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- She Transformed her Store with a New Approach
A Positive Case Study (Ideas to Inspire YOU!)Dear Jon,I'm a single mom and we've been through some pretty intense stuff, but one of the things I prided myself on was my passion for my job. I'm a pharmacy tech at Walgreen's and 6 months ago I tran…
- 4 days ago, 15 May 12, 8:57am -
- 14 Simple Strategies to Be More Positive
With the release of The Positive Dog a lot of people have asked me where the inspiration for the book came from. It ...
- 5 days ago, 14 May 12, 8:02am -
- The Positive Dog: A Story About the Power of Positivity
We all have two dogs inside of us. One dog is positive, happy, optimistic, and hopeful. The other dog is negative, mad, sad, pessimistic, and fearful. These two dogs often fight inside us, but guess who wins the fight? The one you feed the most. - Le…
- 19 days ago, 30 Apr 12, 9:29am -
- newThe Week in Tweets
Every week, I share a recap of some of the best things I’ve seen on Twitter. This week, I’m highlighting tweets and links on innovation, managing younger workers, and improving your listening skills, among others.Click headline to continue...
- 18 hours ago, 18 May 12, 9:00am -
- newHow to Lead Massive Change: An Interview with Lockheed Martin CIO Sondra Barbour
Sondra Barbour is the chief information officer and senior vice president of enterprise business services at Lockheed Martin. She’s a company veteran and change leader who has taken on increasingly responsible positions over the course of her car…
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 9:00am -
- What I Learned About Power Last Weekend
This past weekend I traveled to Cambridge, Mass., for the 25th reunion of my graduating class at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. (Just writing that makes me feel old.) I had the good fortune of graduating in a year that was the 350th an…
- 4 days ago, 15 May 12, 10:00am -
- new5 Ways to Keep Moving Forward When You Hit a Wall
This is a guest post by Bill Blankschaen. He is a writer, thinker, and speaker who also leads in a Christian school by day. You can read his blog and follow him on Twitter and Facebook. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the gui…
- 22 hours ago, 18 May 12, 5:00am -
- newA Book Signing in the Waldenbooks [Video]
If you can’t see this video in your RSS reader or email, then click here.This is every author’s worst nightmare. At least Parnell Hall could see the humor in it! (Thanks to my friend, Kelly Combs, for bringing this to m…
- 1 day ago, 17 May 12, 8:00pm -
- newThe Fine Line Between Working Hard and Letting Go
Some of my favorite memories of growing up are building model airplanes with my dad. I remember him showing me how to assemble, sand, and paint them. I think back on how proud I always was when we finished a project together.Photo courtesy o…
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 5:00am -
- newNot everyone
If you're marketing a bass guitar or an orchid or an electric SUV, why are you concerned with what everyone thinks about it? It seems to me that you should only care about the opinion of those that are actually...
- 21 hours ago, 18 May 12, 5:13am -
- newThe quickest way to get things done and make change
Not the easiest, but the quickest: Don't demand authority. Eagerly take responsibility. Relentlessly give credit.
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 5:33am -
- newDigital analogs are no longer sufficient
The parking meter was rebooting. I guess we're supposed to walk to the other end of the garage and find one that's working. We're seeing digital awareness coming to just about everything. In this case, it was the parking meter...
- 3 days ago, 16 May 12, 5:00am -
- Why So Many Employee Ideas Don’t Make Sense
Posted in Leadership DevelopmentWorkplace Issueshttp://www.massingenuity.com/2012/04/09/why-so-many-employee-ideas-don%E2%80%99t-make-sense/One of the great beliefs we have as managers is that our job is to listen to our employees’ ideas and then g…
- 4 days ago, 15 May 12, 1:40pm -
- How Leaders Complain
Posted in Leadership DevelopmentResourcesIn my new favorite book titled Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative by Austin Kleon, one of the chapters is about complaining. The chapter “Quit Picking Fights and Go Make Som…
- 5 days ago, 14 May 12, 7:06am -
- What Type of Leadership Personality Do You Have?
Posted in Leadership DevelopmentSelf LeadershipSelf-leadership depends upon your personality type If your innate personality and belief system does not comply with the leadership style you choose, your results will be less than desired. You will come…
- 8 days ago, 11 May 12, 7:04am -
- new3 more emotionally intelligent ways to keep streets safe
As always, the mailbag of emotionally intelligent signage is brimming with examples sent by readers around the world. And as always, the most prevalent target of this new approach to sign and symbol is dangerous driving. Here are three that caught…
- 3 days ago, 16 May 12, 9:35am -
- Ask Tom Peters anything you want — only on Office Hours
Our next guest on Office Hours is none other than Tom Peters — the peripatetic and perspicacious co-author of In Search of Excellence and the man The Los Angeles Times called “the father of the post-modern corporation.” Join us on Monday, May 1…
- 8 days ago, 11 May 12, 8:56am -
- Can you launch a startup with just 100 bucks?
Later this month, Facebook is planning a ninety billion dollar IPO. Let’s write out that number so we glimpse its enormity: $90,000,000,000. Whoa. Chris Guilliebeau thinks Facebook is cool. But he urges the rest of us to concentrate on a smaller nu…
- 11 days ago, 8 May 12, 8:15am -
- newCloning Yourself for Fun and Profit- Guest Post
The following is a guest post from someone I admire a great deal. Chris Guillebeau is out there doing some amazing things in the world of helping others design lifestyle businesses. His latest book, The $100 Startup (amazon affiliate link), is worth…
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 9:04am -
- Create a Setting and Connect With Emotions
I recently moved the delivery time of my beloved newsletter to be Sunday morning (well, that’s when it launches here, though my New Zealander and Australian friends all get it on Monday). In the process, I talked to people about sharing this inform…
- 5 days ago, 14 May 12, 1:26am -
- Nobody Reads Agency Blogs- Or Why You Need Skin in the Game
Thanks to Jason Falls, I just read this post about how many marketing agencies are closing down their blogs and tweeting and Facebooking instead. “Nobody reads agency blogs, and there are so many out there it’s impossible for people to keep up an…
- 12 days ago, 7 May 12, 9:57am -
- newWhat Is True Humility?
True humility isn’t thinking less of yourself. It’s not being outwardly humble, while harboring pride. And it’s not being weak. True humility is service to others, service to a cause greater than your own personal ambition. CommentsStart…
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 8:46am -
- The Dangers of Unintentional Living
Can you imagine a world where the people were unintentional with their lives? A world where you didn't aspire to grow or learn or dream? Can you imagine living in a place where your time was dictated by television schedules and your dreams were inspi…
- 5 days ago, 14 May 12, 8:22am -
- The Less Than 100% Days
What percentage are you operating at today? 50%, 80%, maybe even 95%?If you kept track of this for an entire week (and I think each of us should), what would your average be? CommentsCommentsRelated StoriesWhat Is True Humility?The Dangers of…
- 9 days ago, 10 May 12, 10:57am -
- The Buck Stopped at Jamie Dimon
When you're in charge, the buck stops with you. Ultimate responsibility is one of the toughest aspects of leadership. Jamie Dimon and JP Morgan prove the point.
- 4 days ago, 15 May 12, 9:49am -
- 12 Productivity Tips
Here are a dozen simple but powerful ideas to help you be more productive.
- 5 days ago, 14 May 12, 11:00am -
- Speaking about What Matters (Part 8)
Leaders know what matters and make it matter to others. That's what you need to do to be a breakthrough speaker. (This is the last of an eight part series on breakthrough public speaking. Visit the archives at www.marksanborn.com/blog for the rest of…
- 12 days ago, 7 May 12, 8:50am -
- new5 Reasons We Argue When We Agree
Have you ever argued with someone only to discover you agreed? One partner said to his other partners – who were in heated discussion – “You’re both arguing for the same thing.” I thought his observation intriguing. I started watching my co…
- 19 hours ago, 18 May 12, 7:20am -
- newThe Best Use of Words
Successful leaders lift people; poor leaders drain them. You either bring vitality or you exhaust. Recently a leader from a Fortune 500 company that I’ve worked with reminded me of something I wrote. “No Encouragement is Discouragement.” His re…
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 6:29am -
- newHow to Face the Challenges of Leadership
The purpose of leadership is to identify and create the future. If you want to lead, go somewhere and take someone with you. The challenge of leadership is helping people keep up. You are ahead. If you aren’t ahead you aren’t leading. 10 ways to…
- 3 days ago, 16 May 12, 7:48am -
- *New* 2Day VisualStory Workshop – June 27 & 28
By popular demand, we’ve added another date to our 2Day VisualStory lineup! If you missed out on getting a seat at the April or July sessions, join us on June 27 & 28. Register here: https://www.duarteshop.com/2dvisualstory-jun-27-2012.html 2Day…
- 4 days ago, 15 May 12, 11:50am -
- Insights & Inspirations from SF SketchCrawl
My first drawing consisted of two ninjas fighting on top of a dragon in the hills of Miami. Weird, I know, but that’s what I came up with as a kid sketching his wild imagination during class. Today, I’m still … Continue reading →
- 15 days ago, 4 May 12, 11:49am -
- Back of the Napkin to Head of the Class – Introducing Dan Roam’s Napkin Academy
Learn to think faster, sell better, and see the invisible by thinking in pictures. International bestselling author Dan Roam wrote “The Back of the Napkin” to help us all become visual thinkers, and within months his book became an international…
- 22 days ago, 27 Apr 12, 10:35am -
- newA Story. A Shaping of My Ministry
“If it weren’t for those __________ churches…” I will never forget that statement. I was in my mid-twenties, serving on a board of the local non-profit. We were discussing how we could raise more support for the organization. I had participat…
- 20 hours ago, 18 May 12, 7:00am -
- newAddressing the Elephant in the Room
Years ago I was serving on a team where there was a consistent idea killer. Whenever anyone on the team presented an idea, regardless of the idea’s merit, this person would shoot it down. It was annoying, but was allowed to continue by leadership.…
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 7:00am -
- newThe 5 Shadows of Leadership
This is a guest post by Tyler Braun. Tyler is a 27-year-old INTJ living in Portland, Oregon with his wife Rose. He works full time as a worship leader, while also finding time to study at Multnomah Biblical Seminary in pursuit of a masters degree. Ty…
- 3 days ago, 16 May 12, 7:00am -
- newYou Are the Wedge
You Are the Wedge is a post from: The Sales Blog | S. Anthony IannarinoYou Are the Wedge is a post from: The Sales Blog | S. Anthony Iannarino You need to drive a wedge between your dream client and your competitor. You do that through differentiati…
- 6 hours ago, 18 May 12, 8:13pm -
- newDriving the Wedge Between Your Dream Client and Your Competitor
Driving the Wedge Between Your Dream Client and Your Competitor is a post from: The Sales Blog | S. Anthony IannarinoDriving the Wedge Between Your Dream Client and Your Competitor is a post from: The Sales Blog | S. Anthony Iannarino Your dream cli…
- 1 day ago, 17 May 12, 9:11pm -
- newKnowing What Not To Do (A Note to the Sales Manager)
Knowing What Not To Do (A Note to the Sales Manager) is a post from: The Sales Blog | S. Anthony IannarinoKnowing What Not To Do (A Note to the Sales Manager) is a post from: The Sales Blog | S. Anthony Iannarino Recently I had lunch with a young sa…
- 2 days ago, 16 May 12, 8:24pm -
- The Secret to Becoming an Effective Leader
After taking the last year off from my writing, I’m back! I am going to commit to writing at least one new article a month sharing some of the most important lessons I am learning on my journey!One of the things I enjoyed this past year was obse…
- 15 days ago, 4 May 12, 3:45am -
- 10 Life Guiding Decisions
There’s no denying the fact that our lives are a mirror image of the decisions we make. Sure there may be a rare exception—such as a major health challenge— but in the big picture of life, we are where we are today based on the decisions we mad…
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- 15 Ways to Increase Your Value and Influence at Work
Put yourself in the position of the owner of your business or the leader of your organization. What qualities would you look for in the employee whom you would advance within your management structure? If you had to lay people off, what type of perso…
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- newLeading Views: The Star Follower
Frequently, when you hear a leader say that they want followers they can trust, what they mean is they want followers who will do what they say and never question them. When they do this, they are letting their insecurities show. It’s not a health…
- 1 day ago, 17 May 12, 5:58pm -
- newReal Leaders Don’t Boss
Ritch Eich says that Real Leaders Don’t Boss. “Real leaders are rare in today’s fast-moving, financially driven world. In their place are fast-track wannabes and imposters, intent on instant gratification in the form of quick (and unsustainable…
- 2 days ago, 16 May 12, 4:14pm -
- 5 Leadership Lessons: The Leader as Strategist
The Strategist is not a book about strategy, but a book designed to equip and inspire you to be a strategist. Author Cynthia Montgomery, says we have reduced strategy to a right-brain exercise and have lost sight of what it takes to lead the effort…
- 4 days ago, 15 May 12, 3:13am -
- Workplace Bullies
COMPLIMENTARY CALL --On Tuesday, April 17th in a 20-25 minute free call, I will share:1. 4 types of bullies and the tactics to diffuse their hostility2. What to do if you are being bullied3. Your management responsibility toward a team memb…
- 35 days ago, 13 Apr 12, 4:25pm -
- 5 Warning Signs Employee Problems Are About to Erupt
Last week I shared with the Team Fusion community 5 of the 10 Warning Signs that an Employee is going to explode. The warning signs and what you can do about them were shared in a 25-minute tele-class. They are:#5 - Employee Seems Unfocused…
- 38 days ago, 10 Apr 12, 7:15pm -
- 10 Things Managers Should Give Up
Here is a list of 10 things which, if you give up on them, will make your work life a lot easier and much, much happier. As managers, we hold on to so many things that cause us a great deal of stress – and instead of letting them all go, instead…
- 42 days ago, 6 Apr 12, 9:48pm -
- newAre You In The Race For Relevance?
