or less.

If you are going to succeed as a creative, you must secure third-party endorsements for you products. Here is a step-by-step plan for getting the endorsements you want.

As a creative—author, speaker, recording artist—you need a team. You can’t go it alone. You may have to start small, but you have to enroll others to help you get to your destination.

Now that public speaking has become my primary focus, I thought it was time I revamped my Speaking page. I thought I would document the process here, in the event that you are thinking about “going pro.” This is the second of two posts.

Now that public speaking has become my primary focus, I thought it was time I revamped my Speaking page. I thought I would document the process here, in the event that you are thinking about “going pro.” This is the first of two posts.

Since stepping aside from my role as the CEO of Thomas Nelson, I have been busy speaking. I have just launched a new speaking page, to make it easier for event planners to get the information they need.

In this guest post, Adam Donyes talks about what he learned from interviewing fifteen, older, wiser men about life’s most important lessons.

What does marriage have to do with leadership? Everything. If you can’t learn to manage conflict with those closest to you, how can you manage it with those who have less of a stake in the outcome?

Yesterday, someone asked me if I had a list of all my blog posts I’d written on this topic. So I decided to pull together this list of all my posts, to make it easier for those who want to get up-to-speed fast.

Most people wander aimlessly from week to week, with no clear destination in mind. Many are then surprised when life doesn’t turn out like they hoped. But is it any wonder?

Are you feeling overwhelmed with work? I was, too. Last week, I finally decided to take these seven steps to take back control.

Becoming a better public speaker is important for almost every career. Whether you are in middle management, a corporate executive, a pastor, or an author, DCW can make you a better, more polished communicator.

When I have a question about Evernote or want to learn about a new feature, I go to one of the following seven resources.

In this 15-minute interview, I talk to Sir Ken Robinson about creativity, how to become more creative, and the relationship between creativity and leadership.

In this 11-minute interview, I talk to Seth Godin about change, how it is affecting the publishing industry, and how we can respond to it.

If you are a published author—or plan to be one—you will inevitably be asked to appear on a radio, television, or Internet show to talk about your book. Here are ten tips for doing a killer interview.

Someone once said, “My memory is perfect. It’s my recall that is broken.“ With Evernote, if you understand these basic search techniques, even your recall can be perfect.

A sabbatical may be just what you need. Don’t be too quick to dismiss the idea. With a little planning, it might be possible.