Are You In The Race For Relevance?If not…it’s time to look at cleaning out your company and heading on home.Over the last four years, I have been traveling around the country speaking to Baby Boomers (Birth Years: 1946-1964) about Generatio…
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 11:41am -
- TED VIDEO: Are We Born to Be Optimistic Rather than Realistic?
In this TED video, Tali Sharot shares new research that suggests our brains are wired to look on the bright side — and how that can be both dangerous and beneficial.“Whatever happens, whether you succeed or you fail, people with high expectatio…
- 4 days ago, 15 May 12, 12:17pm -
- 6 Truths About Leading People
As a leader, you have probably read countless books and articles about how to lead people. Some of the information you have read in the past is great…some needs to be thrown in the trash.One of the big problems I have with much of the informati…
- 5 days ago, 14 May 12, 10:39am -
- CEOs: “Make Your Move”
Brian Beaulieu, a quant jock economist with a spectacular thirty year record of forecast accuracy spoke at this year’s All-City Vistage event (250 business owners and their coaches in the New York City area). He was both a spellbinding speaker and…
- 6 days ago, 12 May 12, 5:07pm -
- Executive Director (NFP) vs. CEO — Shared Issues
Executive Director of Not for Profit vs. CEO – Shared Issues OK, so not for profits do not have shareholder value or stock price as a unifying measure of success. Ok, so nobody takes a job at an NFP for the pay. But many of the challenges require…
- 78 days ago, 2 Mar 12, 11:56am -
- One Bad Apple: Heartburn for the Boss and Followers
One bad apple: heartburn for the boss and followers Why are leaders at all levels so slow to move on “bad apples?” Even after witnessing the positively liberating power of one person’s departure and absence, they are prone to wait again on a se…
- 81 days ago, 28 Feb 12, 9:57am -
- Change: What Gets In The Way?
Defending the status quo. "That will never work." "... That said, the labor laws make it difficult for us to do a lot of the suggestions [you] put out. And we do live in a lawsuit oriented society."" "Can you...
- 12 days ago, 7 May 12, 9:29am -
- Do You Use Verbal White Space?
Graphic designers know how to focus your attention. They frequently communicate through the use of white space. Less is more. The message is clear. There's no clutter. Use Verbal Whitespace You can increase your verbal impact the same way. How...
- 25 days ago, 24 Apr 12, 12:01am -
- "What Do I Want To Be?" or "What Do I Want To Become?"
Which question are you asking yourself? Your choice will help determine the depth of your life as well as the comfort-level of your career. I've been watching a new CEO client begin his tenure at a global company. He is...
- 33 days ago, 16 Apr 12, 12:01am -
- newMENTAL FITNESS CHALLENGE = IDEA POWER
Orrin Woodward and the LIFE community recently added the Mental Fitness Challenge to their arsenal of innovative ideas. We have all heard of the “resolutions to lose weight”, or “quit smoking”. Resolutions to effect our health are common plac…
- 1 day ago, 17 May 12, 8:04pm -
- INCENTIVE TRIPS
At the Spring Leadership Convention in Columbus, Ohio, LIFE was thrilled to introduce one of its most prodigious new programs: Incentive Trips! Rewards dont get much bigger or more sensational than this! Read on to learn more about the fabulous...
- 15 days ago, 4 May 12, 11:12am -
- CONFLICT OR OPPORTUNITY
What if the challenges we face in life are just disguised as ways to develop practical wisdom? The Chinese word for crisis is defined as ‘Opportunity’. There is a Korean saying, “Pain is the penalty of violating the principles of...
- 25 days ago, 23 Apr 12, 5:17pm -
- More wise words from JK
My friend Janardhanan Kannan (JK) from Bangalore asked me if he can post this on my Simplicity Blog and as always it is a great pleasure for me to do that. What is Simplicity??......................in simple words .... by JKPeace is Simplicity.Happin…
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- Customer Service alive and well
Just when I think exceptional customer service (ECS) is dead from the neck upwards – despite the fact I teach it – I am sometimes positively impressed by fabulous, though small, practical examples of ECS shown by front line staff working on thei…
- , 15 Jul 11, 6:53pm -
- School of Couriosity!
Take a look at the new School of Curiosity Blog of my friend and Social Entrepreneur Malcolm McClean.Malcolm makes things happen rather than waiting for things to come his way. He has loads of creative ideas about work and innovation and all are root…
- , 1 Jun 11, 3:51am -
- Traits of Stress-Hardy, Resilient People
The Stress To Power blog has a list of the traits of resilient people who are stress hardy. It’s a wonderful little list and worth reading. Take a look for yourself.
- 4 days ago, 15 May 12, 11:37am -
- End Malaria Wins The Eric Hoffer Award For Culture
You may remember that I am a contributor to the book End Malaria. I’m pleased to announce that End Malaria has won the culture category from The Eric Hoffer Award. The Eric Hoffer Award for short prose and books was established at the start of th…
- 5 days ago, 14 May 12, 11:45am -
- 2 resilient cities 1 year later
USA Today has a great article about the resiliency of Tuscaloosa, AL and Joplin, MO and their recovery and resilience after the tornadoes that ripped through these towns last year. My favorite part of the article is the beginning “Here is what you…
- 8 days ago, 11 May 12, 11:13am -
- newMoving On Quotes
Life happens. Moving on quotes help us deal. They help us make it through our day. They help us rekindle our fire. Whether it's job loss, a broken heart, or an unexpected turn of events, moving on quotes can lift us.
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 10:00am -
- Leadership is Who You Are
Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Alan Shelton on Awakened Leadership. Alan is a leadership coach, blogger, speaker, and the author of Awakened Leadership: Beyond Self-Mastery. The idea behind Awakened Leadership is to transcend beyond trai…
- 5 days ago, 14 May 12, 9:00am -
- Don’t Wait for the Facts to Change
Don't wait for the facts to change. Life’s better when you don’t wait for the facts to change. You improve your effectiveness when you respond to life's curve balls. You also improve your resilience and self-reliance. You also create new oppor…
- 7 days ago, 12 May 12, 2:22pm -
- Gen Y and Self-leadership
If you are a baby boomer manager (47 to 67 years old) you will probably have experienced the challenge of getting loyalty and productivity from your Gen Y employees (20-32 years old). Gen Y’s, often called millennials, and the younger Gen X’ers (…
- 9 days ago, 10 May 12, 1:34am -
- Mentor or Mastermind Group?
If there is a correlation between having a mentor and success then not having one can seriously jeopardize your career. In my previous post on self-motivation I talked about the ‘heroes jouney’ and how hollywood depicts the meeting with the ‘wi…
- 26 days ago, 23 Apr 12, 1:56am -
- Success, Self-motivation and being a Hero
In our book ‘Self-leadership’ (due in stores Sept 2012) my co-author, Ana Kazan Ph.D. and I make the following statement: “There are no fairy godmothers – If you want to be transformed, to be free, you must do the work; you are the hero, you…
- 27 days ago, 22 Apr 12, 2:02am -
- Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?
Check out this excellent article in The Atlantic entitled “Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?” Some eye-popping statistics and quotes from the article include: In 1950 less than 10 percent of American households contained only one person. By 2010,…
- 30 days ago, 18 Apr 12, 4:55pm -
- Is Your Workplace Killing You? WCBS News Radio Interview
New York City’s WCBS News Radio 880 ran portions of an interview I did with daytime host Pat Farnack. Here are links to the segments and full interview: Is your workplace killing you? Worse than Toxic Snakes in Suits Nick the Doorman How to Flour…
- 48 days ago, 31 Mar 12, 11:22pm -
- Sympathy is NOT Empathy
Connecting with people requires empathy i.e. you feel the emotion another individual feels. This is different from sympathy where you recognize the emotion but don’t feel it. In Fired Up or Burned Out, I wrote about the company Cranium and how it…
- 56 days ago, 24 Mar 12, 12:43pm -
- new5/18/12: Weekend Imagination Igniters: Learning
Subscribe to the Three Star Leadership Blog Working Supervisor's Support Kit A collection of tools and information that will help you do a better job as a boss. …
- 10 hours ago, 18 May 12, 4:08pm -
- newBoss's Tip of the Day: First things first
Subscribe to the Three Star Leadership Blog Working Supervisor's Support Kit A collection of tools and information that will help you do a better job as a boss. …
- 16 hours ago, 18 May 12, 10:25am -
- newEngines of Innovation
Subscribe to the Three Star Leadership Blog Working Supervisor's Support Kit A collection of tools and information that will help you do a better job as a boss. …
- 1 day ago, 17 May 12, 4:00pm -
- newInstituto Tecnológico de Monterrey
Tom is speaking today in El Paso for the Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey. This superb technical university...
- 7 hours ago, 18 May 12, 7:04pm -
- newTLBT Video #76Excellence: Tuck in the Shower Curtain
A new video is available on YouTube, the latest in The Little BIG Things series. This video presents Tom's lesson...
- 3 days ago, 16 May 12, 8:52am -
- Today, 2:00 p.m.Office Hours with Dan Pink
Ask Tom "anything you want," during his session with Dan Pink on the Pink Blog, today, Monday, 14 May, at...
- 5 days ago, 14 May 12, 11:52am -
- newWhat Strategy Can Teach Us About the High Ground
Recently, my wife and I took a vacation to Zion’s National Park, a park located in Southern, Utah, USA. We decided to attempt the Angels Landing hike (also known as the Temple of Aeolus). While the hike is not technically difficult, it is a v…
- 3 days ago, 16 May 12, 1:54pm -
- Strategy Gone Wrong
On May 11th, the Wall Street Journal published an article about JP Morgan’s $2 Billion dollar trading loss that occurred over the previous six weeks. To the average investor, this may look like a series of bad moves and investments for the compan…
- 5 days ago, 14 May 12, 12:44pm -
- Where Should I Focus My Sales Coaching Efforts?
Over the past few years, I’ve had the opportunity to participate in several comprehensive sales-leadership assessments. During this time, there have also been a number of widely published research papers regarding “best-in-class” sales-coachi…
- 10 days ago, 9 May 12, 2:18pm -
- Ministry And Identity
I once heard a pastor unwittingly verbalize this problem well. My brother Tedd and I were at a large Christian life conference listening to a well-known pastor speak on family worship. He told stories of the zeal, discipline, and dedication of t…
- 4 days ago, 14 May 12, 3:05pm -
- Top 10 Signs Of A Dying Church
10. There’s plenty of parking near the building for weekend services. 9. You can always get your favorite seat, or simply ask who is sitting in it to move.8. The music is always familiar, and never too loud.7. The pastor has been in everyone’s…
- 8 days ago, 10 May 12, 6:41pm -
- Remember This ONE Simple Thing!
Someone's NAME!Remembering names is one of the most important things you can do when you are meeting guests on Sunday morning. I remember reading in college, Dale Carnegie's book, How to Win friends and Influence people ( a pretty manipulative…
- 9 days ago, 9 May 12, 11:59pm -
- The Whole Big Story, Church and Culture Specific Liturgy
The Church is a beautiful thing when properly functioning. One of the most beautiful things about the early Christian church in the book of Acts was the freely generous nature of the people. Acts 2:44-45 says this: And all who believed were toget…
- 25 days ago, 24 Apr 12, 1:54pm -
- Passion, Pride, & Pretense
- 52 days ago, 27 Mar 12, 3:14pm -
- I Love You More Than Ministry
“If you have to explain to your wife and children why you were gone again, and the explanation is ‘because of ministry’ – something is wrong.” The words above, paraphrased from something a friend and pastor said during a short message I was…
- 95 days ago, 14 Feb 12, 9:48am -
- The Knee-Jerk Dichotomy: Management v. Leadership
As an academic I love dichotomies. They stretch the imagination, help us avoid subtly, and enhance focused debate.My conceptual paradise is a 2 x 2 box where two dichotomies are juxtaposed. Are you in this box or that one? Then the game of trying to…
- 7 days ago, 11 May 12, 3:35pm -
- Escaping the Asylum
Sometimes we wonder: why is it the case that we’re so wrapped into the cultural reality, into the value system, and into the little power minuets, that we call organizational life? I’m often struck at the financial conglomerates who have on-site…
- 21 days ago, 27 Apr 12, 5:00pm -
- Have You Re-Read Giants of Enterprise?
In a recent class at Cornell I heard a group of students demythologize famous leaders as part of an exercise. One of my students concluded, “I wouldn’t have wanted to work for Steve Jobs, he seemed like an S.O.B.”Another student even took Wash…
- 21 days ago, 27 Apr 12, 4:52pm -
- newGet a New Perspective
"Beware of judging the future within the limitations of the present." -- Don H. Polston in Living without Losing, Really
- 12 hours ago, 18 May 12, 2:50pm -
- newThe Angry Pastor
And Why Are You So Angry?Good soul reflection from Dan Bochelle.
- 20 hours ago, 18 May 12, 7:00am -
- new5 Great Questions for Spiritual Formation
Reggie McNeal shared the following five important questions that give pastors a place to engage in people's spiritual formation. Special thanks to Heath Davis who shared these with me recently:1) What do you enjoy doing?2) Where do you see…
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 7:00am -
- Four Ways to Measure Your Thought Leadership Reputation with ...
[IT Services Marketing Association] Measuring the impact of thought leadership on revenue is a little like all of those “George Washington Slept Here” signs that dot the eastern states”you can claim to have been part of something big, but…
- 52 days ago, 28 Mar 12, 7:42am -
- South Africa needs a new national myth | Thought Leader
[Thought Leader] But if it’s only tough conversations, if it’s only peeling back the carpet to examine the dustbunnies and the dead cockroaches underneath, we’ll give up trying. We’ll become so overwhelmed by the scale of the challenge and…
- 52 days ago, 28 Mar 12, 7:40am -
- Practice Leadership - Dinesh Knowledge Planet
[Dinesh Knowledge Planet :Your CRM, MDM & BI Blog.] The practice leader is the one who is extremely focused in achieving excellence and tries to bring the best out of all the odds. . If you're young and ambitious and driven, don't run from the chal…
- 57 days ago, 23 Mar 12, 1:07pm -
- One More Reason We Make Kids’ Albums
Every so often I’ll run into someone who reminds me that long after we record an album, God continues to use it in people’s lives. In late January, I was in Orange County, CA for a Gathering event. On Sunday morning I spoke at the Sovereign Grace…
- 8 days ago, 11 May 12, 11:05am -
- Looking Forward to NEXT 2012:You and Your Church
In just a couple weeks I’ll be down in Orlando, FL helping to lead corporate worship at the very last NEXT. The theme of this year’s conference is You and Your Church. I’ve been involved with the music at NEXT ever since Josh Harris started the…
- 9 days ago, 9 May 12, 2:58pm -
- New From Sovereign Grace Music – From Age to Age
- 39 days ago, 10 Apr 12, 8:48am -
- The Most Important Aspect of Leadership!
- , 20 Jun 11, 11:17am -
- Take a Break!
- , 13 Jun 11, 3:51pm -
- The Best Medicine
Too often, we take ourselves too seriously and we don’t take God seriously enough. In fact, that’s one of the things that kept me from going into the ministry for a while. Too many pastors are so serious and boring and monotonous. I thought to...
- , 1 Jun 11, 5:27pm -
- newdiscipleship in a broken world – 1
This series of articles is currently appearing in The Recorder (EMMC). The following is Part 1. “In the last issue I noted that every generation faces new questions and new challenges. But the pace of change in our world is unique in history. Techn…
- 20 hours ago, 18 May 12, 6:08am -
- newwhy the leadership drive kills discipleship
Mike Breen writes, (italics added) “For all the books, blogs and conferences, there are two staggering realities we must come to grips with: First, while most churches believe they have leadership development programs, in actuality they have progra…
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 12:47pm -
- newsalt
“Armenians, I read, salt their newborn babies. I check somewhere else: so did the Jews at the time of the prophets. They washed a baby in water, salted him, and wrapped him in cloths. When God promised to Aaron and all the Levites all the offerings…
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 5:42am -
- A comment on Karl Barth, Emil Brunner, Douglas Campbell, and Pauline Soteriology
I'm writing a bit on Karl Barth and Emil Brunner in my dissertation right now and saw Douglas Campbell referring to the two theologians in passing in the comments of a post entitled Douglas Campbell’s “Rereading” of Paul at Larry...
- 18 days ago, 30 Apr 12, 4:48pm -
- Thoughts and resources on the future of theological education
A student sent me an email asking for my input. His email message is in bold and I intersperse comments. It seems that a noticeable segment of the evangelical church is heading to what many call a "post-congregational" expression of...
- 60 days ago, 19 Mar 12, 8:52pm -
- How are tech-savvy Christian academics using the internet in 2012?
I received this question on email and thought I would post here the reply I sent: How are tech-savvy Christian academics using the internet in 2012? Because of the explosion of the internet in terms of so much information, there...
- 61 days ago, 18 Mar 12, 8:19pm -
- I Hope You Had a Great Mother’s Day
To all the moms who get up early to make lunches and check backpacks, I hope you had a great Mother’s Day. To all the moms with teens who love you but don’t know how to show it so it comes off more like disdain or disinterest, I hope you had a gr…
- 5 days ago, 14 May 12, 9:16am -
- McGoldrick Family Fund
Since 1989, Patrick & Dena McGoldrick have spent their lives helping teens, most recently at Cornerstone Baptist Church in Roseville, MI. Literally thousands of students have been impacted in Kentucky, Illinois and Michigan because of their ministry.…
- 9 days ago, 9 May 12, 3:15pm -
- Stalk People Before You Hire Them
Facebook. Twitter. Tumblr. Instagram. Blogs. These social networking tools (and scores of others) have changed everything about hiring staff, finding volunteers and leading people. Why? Because everything you’ve posted, tweeted, commented, emailed,…
- 11 days ago, 8 May 12, 7:24am -
- newJoin Me For Lunch?
Isn't it awesome when God takes our small act of obedience and turns it into more than we thought possible? In February, Linda Stanley @ Leadership Network wrote about Mosaic Central Arkansas Church's food truck court and the great respo…
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 9:00am -
- newWhat’s on Your Mind? With George Cladis
This week's installment of "What's on Your Mind?" is with George Cladis. George is the author of Leading the Team-Based Church, Assistant Professor in the Doctor of Ministry program of Fuller Theological Seminary and serves as Executive Pastor o…
- 3 days ago, 16 May 12, 9:32am -
- Biggest Megachurch Sanctuaries?
If you do an internet search for “biggest churches” or similar, you will find lots of websites listed. The vast majority deal with facilities, not people. They track the most square footage, the most acreage, the tallest buildings, the highest…
- 4 days ago, 15 May 12, 12:00pm -
- LPGA Golfer Morgan Pressel Accomplished Victory in Kapalua Resort’s LPGA Classic 2008
I love hearing about great success stories of all types of working women. This one involves a workerette in the form of a professional female athlete—an LPGA golfer, to be exact. Morgan Pressel is making a name for herself at a very young age on th…
- , 24 Oct 08, 6:35pm -
- Empire Today Makes your Busy Life Easier with Carpets, Flooring, and Home Improvement Help
When you’re a busy woman with a full-time career (and maybe even a full-time family), it’s a relief to find competent and dependable help to take care of some of your home improvement projects. Empire Today is a home improvement and home products…
- , 14 Jul 08, 8:34pm -
- Saying Goodbye - Such Sweet Sorrow!
Well, Workerettes, I just have to share the news with you all. I've given my notice to the wonderful (truly fantastic, actually!) editorial team here at Know More Media and I'll be riding off into the cyber-sunset soon. I know that you've probabl…
- , 23 Jun 08, 8:33pm -
- 7 Top Online Marketing Trends for 2011 [Data Included]
RePosted Tuesday, February 21, 2012 By Heidi Cohen | January 10, 2011 | 23 comments sponsored by: Adobe Shovel and Twitter in hand during the post-Christmas Snowpocalypse, Newark Mayor Cory Booker showed that 2011 will be about being connected, showi…
- 71 days ago, 8 Mar 12, 8:53pm -
- Twitter, via its official @twitter account, said the final three minutes of the Super Bowl helped push total tweet volume up to an average of 10,000 tweets per second.
http://bit.ly/xqfu48 Filed under: Digital Economy Tagged: Madonaa, socialmedia, SuperBowl, tweets, Twiter
- , 6 Feb 12, 12:15pm -
- Aging In Adland
Ironically, it was only then that I realized the only way to keep working was to keep reinventing myself in the digital world. Continue reading →
- , 2 Feb 12, 1:43pm -
- newThe Pulse of What America Is Thinking
A couple days ago, I mentioned that 46% of Americans felt that Facebook is a fad. I love statistics, even if I think 37% of them are made up. But I thought that you might enjoy some other recent statistics. See if you line up with the American publ…
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 8:40am -
- newBefore Don Rickles, There was Martin Luther
Don’t believe me? There is a new website that will prove it to you. It will hand-feed you a Martin Luther insult from one of his many writings. It’s a great way to get that little pick-me-up that you need for your day. Try it now! Thank me late…
- 3 days ago, 16 May 12, 8:07am -
- Is Facebook a Passing Fad?
Nearly half of Americans think so. According to Mashable: A poll conducted by the Associated Press and CNBC found that 46% of respondents think Facebook will fade away as new platforms come along in the future. However, about 43% believe the site wi…
- 4 days ago, 15 May 12, 2:02pm -
- Comment on About by networkcentral
Thanks so much Michael. I have left a omment on Adrian's blog and reported the breach of copyright. I can't tell you how grateful I am that you alerted me to this. I hope 2009 is everything you wish for. Best regardsKim
- , 22 Jan 09, 5:54pm -
- Comment on About by michael
Hi Kim,My name is Michael and I'm a fellow Wordpress.com blogger.A week or so ago, while doing some random searching across the web, I came across a blog on Blogger.com - I also discovered that the author had "re-posted" one of my fiancee's poems…
- , 22 Jan 09, 1:03pm -
- Comment on Time to say goodbye by Miz Molly
Thanks for this Kim.I've just found your blog. Even out in rural NSW, life is a rush. This week I have had two children away at a school camp - which left me my youngest daughter. I have really enjoyed this one on one time with her. But it ha…
- , 4 Dec 08, 7:10pm -
- newMs. Foundation Event Reveals Movement in Transition
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City)“How can we explain that the women’s movement is part of everything?” Gloria Steinem asked Monday night at the Ms. Foundation’s annual Gloria Awards dinner. “I, for one, am tired of reporters asking if…
- 21 hours ago, 18 May 12, 6:00am -
- newChallenging Discrimination against Moms
By Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles)“Moms earn up to 14 percent less than women who don’t have children, says a University of New Mexico study.” “Getting pregnant can mean losing your job.” “The devaluation of mothers is at a crisis point in ou…
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 1:00pm -
- newVoice of Experience, Christa D’Alimonte, Partner and Deputy Practice Group Leader, Mergers & Acquisitions, Shearman & Sterling
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City)Ask Christa D’Alimonte, a leading mergers & acquisitions partner at global law firm Shearman & Sterling, and she’ll tell you that one of the key things she’s learned throughout her career is the importance…
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 6:00am -
- newBuy the Shorts, and ONLY the Shorts!
Hi Ladies,I wanted to share this story with you. I wrote it last summer, but I think it's a good example of how not to get distracted from doing what's really important....So, today, I had a cancelled appointment and, thus, a spontaneous opport…
- 1 day ago, 18 May 12, 12:00am -
- newWho Hold My Happy Button?
Last month was Spring Break in my area. We moved our corporate offices and I took my 3 grandchildren, ages 3,4, & 9, to the zoo. I love my grandchildren very much. They are very smart, loving, and funny kids. But after taking the three of them to…
- 1 day ago, 17 May 12, 4:45pm -
- newJuggling Kids & Work
Deena (single mom) asks, "As natural caretakers, it's easy to get swept away. How do you effectively juggle both (kids & work)?" Wow!! I'm not sure there is really a good way to answer this question within the confines of a blog. But, I will give…
- 1 day ago, 17 May 12, 4:45pm -
- Graduates Speak at Military Conference
by Lana Zakary CulliverThis month members of the Speak for Success Women’s Leadership Institute Graduate Speaker’s Bureau spoke at the 1st Annual Health and Wellness Fair for Female Veterans,Reservists and Active Duty Military Personnel and wa…
- , 22 Oct 09, 6:23pm -
- Interview with Marcus Buckingham - Finding Your Strongest Life
By Dana Bristol-SmithAnother ripple of the Oprah Effect touched me last week when I was given the opportunity to interview Marcus Buckingham, best-selling author and management guru, about his newest book Find Your Strongest Life - What the Happie…
- , 14 Oct 09, 8:49am -
- Women Making a Difference
by Dana Bristol-SmithOur graduates have reached over 1500 people in person since they started their outreach programs this year. They've been invited to be guest speakers to inspire and empower others! In my recent conversation with Marcus Buckingham…
- , 7 Oct 09, 7:26pm -
- newDealing with Difficult Personalities
Leadership is one of those jobs that no matter how good the pay, it is never enough for the amount of personality issues you deal with. Well this morning as I had the honor of dealing with a difficult personality, I managed to garner a few nuggets of…
- 17 hours ago, 18 May 12, 10:00am -
- newTime…The Most Valuable Thing You Have
Time… we never have enough of it! We are always short on time. Between work, family and personal commitments days go by quickly and seem to pass before everything that needs to be done is completed. For women professionals the old adage “Ti…
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 12:37pm -
- How To Use A Blog And Social Media To Make More Money!
Great news! You can make more money by using social media and blogging together. Warning—Typical Excuse From Busy Women: I don’t have the money and I don’t have the time! What I am about to share with you can change the scope of your life by sa…
- 4 days ago, 15 May 12, 9:46am -
- newYou Can’t Lead by Consensus
I was recently speaking with a friend about some professional challenges he was facing. To the outside world everything seemed fine – he was achieving his KPIs, his team were working well and his customers were happy. But my friend could see troubl…
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 12:35am -
- Be a Leader, Not a Boss
I have always believed in the power of business culture – to not just set the direction of your company but to accelerate results, improve decision making and drive performance. If you can get your culture right it will set the foundations for your…
- 15 days ago, 4 May 12, 6:06am -
- Customer Relationships from the Outside In
I can remember when customer relationship management (CRM) was the shiniest new toy in the IT bag of tricks. I was working with Tom Siebel and some of the smartest executives in the industry and we felt like we were ahead of the curve. Back then, con…
- , 12 Dec 11, 7:14pm -
- BEING a Leader: Learning from One Another
Frances Hesselbein is joining me for three distinctive leadership webinars in a series we titled, BEING a Leader LIVE! Please be our guest for BEING a Leader LIVE!. Each global conversation explores key aspects of the challenges and opportunities le…
- 14 days ago, 4 May 12, 7:51pm -
- WOMEN: Is it me you're looking for?
Once in a while we unexpectedly are reminded that our most reliable mentor is inside of us. This weekend, by chance...
- 17 days ago, 1 May 12, 8:51pm -
- CHANGE, PATIENCE, and REINVENTING Ourselves
It seems the best of us are impatient for results in our lives. We have to learn to trust that all things happen in their own time when our lives are ready to receive the miracles in store for us. Learn why...
- 30 days ago, 19 Apr 12, 10:34am -
- The Magic of Steve Jobs Part 2
Steve Jobs has died. That it such a cold and unwanted fact about a man that has warmed the hearts of millions with his joyful, beautiful and super-functional technology. I wrote a blog at the end of August when Steve Jobs stepped down as CEO.…
- , 6 Oct 11, 9:56am -
- The Magic of Steve Jobs
Does Steve Jobs have a magic wand? With the news that Steve Jobs is stepping down as APPLE CEO, journalists and business bloggers, like me, are commenting in droves about the magic he created at APPLE. It does seem like Jobs has supernatural powers…
- , 28 Aug 11, 5:42pm -
- Paying Homage to a Great Female Leader Who, By the Way, Was a Physician
Dr. Bernadine Healy was determined, independent and driven to make a difference. She could have had a nice cardiology practice but instead she chose to take on the establishment in at least two of her most important roles. The first was as the fi…
- , 9 Aug 11, 9:45pm -
- newWomen 2 Work - Sound bites and statistics from women who lead [Infographic]
Via MBA@UNC MBA Online & Women 2.0
- 2 days ago, 16 May 12, 8:37pm -
- Letting the Story Go...
We’re addicted to narrative. We want to know what he said, why she said it, and what they meant when they said it. That’s fine to get tied up in the web of language. It happens. But is that the point? Are we ever really satisfied when we get th…
- 10 days ago, 8 May 12, 8:25pm -
- 6 PowerLESS Behaviors at Work
Are you struggling to get the respect and credit you deserve at work? It might be your good girl kicking in. You don't have to be like Meryl Streep in the Devil Wears Prada, but every day at work and in life, women do simple verbal and non-verbal b…
- 13 days ago, 5 May 12, 8:15pm -
- newIt’s Just a Dotted Line on the Org Chart
It’s been a whirlwind of a week. I would like to welcome our new subscribers from workshops in Minneapolis, Des Moines and Austin. ____ “What do you mean, she doesn’t know she is accountable? It’s very clear to me,” Megan … Continue readi…
- 17 hours ago, 18 May 12, 9:31am -
- newCalibrate the Level of Work
From the Ask Tom mailbag – Question: Your workshop on Time Span makes perfect sense. I see things in my company that I now understand. It was all there, but now I understand why? How much of this do you … Continue reading →
- 3 days ago, 16 May 12, 8:01am -
- Full Speed Off the Cliff
- 11 days ago, 8 May 12, 5:51am -
- 5 Steps to Turn Your Small Business into a Results-Only Work Environment
Perhaps you’ve been thinking about modernizing your workplace and getting creative with employee benefits. Maybe you’re a small business owner looking for ways to attract and retain the best talent. If you’ve read Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson…
- 5 days ago, 14 May 12, 9:10am -
- ROWE Lessons from Emergency Management
[This guest blog post was written by Joelle Cooper, friend of ROWE and all-around awesome person. Joelle is a results-driven problem solver and passionate about helping leaders get the most out of their people. You can check out her blog at joellecoo…
- 12 days ago, 7 May 12, 9:00am -
- Results-Only Radio: What it takes to start a Work Revolution
Listen live, Tuesday May 8 at 1 p.m. EDT, to Results-Only Radio. We’ll be chatting with Julie Clow, author of The Work Revolution: Freedom and Excellence for All. Julie spent five years at Google focusing on team effectiveness, leadership, and or…
- 15 days ago, 4 May 12, 9:00am -
- newFriday Bookshelf: Creative Thinking & More
Happy Friday! To wrap up the theme of Creative Thinking, I wanted to direct you to a great podcast about the science of creativity from author Jonah Lehrer about his book Imagine: How Creativity Works. I just found it this...
- 9 hours ago, 18 May 12, 5:36pm -
- newNew Download: Creative Thinking Toolkit
Hey Enlightened Managers, I just wrapped up my newest toolkit, this one is all about Creative Thinking and it's got 10 activities to help you strengthen your creative abilities. It took me a month longer than I expected to get...
- 3 days ago, 16 May 12, 1:41pm -
- Embracing your Fears to Find your Courage
I had a great networking coffee with a friend-of-a-friend today, and it reminded me how often I hear statements like the following: "I'm so impressed by how confident you are." "I'm amazed that you can speak in front of large...
- 4 days ago, 14 May 12, 3:55pm -
- newKanban Weekly Roundup - May 16, 2012
By Dominica DeGrandisA collection of incredibly impressive think…
- 2 days ago, 16 May 12, 8:24pm -
- Kanban Weekly Roundup - May 8, 2012
By Dominica DeGrandisNext week the Lean Software and Systems con…
- 10 days ago, 8 May 12, 5:04pm -
- Tolerance #2
Yesterday’s post was inspired by my recent bike rides around my home neighborhood in Clallam County, Washington. I typically ride the last few miles home on the Discovery Trail - a bike path crafted out of an abandoned railway line that ran from Po…
- 18 days ago, 1 May 12, 6:23am -
- When Tragedy Strikes, How Can You Help?
In light of the West Virginia coal mine tragedy, you may find yourself asking, "How can I help?" This question is especially hard to answer when misfortune hits close to home. Well, I’ve discovered a Web site that helps not only those in need but a…
- , 8 Apr 10, 11:03am -
- Management Lessons from a Triumphant Olympics
Members of the U.S. Nordic Combined Ski Team won gold and silver yesterday in the sport's final Olympic event. It was the culmination of an amazing winter games for the team, which won medals in all three of the sports' competitions. It was also one…
- , 26 Feb 10, 11:01am -
- Vulnerability Paves the Way for Healing (by guest blogger John Baldoni)
I hope no executive in a position of authority accepts Tiger Woods’ prepared statement as a blueprint for how to make a public apology. The words were right, but the sincerity seemed lacking for one simple reason. It was designed more for self-prot…
- , 19 Feb 10, 4:58pm -
- newPersonality Test
At Anderson Layman's Blog, the world's quickest personality test. Apparently, I'm very creative. I wonder what the hokey pokey reveals.
- 2 hours ago, 19 May 12, 12:33am -
- newFirst Paragraph
It was common for American expatriates to visit the U.S. consulate in Berlin, but not in the condition exhibited by the man who arrived there on Thursday, June 29, 1933. He was Joseph Schachno, thirty-one years old, a physician from New York who unti…
- 8 hours ago, 18 May 12, 6:16pm -
- newHow to Create a Boring Meeting
Crank up the heat in the room. Make sure the chairs are uncomfortable. Dim the lights. Allow no refreshments other than, perhaps, a container of lukewarm water. Don't have enough cups. Have an unclear goal or, better yet, a boring one. Speak slowly i…
- 13 hours ago, 18 May 12, 1:20pm -
- Inventors Gone Wild: Krispy Kreme Donut Burger Trumps Texas-Size Cholesterol Catharsis
Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody else has thought. - Albert von Szent-GyorgyiThe Texas Rangers are playing great baseball, as of today, projected out to an 103-win season. That's an Alaska-sized pile '…
- 4 days ago, 15 May 12, 1:36pm -
- Avoiding Change Manglement, Ichiro-Style
Observereffect: The act of observation changesthe object being observedLike most normal people and baseball players, Ichiro Suzuki prefers to dothings his own way. Like almost all successful baseball players, and like many(though not most) norm…
- 82 days ago, 27 Feb 12, 12:37pm -
- Art Imitates Life, but The NFL Imitates Baseball
Back in late 2009, I wrote about (then new) Detroit Lions Head coach Jim Schwartz & his Tampa Bay Devil Rays'-style project to remake the sad sack of the NFL, a team which had gone 0-16 before his tenure. This last weekend, that team not only made i…
- , 9 Jan 12, 10:00am -
- The Winner's Brain
I have always had a keen interest in the brain - how it works and how to improve it.I read a great book The Winner's Brain - 8 Strategies Great Minds Use to Achieve Success by Jeff Brown and Mark Fenske. It is about maximizing the brain for succe…
- 4 days ago, 15 May 12, 7:49am -
- Niche can be a Competitive Advantage
I have been a niche player all of my life. I choose small markets and learn to be dominant in them. I prefer to be big in a small market. Working in a niche allows focus on specialties. The more you do of the same specialty, the easier, che…
- 11 days ago, 7 May 12, 6:19pm -
- How to improve Klout Score
When I first heard about Klout I naturally assumed it was KKK speak for someone in the Klan with power. Or perhaps the Klan enforcer who clouts people.Klout is a scoring system that weighs influence in social media.There is a great book Return on…
- 16 days ago, 3 May 12, 9:28am -
- newAdvice From Bret Stephens For College Grads
Do you know Bret Stephens? He's the foreign affairs columnist for the Wall Street Journal and I'd like to meet him. I like the way he thinks. With the one exception that he places blame for our current economic mess...
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 2:13pm -
- newResponses to Obama's Embrace Of Same-Sex Marriage
Last Sunday, I was in the congregation at All Souls Unitarian Church in Manhattan when Assistant Minister Lissa Anne Gundlach gave her sermon. She started by acknowledging President's statement, earlier in the week, fin favor of legitimizing same-sex…
- 2 days ago, 16 May 12, 3:26pm -
- Jim Steyer And Talking Back To Facebook
I joined a small group of Stanford alums one evening last week to talk with Jim Steyer, the peripatetic guy who manages to be a well-loved professor at Stanford, the Founder and CEO of Common Sense Media (a big think...
- 3 days ago, 15 May 12, 3:06pm -
- newFinding the Happiness That Lies Beyond “Good Enough”
What if you could quit your job? Forget the annoyances, leave the frustrations behind and proudly announce to your boss: “I quit.” What if you could escape that relationship you’re so unhappy with? Or move out of that lousy living situation? Wh…
- 18 hours ago, 18 May 12, 8:30am -
- newThe Free Resource that Can Help You Cope With Anything
When I had my comic memoir published by an award-winning independent press in 2008, I thought it would be the pinnacle of my professional writing career. But after my publisher went bankrupt one year later, taking with him most of my dreams, that cel…
- 3 days ago, 16 May 12, 8:30am -
- How To Break Free Of Limiting Cultural Beliefs
"It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so." - Mark TwainLimiting cultural beliefs operate in much the same way to limiting personal beliefs. A lot has been written in the personal devel…
- 5 days ago, 14 May 12, 10:30am -
- Reverse-engineering leadership
Have you ever had a boss that clearly had his (or her, of course) act together? He seemed to have all the answers, could grasp the core issue of a problem and resolve it on the fly, and understood every aspect of the business from everyone’s perspe…
- 14 days ago, 4 May 12, 3:27pm -
- All about the leader
We have been reviewing the argument against individual leadership in modern organizations. We come, now, then, to an element in this long anti-leadership argument that stands out as among the most noxious . . .
- 92 days ago, 16 Feb 12, 4:13pm -
- A Baker’s Dozen for 2012
It is time once again for the always pleasant task of offering a New Year’s list of recommended additions to your daily reading. While the Mayan calendar may be winding down this year, the value of these authors and their insightful writing surely…
- , 1 Jan 12, 4:04pm -
- Remember when we were courageous? Seemingly fearless?
I was walking on the treadmill tonight while listening to my iPod. I have a playlist of up tempo songs great for walking. The song "Relax" came on from Frankie Goes to Hollywood. I thought about something I did when...
- 4 days ago, 14 May 12, 10:38pm -
- Most imp question: How should I live? #management
As a leader, we impact our life and many others. The question I have posed above is fundamental to how we shape our brand of leadership. We all choose - whether we realize it or not - how we will...
- 5 days ago, 14 May 12, 8:33am -
- Give Feedback that Fills the Spirit #management
This is a portion of a real email: “Super! Very well done. Exactly what I requested.” After seeing this, and feeling its effect, it got me thinking about how some people are so much better at providing feedback and reinforcement...
- 9 days ago, 10 May 12, 10:02am -
- 10 Things You Can Learn From the Apple Store
My friend, Carmine Gallo, has written a book called The Apple Experience: Secrets to Building Insanely Great Customer Loyalty. The Apple Store is the most profitable retailer in America, generating an average of $5,600 per square foot and attracting…
- 40 days ago, 9 Apr 12, 12:16pm -
- Free social-media webinar with Mari Smith and me
Mari Smith and I are going to have a rocking time explaining the seven hottest social-media business trends in a FREE webinar. Sign up here: http://bit.ly/7_smtrends See you on March 28th!
- 59 days ago, 20 Mar 12, 8:25pm -
- How to Understand and Master Google+
In 1983 I saw a Macintosh for the first time and fell in love. I loved Macintosh so much that I wrote a book about it. In 2011 I saw Google+ for the first time and fell in love again....
- 60 days ago, 20 Mar 12, 12:21pm -
- Join Us on April 21 for Serve A Thon for Schools
It’s Monday, April 23rd and you’re eight years old. You’ve put on your navy blue uniform pants and your white uniform polo, strapped on your Spider Man or Barbie backpack and trotted off to school. Once on campus, you enter the front gates and…
- , 3 Apr 07, 2:11pm -
- A New Year Full of Cheer!
Welcome to 2007 and the Make A Difference Blog. My name is Meg, I’m an AmeriCorps member here at the Make A Difference office. I shall write little tid-bits of news, juicy gossip and stories to entertain and delight the readers of this blog. Feel w…
- , 8 Jan 07, 6:07pm -
- Wanted - Inspirational Stories
Do you have an inspiring volunteer story? Would you like to share it with the Make A Difference public? We are looking for motivational stories from YOU to add to our blog. We are looking for YOUR help in sprucing up the blog. Please submit your stor…
- , 21 Dec 06, 10:43am -
- GK Announces New Badging System to Certify Informal and Interest-driven Learning
GLOBAL KIDS, INC. ANNOUNCES NEW BADGING SYSTEMTO CERTIFY INFORMAL AND INTEREST-DRIVEN LEARNING More than two dozen institutions in New York City and Chicago invited to participate Through a generous grant from the MacArthur Foundation, Global Kids, I…
- 59 days ago, 21 Mar 12, 12:39pm -
- NYC Haunts at MS 391 - Storyboarding for Belmont Game
Yesterday Global Kids Leaders in our NYC Haunts program at MS 391 learned how to storyboard their ideas. After being split into groups, they discussed story lines and characters that could highlight some of the most interesting areas they discovered.…
- 60 days ago, 20 Mar 12, 12:07pm -
- GK Youth Leaders Launch Playing For Peace Game Design Challenge
With funds provided by the AMD Foundation, Global Kids youth leaders have been working with E-Line media to develop their first collaborative AMD Social Impact Game Design Challenge, which launched this month: Playing For Peace. Youth around the coun…
- 63 days ago, 16 Mar 12, 5:38pm -
- Does your club have a growth mindset?
My question is not whether you want your club to increase its headcount. I am asking what kind of culture you have in your club, especially among your leaders. Is it a fixed mindset or a growth...To read the full story, click the story title above.…
- , 7 Mar 11, 2:10pm -
- How do you create an ideal experience for prospective members?
I am in the thick of a client project, in which we are exploring the questions: Which "Moments of Truth" matter most to clients? What is the "Ideal Client Experience" at each moment? Where should we...To read the full story, click the story title a…
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- A great club is all about energy
Yes, I am back - and with new energy. In fact, energy is a new theme, a new focus for me in Rotary. You can tell the difference between great clubs and others the moment you come in contact with them...To read the full story, click the story title…
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- Comment on Hello world! by Mr WordPress
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- 12 days ago, 7 May 12, 11:42am -
- new#SAchat Transcript — 5/17/12 — First Year to Sophomore Year Transition
Thanks to everyone who participated in our #SAchat focused on First Year to Sophomore Year Transition. This week’s topic produced 448 tweets from 70 student affairs professionals, graduate students and undergraduates interested or working in the St…
- 15 hours ago, 18 May 12, 11:49am -
- newWhat would Oprah do?!
It will soon be a year since The Oprah Winfrey Show went off of the air. Like clockwork my TiVo was set to record Oprah on a daily basis, and sometimes it would accidentally record an episode twice as though it wanted to make sure that I watched it.…
- 3 days ago, 16 May 12, 5:30am -
- Tuesday Tally: Fall Planning
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- 4 days ago, 15 May 12, 5:30am -
- newSummer Action Camps A Go-Go
Maybe it’s the Occupy movement’s proliferation of direct action tactics over the past eight months. Maybe it’s people being beyond fed up in our failed political system and shifting their “theory of change” from the ballot box to the street…
- 1 day ago, 18 May 12, 1:22am -
- Climate Action Chicago Joins NATO Summit Protests
Solidarity is no longer a four letter word. NATO (and the Chicago police) will be meeting Occupy Chicago and thousands of anti-war activists and anti-capitalists in Chicago this week for mass protests. The city has responded with heavy handed repress…
- 4 days ago, 14 May 12, 8:43pm -
- Connecting the Dots: Dirty Money and Politics in Montana
Cross-posted from the Coal Export Action On Saturday, as part of the international Connect the Dots day of action organized by 350.org, activists in Missoula, MT highlighted the connection between dirty money, government, and climate change. At the…
- 13 days ago, 6 May 12, 4:11am -
- The value of a Nametag in an event
Wha’s in a NAMETAG? Most frequently, in an amateur event, this piece of paper or ID is looked upon lowly. But, for professional organizers, a simple nametag is a ticket to know the person intimately. I came to reflect on the value of the nametag up…
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- Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ) Celebrates its 94th Anniversary
Numerous blogposts, news, and forum string today, is aimed at noticing Iglesia Ni Cristo’s accomplishment as a religious organization in the Philippines. A reputable national paper published in the Philippines (Manila Bulletin) has this to say abou…
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- AREA 3 Visitation @ Carcar City “Makes me Wanna go WOW!”
It took us 45 minutes by Ceres bus to get there. And after a while of endless talk we arrived at the “ampao” capital of the Philippines — Carcar City. As expected, we came in first. Matet, Ivan. Mhedz, Ayen, Ruben, Sheila & Arland (a.k.a. Arlsh…
- , 21 Jul 08, 2:38am -
- Life Lessons from a Season-Ending Injury
“When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.” - Alexander Graham Bell Some of the greatest lessons that a person can learn about life…
- , 18 Jan 12, 9:59am -
- Shoe Club Inspiration
Timothy Roback is a 7th grader at East Jordan Middle School in East Jordan, Michigan and is the activity coordinator for a club at his school called The Shoe Club. The club is designed to inspire students to work hard, set goals, dream big and to giv…
- , 23 Mar 11, 1:27pm -
- Shout, “I Love You” From The Rooftops!
Last week I had the opportunity to speak at Keene High School in Keene, New Hampshire. The main focus of my school-wide assembly is on respect, responsibility, and gratitude. I talked with the students and teachers about how important it is to apprec…
- , 22 Sep 10, 1:22pm -
- newLearn To Make A Presentation That Doesn’t Suck (The Life Out Of The Room)
The term “lecture” has become synonymous with “life-sucking experience.” You know this to be true simply by the way people use the word in a sentence: I had to sit through a lecture. My parents gave me a lecture. Don’t lecture me about my c…
- 15 hours ago, 18 May 12, 11:18am -
- Purpose: The Soul Of Leadership
/NOTE/ The following is a guest post by Gary Burnison, CEO of Korn/Ferry International Leadership is less about analytics, and much more about aligning, motivating, and inspiring others. It is empowering people so that their decisions and actions ar…
- 4 days ago, 15 May 12, 8:53am -
- One Tool To Manage Your Greatest Asset
We are all given 24 hours in a day. No one gets any more or any less. But the way each of us spends time makes all the difference. Did you hear that? I used the word, “spend.” We often use that word when talking about our time. This is because ti…
- 5 days ago, 14 May 12, 12:52pm -
- Guest Post: 4 Simple Career Tips for College Grads
Are you graduating this year or thinking about your post-college career prospects? Check out these simple, effective tips from Lauren Berger, the “Intern Queen,” who completed 15 internships (!) throughout her four years of college. Berger is now…
- 5 days ago, 14 May 12, 10:54am -
- Lurk First (and 4 More Tips on Getting the Most out of LinkedIn Groups)
Interested in finding a new job, switching careers, attracting more clients or building a stronger professional network? LinkedIn Groups is the place to be. Groups provides opportunities to meet and engage in discussions with members of your industry…
- 19 days ago, 30 Apr 12, 10:53am -
- Ask Your Career Questions! Join Lindsey on April 25 for a Twitter Chat with the U.S. Department of Education
I’m excited to announce that I will be answering your questions during a one-hour #AskFAFSA Twitter chat on Wednesday, April 25, at 4pm EST, hosted by the U.S. Department of Education. Here is their announcement and details on how to participate: I…
- 29 days ago, 20 Apr 12, 9:00am -
- Associate Member Meetings- March 2011
Hi everybody! Due to craziness with school, SLP's Leadership Week, and the chair selection process, this week's associate member meetings/GMM make-up will be via blog. Please contact SLP (slp@studentlife.wisc.edu) if you have any questions or concer…
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- Speak up!
Hey student leaders! SLP is here wishing you a great and non-stressful end of your semester! We've gotten a message from a fellow UW student who could really use some advice. In order to complete this for an event, you must comment twice giving adv…
- , 23 Nov 09, 9:37am -
- Happy Summer
Thanks for a great semester of leadership discussion. Feel free to check back in September for more leadership conundrums. Have a great summer, and feel free to send us a note with any leadership questions or concerns to slp@odos.wisc.edu.
- , 8 May 09, 5:36pm -
- The Beginning
I glanced over the contents of the screen for about the fifth time and triple checked the provided checklist. My heart raced and my fingers trembled as I directed the mouse to the “Submit” button. Click! and just like that my hard work sailed off…
- , 29 Jan 09, 5:40pm -
- Don’t Save the World
At my high school there is a lot of focus on college. It is expected that almost everyone in my class will attend some sort of four-year college, and there are visits every week from universities, trying to gain applicants. So much of what we juniors…
- , 16 Dec 08, 11:19pm -
- Of Creativity & Art
This entry is cross-posted from my personal blog. Please direct your responses there.What is creativity? I doubt many people, including teachers, could give you a good definition. In simplest terms, it is the ability to create. However, I like to us…
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- Do you look too busy?
Are your members or constituents actively avoiding you because you look too busy? Are you so "on" at all times that you're unconsciously disengaging from those who could be giving you valuable insight and information? Sometimes, being an effective s…
- 4 days ago, 15 May 12, 10:24am -
- Are you a recruiter, or a party planner?
Should fraternities and sororities simply change the officer's title from VP Recruitment to VP of Party Planning? If recruitment is about napkin colors and practicing cheers, then you're going to get whatever's offered to you. For heaven's sake...…
- 30 days ago, 19 Apr 12, 9:04am -
- Preparing for ritual
Ritual isn't a finish line... it's a starting gate. It's a message from your founding members, carefully passed along for decades. A new member should enter ritual with a full heart, clear eyes, and excitement – not mentally or physically exhaust…
- 40 days ago, 8 Apr 12, 6:40pm -
- new3 Ways to Improve Your Positive Intelligence (PQ)
This week's guest post is from Shirzad Chamine:Daniel Goleman made a compelling and accurate case nearly two decades ago that Emotional Intelligence (EQ) was more important to leadership effectiveness and performance than IQ. But most attempts a…
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 7:30am -
- The 6 Passages of Leadership and Management
Unless you are an heir to a throne, people usually don’t begin their careers leading a large organization. There’s a progression of passages, or at least there should be.Charan, Drotter, and Noel wrote about six leadership passages in their cl…
- 5 days ago, 14 May 12, 12:31pm -
- Avoiding the Mistakes All Leaders Make
This guest post by David Grossman wasn't meant as a response to Beth Armknecht Miller's recent The Top 5 Mistakes Leaders Make - the timing was just coincidental. Someone tweeted in response to Beth's post: "I made all of these - does that make…
- 8 days ago, 11 May 12, 12:36pm -
- Mission Trip to Port Salut, Haiti
I’ve supported an ongoing mission from my Church for several years and have been wanting to go see it in Haiti for some time. Well the opportunity came up this spring to join a small team on a short term mission trip to help them with a leadershi…
- 12 days ago, 6 May 12, 6:23pm -
- How to Eat Well and Improve Your Mood
I’m happy to introduce another guest author, Andrew, today on a new subject here on LearnThis.ca, eating well and foods that affect your mood. I personally eat a good balanced diet and drink massive amounts of water, but many of these I’ve not…
- 35 days ago, 14 Apr 12, 8:54am -
- How to find a job using social media
Today, I introduce another guest author, Christian Arno, with his excellent article on how you can use social media to help find yourself a job.Being unemployed is never an ideal situation. The situation is nearly as bad if you are in the wrong…
- 49 days ago, 31 Mar 12, 10:40am -
- newLeadership: Collaboration
James M. Kouzes, author of The Leadership Challenge (published by Jossey-Bass), tells us that leadership is not a solo act; "In the thousands of personal-best leadership cases that my co-author, Barry Posner, and I have studied, we’ve yet to encoun…
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 8:40am -
- newPre-Employment Assessments
There is no question that business priorities are shifting. In its 2012 CEO Challenge report, The Conference Board identified the top two business issues CEOs care about right now: innovation and human capital. Together, these two priorities will det…
- 3 days ago, 16 May 12, 8:20am -
- Life's Aha! Moments Encourage Introspection and a Search for Meaning
As a 17-year-old college student, I had a near-death experience (before it was categorized as such) during an automobile accident. During this intense positive experience, I said to myself, "If this is what it is like to die, it's not...
- 8 days ago, 10 May 12, 4:57pm -
- Land Critical Conversations Right the First Time
Many key discussions end with one or more people in a holding pattern. Unfortunately, it's often after the fact that we realize something was missed or left unaddressed. Whether an interview, tough discussion, sales opportunity, executive team or boa…
- 11 days ago, 7 May 12, 5:32pm -
- 3 Powerful Practices for Aloof or Distant Leaders
If you tend to be introverted, shy, too busy to be responsive, or intentionally aloof / distant, as I posted recently, approachability’s pragmatic leadership value is likely eluding you. That wall you’ve built around you, whether intentionally or…
- 14 days ago, 4 May 12, 5:52pm -
- Over-thinking Challenging Situations
The outcome you achieve after facing a challenging situation—for better or worse—is limited by your assumptions or “story” going into it. In fact, walking into almost any potentially difficult conversation, our understanding is at best incomp…
- 29 days ago, 19 Apr 12, 3:59pm -
- Book Review: Leadership is Dead
Leadership is Dead: How Influence is Reviving It is by Jeremie Kubicek (@jeremiekubicek), President and CEO of GiANT Impact, a leadership development organisation involved in the Chick-fil-A Leadercast, as well as other leadership initiatives and pro…
- , 15 Aug 11, 2:05pm -
- The Current State of Leadership – Research Findings
Development Dimensions International (DDI) a respected, global talent management company recently published their Global Leadership Forecast 2011. This report is one of the largest leadership studies of it’s kind, with more than 2,600 participati…
- , 15 Aug 11, 1:50pm -
- A Powerful Source of Employee Inspiration
Photo by lululemon athletica An important part of a leaders job is to provide and environment that helps to inspire and motivate the people around them. Inspired, motivated and passionate employees lead to improved results and higher levels of innova…
- , 24 Jul 11, 11:18am -
- Employee Engagement Dialogues: Happiness and Engagement
Employee Engagement Dialogues: Alex Kjeulf and David Zinger Recording and transcript. Here is the recording and transcript for a 20 minute dialogue with Alex Kjeulf on happiness and engagement. Alexander is the founder of Woohoo inc. and one of the…
- 4 days ago, 15 May 12, 5:11am -
- Employee Engagement Dialogue: Magnetic Engagement
A conversation with Kevin Sheridan and David Zinger I encourage you to listen to this 20 minute conversation with Kevin Sheridan about his views and experiences with employee engagement. There is also a transcript for the recording with time stamps y…
- 9 days ago, 10 May 12, 6:15am -
- Employee Engagement: Fly with Spirit – Be the Gateway – Never Quit
3 “Show-Me” state lessons from St. Louis Here are 3 lessons for employee engagement I derived from a recent visit to St. Louis. Thanks to Recognition Professionals International for inviting me to their annual conference and offering me the oppor…
- 11 days ago, 8 May 12, 6:15am -
- The Leadership Blog Interview: Pete Hise
Pete HiseBioPete Hise, a native New Yorker, is the Founding and Lead Pastor of Quest Community Church in Lexington, Kentucky. Over the last 9 ½ years, Quest has seen almost 5,000 people come to Christ and has been named the 44th Fastest-Growing C…
- , 16 Oct 08, 8:35am -
- The Growing Leadership Blog Interviews List
Here's the 70+ Great leaders & pastors that I've had the opportunity to interview!Dr. Neil T. Anderson - Discipleship Counseling MinistriesMark Batterson - National Community ChurchJohn Bishop - Living Hope ChurchGreg Boyd - Woodland Hills Church Bri…
- , 1 Oct 08, 7:00pm -
- The Leadership Blog Interview: Rod Loy
Rod LoyBio: Rod Loy is Senior Pastor of First Assembly of God, North Little Rock, Arkansas. Under his leadership, First Assembly has seen significant growth in all areas including missions, attendance and outreach. His wife Cindy and two boys, Tyle…
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- Daily Quote: 2/7/08
Earn the right to expect others to keep their word by keeping yours. – Steve Ventura
- , 7 Feb 08, 10:57pm -
- Daily Thought: 2/4/08
Leaders don’t force people to follow – they invite them on a journey. – Charles S. Lauer
- , 5 Feb 08, 11:03am -
- Inspiring someone . . .
“Inspiring someone is awakening a viewpoint that realizes that something that seemed impossible can actually be done.” ~Harry Palmer
- , 7 Jan 08, 2:11pm -
- newCoach Morrison’s Journey
Coach Scott Morrison’s journey as an educator serves as a great lesson for all of us–no matter our profession or path. He was kind enough to share his experience with me and generous enough to give me permission to share it with you. (He’s th…
- 1 day ago, 17 May 12, 4:58pm -
- Party Like a Rock Star
You may not have heard the name, John Segall; you may know him as Jay Jay French. Still doesn’t ring a bell? OK, how about the band, Twisted Sister? Or their songs, “We’re Not Gonna Take It,” or “I Wanna Rock”? There you go! Twisted’s f…
- 22 days ago, 26 Apr 12, 2:39pm -
- The (Most?) Fundamental Leadership Question
Are you frustrated with some of the things you’re seeing around you at work? Do you wish that “those people” (whomever they might be) would just get their acts together and give you the resources, support, time, etc that you need to do what y…
- 28 days ago, 20 Apr 12, 5:43pm -
- newHow Far Do You See?
In the middle of the NBA playoffs, I found a great quotation from one of the greatest NBA players of all time. He’s talking about basketball players, but he is really talking to all of us. Read it for yourself. Read it as a leader. Read it a…
- 18 hours ago, 18 May 12, 8:53am -
- newHow to Hire Rock Stars
I put this slide on the screen yesterday, while giving a talk on hiring strategies for Choice Hotels International Convention. . . If you want to hire rock stars, you can’t wait until you have an opening to start thinking about hiring. Here’s…
- 3 days ago, 16 May 12, 7:37am -
- Leadership Lessons from Hamburger (Yes, Hamburger)
Perhaps this post will prove you can stretch a metaphor a long way (almost as far as a mother of six can stretch a pound of hamburger). The reality is that I decided to see what I could come up with because this week is National Hamburger Week. I…
- 5 days ago, 14 May 12, 6:00am -
- newHow of Happiness: FINAL Post--Sustaining Happiness
How to Sustain Happiness: It’s one thing to intellectually understand that which affects our happiness, but quite another to know how to do what we must to be happy.a. Practice gratitude, optimism and spirituality. And study all of the happin…
- 7 hours ago, 18 May 12, 7:41pm -
- newHow of Happiness: Post#12--Religion & Spirituality
Practice Religion and Spirituality: Religious people are happier, healthier and have more meaning in their lives. Maybe it’s the ritual of meeting together in congregations (social influence), perhaps the serenity that comes from prayer, or even th…
- 2 days ago, 16 May 12, 7:39pm -
- How of Happiness--Post#11--Goals
Commit to Goals: Pursuing goals is important because it gives you a feeling of control over your life, boosts self-esteem, adds structure to life, improves time management, and may socially connect us with others.a. Intrinsic goals (ones that a…
- 4 days ago, 14 May 12, 7:36pm -
- Women Behaving Badly
I have just posted a cultural reflection on the new show "Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23" on the Harvard Business Review Blog. My argument: that the main character Chloe is an important cultural development. Popular culture is our gender la…
- 18 days ago, 1 May 12, 12:31pm -
- Excavation Day #1: App Opps
I have a habit of jotting down ideas here and there, always with the certainty that I will come back to them and turn them into a post for this website. I have the best of intensions. But the ideas pile up. And I have the attention span of a gold…
- 24 days ago, 25 Apr 12, 9:16am -
- Making a culturematic of yourself (the Nick Sherrard way)
Everyone constructs an identity on line. Some do it with wit and panache. Others, mea culpa, are more plodding and less interesting. This morning I laughed out loud when I read Nick Sherrard's description of himself on Twitter. Note: CCTV refer…
- 31 days ago, 18 Apr 12, 12:38pm -
- Student Leadership Development 101
Marcy Shankman and Scott Allen would like to personally invite you to learn more about this valuable student leadership model in a live interactive online session on Thursday, June 9th, as part of The Jossey-Bass Student Leadership Development 101 O…
- 39 days ago, 9 Apr 12, 7:26pm -
- Developing Relationships
The ability to effectivily develop trusting relationships is at the core of effective leadership. However, it can also be extremely difficult when we do not naturally “click” with certain individuals. Leadership Scholar Bernard Bass said it this…
- 45 days ago, 4 Apr 12, 8:54am -
- Deliberate Practice
Whether its Emotionally Intelligent Leadership or Transformational Leadership, one’s mind naturally moves from the “what” of the theory to the “how” of development. I am a big fan of K. Anders Ericsson and enjoy thinking about how his wor…
- 73 days ago, 6 Mar 12, 1:58pm -
- What are you tired of being told a CIO should do?
So much of what is written about CIOs amounts to slight variations on a handful of themes: The need to align IT with business goals; the need to make IT a value center, not a cost center; the need to be transformative; the need to (brace yourself) do…
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- Why you should limit business intelligence to three data points
Sorting through massive volumes of data, separating out what's of value and delivering it to decision-makers at the right time in the right way are the ideas behind business intelligence. The way to turn those ideas into reality is by limiting yourse…
- , 29 May 11, 8:46pm -
- CIOs, business units are on the same team
A common refrain these days, among analysts and consultants, urges CIOs to become more involved in the business side of their organizations so that they can learn to play a more strategic role. I don't doubt that this is generally good advice, but i…
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- A Personal Touch
Many of you are likely subscribed to a number of feeds providing the latest blog posts on executive career management, Monster’s job posts or a daily inspirational article. Recently, I opened one of hundreds of articles that I have been subscribed…
- 11 days ago, 7 May 12, 3:38pm -
- Are you looking for a job, a position or your passion?
Whether you are looking for a job, a position or the role you are passionate about, the goal is ultimately the same and so to is the key to success; you must be absolutely clear on what the job, position or passion entails! Exactly what does it look…
- 17 days ago, 2 May 12, 12:42pm -
- Simplify Your Email Address
It is not always easy to establish an email address using your given name especially if your name happens to be John Smith or Jane Brown. When altering your name to acquire an available email address careful consideration should be given to avoid con…
- 22 days ago, 26 Apr 12, 5:16pm -
- 4 Businesses With Minimal Startup Costs
Starting your own business is less daunting than you might think, and you can do it without incurring significant start-up costs. Because the risk of failure is high with home-based businesses, initiating one with low out-of-pocket expenses is a shre…
- 76 days ago, 3 Mar 12, 4:12pm -
- Net neutrality for dummies
The arguments for and against so-called “net-neutrality” are mind-numbing in complexity – almost impossible to untangle in anything less than a mid-sized book. I have read extensively on the subject, but still cannot completely grasp all of the…
- , 2 May 10, 12:55pm -
- The money that is sold, is you
This was a tough video to post, but the reality is true. We are pushing all of our debt onto our children. Personally, I wouldn’t mind taking on a little more pain today if I thought my children would be spared at least some discomfort in the futur…
- , 21 Apr 10, 10:37pm -
- Update from Bill: Announcing Practically Radical!
It is with great pleasure that I announce that my next book, Practically Radical, will be released on January 4, 2011—the first business day of the New Year. To learn more about the book, and to stay connected in the weeks leading up to its release…
- , 13 Oct 10, 8:30am -
- A Message from Bill: Where to Find Me in 2010
Mavericks at Work was launched in October 2006—shockingly, at least for us, more than three years ago now. The book’s acceptance and impact continues to amaze and delight both Polly and me. It’s been translated into all sorts of languages all a…
- , 13 Jan 10, 2:28pm -
- Is “Too Big to Fail” The Same as Too Big to Succeed?
Over on my Practically Radical blog, I report on my recent conversation with Jack Welch, in front of a conference of several thousand bankers in Boston, and consider the question of whether size in and of itself is a strategy. Check it out here–it…
- , 10 Nov 09, 1:17pm -
- Organizational “How”
Wouldn't it be nice if it organizational institutionalization was as easy as making a pronouncement of the change, waving your magic wand, saying a few words channeled through your inner warlock, and poof! the change was made. Sadly the real world i…
- , 16 Aug 11, 6:14am -
- What Professionals Do
...which describes the essential ingredients to what serves as not only differentiators in your workforce, but the "difference makers". I believe the few people that get the lion's share of work done exhibit these behaviors. Being a professional invo…
- , 4 Jul 11, 3:49pm -
- Move to Information Trumping Process
...This is not as obvious as some of the trends that we see all around us, but I have no doubt about its certainty. In many ways this is a natural outgrowth of several other trends we are in the midst of... Continue reading →
- , 25 Apr 11, 1:44am -
- newInstituto Tecnológico de Monterrey
Tom is speaking today in El Paso for the Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey. This superb technical university...
- 7 hours ago, 18 May 12, 7:04pm -
- newTLBT Video #76Excellence: Tuck in the Shower Curtain
A new video is available on YouTube, the latest in The Little BIG Things series. This video presents Tom's lesson...
- 3 days ago, 16 May 12, 8:52am -
- Today, 2:00 p.m.Office Hours with Dan Pink
Ask Tom "anything you want," during his session with Dan Pink on the Pink Blog, today, Monday, 14 May, at...
- 5 days ago, 14 May 12, 11:52am -
- The School For Perfect Eyesight In Pondicherry – A Review
In my quest to know whether shortsightedness can be cured by Bates method, I scoured the Internet and got the contact details of The School For Perfect Eyesight in Pondicherry, a charity institution run by Sri Aurobindo Ashram, which is giving free…
- 5 days ago, 14 May 12, 1:00pm -
- School For Perfect Eyesight, Pondicherry. Contact, Map, Website
The renowned charity institution that I mentioned in the earlier post “Can Shortsightedness Be Cured By William Bates Method?” is “The School for Perfect Eyesight, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, India.” If you are interested in trying yo…
- 26 days ago, 23 Apr 12, 2:20pm -
- Can Shortsightedness (Myopia) Be Cured By William Bates Method?
Life has been peaceful until last June when my son, Rahul (see the photo below), complained of being unable to see the blackboard at school, incidentally on his sixth birthday on June 18, 2011. I was doubtful of a minor vision problem with him since…
- 33 days ago, 16 Apr 12, 8:00am -
- newThe leader’s dilemma – Today’s outcomes or tomorrow’s growth
Today's sales leaders have a constant battle - to they focus on today's outcomes or tomorrow's growth. This story about Julie, a bright, well-educated leader, illustrates the answer. Julie was brought into to turn around one of the divisions of a p…
- 3 days ago, 16 May 12, 7:54am -
- 6 Steps To Conflict Resolution
Conflict is inevitable. How you resolve conflict is critical. Handling it effectively a key to success but handling it poorly is the roadmap to further conflict. Robert Pagliarini the founder of Richer Life a community of passionate people who want…
- 5 days ago, 14 May 12, 7:41am -
- Why you can't "manage" your way to sustainable growth
As we lead our sales teams, we do everything in our power to hit our sales goals and grow our business. We define processes so we can have efficient execution. We employ never ending searches for time saving, cutting edge technologies. We devel…
- 10 days ago, 9 May 12, 7:30am -
- Should we be starting single sex Innovation Labs?
Stephen Dubner of “Freaknomics” fame recently tackled an interesting aspect of innovation on the NPR show “Marketplace” . In the show he pointed to a patent gap – namely the gender gap in patent applications. Apparently women are only respo…
- 39 days ago, 10 Apr 12, 8:00am -
- Getting Inside the Game – The promise of Gamification in the Enterprise
You’ve probably started hearing the terms “Gamification” or “Game Mechanics” in increasing frequency in your corporate hallways of late. This is especially so if I’ve been working with you, as Gamification theory and practice (not to be c…
- 65 days ago, 15 Mar 12, 1:24pm -
- The Key Ingredient to visionary Open Innovation
“Go forth and Innovate” – whilst I have yet to hear those immortal words actually uttered by any senior executive (at least not without tongue-in-cheek) – it is the virtual call to arms that many Innovation execs receive nowadays. The resulti…
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- Can you turn around a problem employee in just 5 questions?
Do you have any problem employees, ones that you wish you could either fix or fire? Wondering how best to work with them to push them one way or the other, so they’ll either get better…or get out? Of COURSE you have problem employees. We ALL have…
- , 17 Feb 11, 12:00pm -
- Change
“New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.” Obviously it’s not a new problem, since the above was written by John Locke in 1690, and I’m sure you’ve come up aga…
- , 29 Dec 10, 2:15am -
- 3 Gifts for You
I don’t have inspiring warm stories from my childhood or wisdom imparted to me by parents or relatives to share with you, but I will share three gifts I gave myself. I grew up in a judgmental world and those judgments came from many directions—fa…
- , 22 Dec 10, 2:15am -
- The Best Advice I Ever Got
Robin Sharma shares with you some of the best advice that he's ever received to do fantastic work and create the life of your dreams.
- 35 days ago, 13 Apr 12, 9:29pm -
- The 44 Master Moves of Remarkable Entrepreneurs
Robin Sharma shares 44 of his best ideas and insights to help you shatter any limits that are holding you back from becoming a Remarkable Entrepreneur – and building a fantastic company so you get to live the life of your dreams.
- 51 days ago, 28 Mar 12, 10:05pm -
- Fast Lessons for Smart Entrepreneurs
Robin Sharma shares with you valuable insights to grow a great company.
- 53 days ago, 26 Mar 12, 9:08pm -
- Not Just a Job: Seeing (and Accepting) The Higher Calling of Leadership
I remember the first time I became a leader. I was in eighth grade, and we were in the middle of tryouts for the upcoming middle-school football season. The previous year I had languished as an unhappy (and very ineffective) left guard, and the t…
- 5 days ago, 13 May 12, 5:53pm -
- The 12 Essential Traits of The Modern-Day Leader
What does it take to be a successful leader in the 21st Century? This is a question that has already filled the “Management/Leadership” shelves in the local (and virtual) bookstores many times over – and we’re only 12 years into this century.…
- 12 days ago, 6 May 12, 6:33pm -
- Great Leadership And The Wisdom Of Chocolate Covered Kale
Like many others here in Portland I’ve been increasing my consumption of a certain vegetable – one that has magical powers. “It’s a superfood!”, the stores proclaim. Low calorie, low fat, high in essential vitamins and minerals, etc, et…
- 19 days ago, 29 Apr 12, 3:54pm -
- newEvery Accomplishment Requires This
“Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.” – Unknown Every Accomplishment Requires This is a post from: JonathanPearson.netEvery Accomplishment Requires This is a post from: JonathanPearson.net
- 19 hours ago, 18 May 12, 8:00am -
- newWhat Young People Think About the Bible
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 5:00am -
- 10 Best Podcasts from Twitter
A few weeks ago, I threw out this question on twitter… What’s the one podcast you’d recommend to anyone? Here are the top 10 responses I got back (keep in mind, I haven’t listened to all of these and can’t endorse any of them)… 1. Boundle…
- 4 days ago, 15 May 12, 5:00am -
- Leadership and Storytelling
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Leadership and storytelling go hand-in-hand. In fact, leaders who lack the ability to leverage the power and influence of storytelling are missing the very essence of what accounts for compelling leader…
- 8 days ago, 11 May 12, 2:34am -
- Leadership & The Power of Listening
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Great leaders are great listeners, and therefore my message today is a simple one – talk less and listen more. The best leaders are proactive, strategic, and intuitive listeners. They recognize kno…
- 12 days ago, 7 May 12, 2:25am -
- Is Blogging Dead?
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth I read an interesting article in Inc. Magazine entitled “Where Have All the Bloggers Gone?” If you read this article it would lead you to believe blogging is in decline and on it’s way out as a ma…
- 19 days ago, 30 Apr 12, 2:53am -
- newThe War For Talent – Friday Distraction
While today’s cartoon from Kronos brought a smile to my face, it reminded me of a serious post. John Sumser over at HR Examiner wrote a great article earlier this week about the War for Talent. I know, I know – it’s an overused and abused phras…
- 21 hours ago, 18 May 12, 5:40am -
- newAsk HR Bartender: Veterans Returning To the Workplace
A reader shares a tough situation regarding a veteran: I recently encountered a situation where a veteran was hired with a firm that took advantage of the tax credit for doing so. She was then released at the end of the fiscal quarter after glowing p…
- 3 days ago, 16 May 12, 5:30am -
- 5 Social Media Shortcuts to Help You Be More Productive
Social media is a great thing. It allows us to connect with others and learn new things that will benefit our professional lives. But it can also be a huge time drain. Our time on social media must be optimized, so when we’re using it, we get the m…
- 5 days ago, 14 May 12, 5:40am -
- Knowing the difference between players and pretenders
If you’ve ever led people, you’ve come across followers who would rather act the part than do their part. Those people are pretenders, and while they can sometimes masquerade as players, there are ways to tell the two apart. It’s important to f…
- 5 days ago, 14 May 12, 12:00pm -
- Weekly Leader Podcast Episode 87 – Hap Klopp, Conquering The North Face: An Adventure in Leadership
This week Peter speaks with Hap Klopp, ex CEO of The North Face and author of Conquering The North Face: An Adventure in Leadership plus Pam’s Research Report of the Week about diversity in top leadership teams and more great podsafe music from W…
- 5 days ago, 13 May 12, 11:26pm -
- Learn From Failure | Chief Learning Officer [del.icio.us]
Instead, learning leaders should look for areas where calculated failures will bear dividends — both individually, in terms of leadership development, and organizationally — as a means to spark innovation, growth and organizational performance
- 6 days ago, 12 May 12, 8:51pm -
- Fanatic Discipline and Productive Paranoia: Notes From ASTD Day One [del.icio.us]
The real crisis we are facing – whether it’s in our organizations or in society at large – isn’t the continued sluggish economy. It’s a lack of transformational leaders.
- 6 days ago, 12 May 12, 8:49pm -
- When Your Employees Know More Than You
Managing today's highly skilled professionals takes special skills — and not the ones that you may think. Oftentimes, knowledge workers...
- , 20 Jul 10, 3:20pm -
- Learn to Embrace the Tension of Diversity
As leaders, the rich diversity of culture and thought around the world is one of our greatest resources — if...
- , 16 Jun 10, 11:55am -
- Sharing Leadership to Maximize Talent
With global expansion, intra- and inter-industry restructuring, and increasing numbers of merging organizations, the need for dynamic flexibility and a...
- , 26 May 10, 9:15am -
- newLeadership Caffeine Podcast-Executive Coach Mary Jo Asmus
There’s a secret to why I have so much fun producing this podcast. I only interview people who fascinate and inspire with their ideas. The subject of this interview, , Executive Coach, business owner at Aspire CS and popular leadership blogger, Mar…
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 9:00am -
- New Leader Tuesday-Gaining Critical Context for Your Team’s Mission
Many first-time leaders are given the equivalent of “battlefield” promotions with no more context than, “You’ve done a great job, you’re in charge.” If you end up on the receiving side of this “Go get ‘em Tiger,” philosophy of lead…
- 4 days ago, 15 May 12, 10:05am -
- Just One Thing-Vary Your Routine For A Change
Routines are comfortable..and at the risk of being redundant, habit forming. Eventually, routines become mind numbing. Here are five ideas to help jump-start your thoughts on breaking the routine:
- 5 days ago, 14 May 12, 10:23am -
- newA Simple but Important Life Lesson from Facebook’s IPO
Facebook was only formed 8 years ago.It's now making over 3.7 billion in annual revenue. Expected to raise 13+ billion in it's IPO (depending on which report you read).Think about it like this... in less than 8 years Facebook has changed the worl…
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 8:02am -
- Perfection, Permission, and Other P Words You Don’t Need
PerfectionI’m convinced that one of the things that robs many of us from DOING (creating, executing ideas, shipping, launching, etc.) is a pursuit for Perfection. It’s that internal voice that causes us to hesitate, to question, to second guess,…
- 21 days ago, 28 Apr 12, 10:32am -
- Great Things Come to Those Who Act
GOOD things do come to those who wait, but I’m of the opinion than GREAT things come to those who act.You Might Also Like:Stop Waiting for PerfectionPerfection, Permission, and Other P Words You Don’t NeedOvercome Self Sabotage in 2011
- 81 days ago, 28 Feb 12, 12:17pm -
- Judgment Calls provides Balance in Leadership Stories
Thomas Davenport and Brook Manville offer a counterpoint toward balance with their "12 stories of big decisions and the teams that got them right."
- 25 days ago, 23 Apr 12, 2:52pm -
- Roles of Gender and Empathy in Leadership
I work with leaders – mostly males - helping their team "play nice in the same company sandbox." One area in which they have particular difficulty is empathy, understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the fee…
- 58 days ago, 21 Mar 12, 4:46pm -
- With Daughters in Mind
With our daughters in mind, we must protect, not just their right, but their ability to participate in public discourse and democratic process – especially if we do not agree with what they have to say.
- 73 days ago, 7 Mar 12, 11:23am -
- Innovation: A Path To Talent Development?
The following is a guest post by Lewisa Anciano and Amanda Fenton. Companies everywhere are facing increased competition and diminishing returns. We’re told “Innovate or die”. Almost every company I know would say they are trying to innovate th…
- 4 days ago, 15 May 12, 10:30am -
- Do You Dare Your Employees To Dream?
I’ve written a number of times about the importance empathy, passion, and fostering a sense of shared purpose plays in our ability to succeed through our collective efforts, ideas that are normally considered too touchy-feely or soft to be of any p…
- 11 days ago, 8 May 12, 10:30am -
- Are You Waiting For Permission to Grow?
The following is a guest post by Darcy Eikenberg. “We’ve cut back on our training—nothing I can do about that.” “Our conference budgets have been cut, so it’ll be hard for me to stay current.” “My manager doesn’t know any more than…
- 18 days ago, 1 May 12, 10:30am -
- newThese 3 Words!
These 3 Words above are all that I have today, tomorrow and yesterday. ~Scott These 3 Words! is a post from: Big Is The New SmallThese 3 Words! is a post from: Big Is The New Small
- 14 hours ago, 18 May 12, 12:39pm -
- new10 Ways To Make Leadership Simple
Although there are thousands of leadership books, millions of leadership gurus, leadership isn’t something you can simply read about… you have to do it. So many people talk a great leadership theory however their application is flawed and that’…
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 9:21am -
- How To Achieve Greatness
There always seem to be discussions surrounding the word greatness and how one can become great. Questions like: How does an organization become great? How do athletes become great? How do you achieve greatness? The simple answer is: Hard work, pushi…
- 3 days ago, 15 May 12, 10:42pm -
- Any day now, I’ll be a dad for the first time. Then again, I’ve been one for years.
So my wife is 4 days overdue. I haven’t really talked about it here or online much, not because I haven’t wanted to but I just haven’t really go around to it for one reason or another. So here we are – any day now my wonderful wife will give…
- , 21 Apr 11, 7:49am -
- Whether you say you can or you can’t, you’re right.
I was having dinner with some people the other week and no matter what I said, they always retorted with a negative. It reminded of what John Maxwell said: Whether you say you can or you can’t, your’re right. You get the idea here: your attitude…
- , 7 Apr 11, 4:00am -
- Video: Chrysler Creates a Common Enemy
Never underestimate the power of having an enemy to unite people. And certainly never underestimate how much the underdog brings people together. Chrysler did this really well at the Super Bowl with this now famous advert featuring Eminem. Watch it.…
- , 3 Apr 11, 5:17am -
- newThought-full Thursday: Honesty and Kindness
Every Thursday, we provide you with a thoughtful way to coach yourself – something all leaders need to do. So take five, enjoy the quote and reflect on the questions that follow. Your comments and answers to the questions are always welcome! …
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 8:02am -
- newTaming Your Shrew
I’m a fan of healthy workplaces that appreciate that we are all human and rich emotional lives come with our humanity – so why not let our emotions show? Yet for a leader, showing your anger in a way that tears others down can be destructive t…
- 3 days ago, 16 May 12, 7:42am -
- In Praise of Compelling Meetings
We hear a lot about how we need to get rid of meetings in our organizations. I would argue that we need to get rid of poorly planned and executed meetings. We still need good meetings; they are a way for everyone to be involved and engaged in dial…
- 5 days ago, 13 May 12, 3:06pm -
- Serve to Lead Blog Has Moved to www.jamesstrock.com
The Serve to Lead blog is now located at www.jamesstrock.com. The posts on this blog will remain here for the time being. The older posts are also available at the new site. Thank you for your support. jms
- , 2 Jul 11, 1:49pm -
- Is FDA Regulation Due for 21st Century Update? Thoughts Prompted by Seth Godin
Seth Godin has penned a provocative post, 'The Ethics of Sunscreen.' Godin points out that 80,000 people have died of skin cancer in the USA over the past decade. In that same period, the FDA has been engaged in a...
- , 29 Jun 11, 7:18pm -
- Weekly Quotation: George Orwell on Leadership
We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. *** Would you like to receive the Serve to Lead® newsletter? It highlights the best material from this blog,...
- , 29 Jun 11, 7:06pm -
- newWhen Do Leaders Need to Be Patient?
Is patience a desirable leadership trait? Monica Diaz (@monedays) asked this question recently on Linked In. While my immediate response was absolutely, I think it’s important for us to be mindful of whether we are being patient for a higher…
- 1 day ago, 17 May 12, 4:00pm -
- The Key to Starting on Time
Are you frustrated by people who show up late? Does it make you crazy when you show up on time, but others don’t, leaving you waiting? Forget the incentives, the punishments and the gimmicks. Lead by example instead. There is a key principal you…
- 11 days ago, 8 May 12, 7:00am -
- Are You A Muse for Magnificence?
Is there someone who has believed in you even when you have gone through the dark days of self doubt? Is there anyone in your life who listens for the best in you even when you are at your worst? They might even be tough on you, not out of judgement,…
- 18 days ago, 1 May 12, 7:27am -
- What Tim Draper Looks For In A Startup
Last week, I attended the startup conference in Mountain View, CA. It was the center of the startup universe. There was even Startup Village, a trade show meets speed dating center, where CEOs or techies pitched their ideas and prototypes....
- 8 days ago, 10 May 12, 6:09pm -
- About my new venture: Net Minds
It's time for me to spill the beans about a startup I've co-founded. The company is called Net Minds, and we are a networking service that partners authors with all the talents they need to produce great books that are...
- 12 days ago, 7 May 12, 12:57pm -
- Why Lunch Is A Bad Setting For Real Business
One of worst techniques you'll pick up in business is "let's do lunch." It sounds like a great device for conducting business, be it a pitch or project work. Often, your offer is accepted, after all, we have to eat!...
- 23 days ago, 26 Apr 12, 11:37am -
- A Factory of One
If you missed our most recent webinar called “A Factory of One“ you can watch a replay of it here.It was excellent and I…Related posts:Leadership Lessons from the Cheesecake FactoryWebinar Replay: Using SPC to Make Better Management Decisi…
- 23 days ago, 26 Apr 12, 10:17am -
- Caine’s Arcade
I second Dan in saying this may be the best 11 minutes of your day. If you want to be inspired – and…Related posts:Leader Standard Work – Part 1Applying TPS Beyond the ShopfloorI Want to Be Like Benny
- 33 days ago, 16 Apr 12, 2:10pm -
- Webinar Replay: Using SPC to Make Better Management Decisions
Update: This webinar can now only be seen by subscribers to the Complete Lean Package.In this pre-recorded webinar, Mark Graban, author of Lean Hospitals…No related posts.
- 53 days ago, 27 Mar 12, 12:09pm -
- newOn Leadership, Being Right or Just Making it Right
It took me a couple of years of being a leader to get to the point of maturity where I could readily admit this humble truth about “being right”: It just doesn’t matter who is right (my company or the customer). On Being Right To get to this po…
- 1 day ago, 17 May 12, 6:16pm -
- newLeaders: Are you Building a “Bridge to Nowhere?”
Many people have heard of the infamous “bridge to nowhere” in Alaska that became a veritable hockey puck in the 2008 U.S. presidential election and occasionally reemerges in the current election cycle. In fact one Republican candidate used the…
- 2 days ago, 16 May 12, 7:00pm -
- Leaders: How to Be a Successful CEO
The Social Network movie gave a behind-the-scenes story on Mark Zuckerberg telling how he dropped out of Harvard while developing Facebook and has become one of the most famous, powerful, and youngest CEOs in the world. How has he done this? Leaders…
- 3 days ago, 15 May 12, 11:33pm -
- Nancy Duarte on How to Tell a Great Story
At Catalyst Dallas, Nancy Duarte of Duarte Design discussed how to tell a great story. We are all born with the desire to do something that changes the world. You can have a bad idea and communicate it well, and it will be adopted. You can have a gr…
- 8 days ago, 11 May 12, 10:12am -
- Matt Chandler on the Importance of Affection for Jesus Christ
At Catalyst Dallas, Matt Chandler of The Village Church (Flower Mound, TX) discussed the importance of affection for Christ. My (Matt) hope for you through this talk is a greater affection for Jesus Christ. I am drawn to passages that seem intimate…
- 8 days ago, 10 May 12, 9:33pm -
- Jud Wilhite on the Roller Coaster of Ministry
At Catalyst Dallas, Jud Wilhite of Central Christian Church (Henderson, NV) discussed the roller coaster of ministry and leadership. Maybe things are going great for your ministry and then a team member has a moral failing. Maybe the offering report…
- 8 days ago, 10 May 12, 4:25pm -
- Recession recovery blues
If the downturn is receding, why is my mood indigo?By Stanley BingFORTUNE -- Spring has sprung. The grass is riz. So it's reasonable to ask where the birdies is. Because I don't know about you, but I don't see no birdies. I'm tense. I'm nervous. I…
- 17 days ago, 2 May 12, 5:00am -
- Your taxing IRS FAQ
No taxation without obfuscation. It's the American way.By Stanley BingFORTUNE -- This document will help you understand the United States Internal Revenue Code, Title 26 of the U.S. Code (26 USC) as you prepare to file your 2011 returns. Fitting t…
- 38 days ago, 11 Apr 12, 11:17am -
- B-School confidential
Will the next generation of MBAs be up to the task of running our great commercial enterprises?By Stanley BingFORTUNE -- I dropped by a famous business school the other day to do what death eaters do when we go to feast on the souls of the young.…
- 59 days ago, 21 Mar 12, 5:00am -
- Hiatus
This blog is on hiatus, but you can follow me on Twitter and at DIY Drones, where I’m posting daily. I’ll use this blog for occasional longer pieces that don’t fit either of those two other spots.
- , 12 Dec 09, 2:50am -
- The Long Tail of Travel
For a recent speech to a travel company, we pulled together some data on the changing shape of travel due to low-cost carriers, online travel information and social-media driven word of mouth taking tourists beyond the usual top destinations. As...
- , 2 Oct 09, 7:27pm -
- Is this how the singularity happens?
This was one of those freaky moments when the future sneaks up and smacks you. I was on a plane earlier this week and took a break from work to watch the movie while they served dinner. It was Terminator...
- , 27 Sep 09, 2:59pm -
- Svbtle – Simple Ideas
Hey all, Dustin Curtis asked me to join his Svbtle Network, and I accepted. For the near future, I will be posting over there at Learntoduck.net. Go check out my first post, Your Early Adopters Don’t Matter.
- 44 days ago, 5 Apr 12, 2:22am -
- Why an Accelerator?
This am, I got an email from Nicole who runs Techstars Boulder reminding the mentors that Friday is the last day to apply. “Cool,” I thought, “I’ll just tweet that out.” But right before hitting send, I got an email from an entrepreneur wit…
- 67 days ago, 12 Mar 12, 5:48pm -
- You Can Keep Your I Love Yous
The greatest gift you can give an entrepreneur is creative criticism. The greatest skill an entrepreneur can have is critical listening. I was going to write a long post (and now that I have started writing, I will probably end up being long-winded)…
- 75 days ago, 4 Mar 12, 8:52pm -
- newFriday Musings in the Fire Zone
by Yvonne DiVita It's raining smoke here. There's a 7300 acre fire outside of Fort Collins. Fort Collins is a few miles from where I live. Far enough that I can't see the fire or the smoke, but close enough that the air quality in my neighborhood is…
- 16 hours ago, 18 May 12, 10:18am -
- newProduct Review: Reader Choice
Which product would like to see us review here on Lipsticking?
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 9:32am -
- newMom's Reflections on Graduation Day 2012
By Guest Blogger, Donna DeClemente, Donna's Promo Talk Today my oldest daugher, Kelsey, is graduating from college. When I post this we should be in route to Yankee Stadium in the Bronx to attend the graduation ceremony of the 2012 Class of New York…
- 3 days ago, 16 May 12, 8:12am -
- Jeffrey Hayzlett Book Interview – Running the Gauntlet : Essential Business Lessons to Lead, Drive Change, and Grow Profits
In the highly anticipated follow up to The Mirror Test, Jeffrey Hayzlett now brings us Running the Gauntlet: Essential Business Lessons to Lead, Drive Change, and Grow Profits due from McGraw-Hill in January 2012. Over the past few years I’ve gotte…
- , 29 Nov 11, 3:17pm -
- Harvey Mackay Book Interview : THE MACKAY MBA OF SELLING IN THE REAL WORLD
Last year Harvey Mackay visited Chicago for a media tour for his previous book last year and I got to travel from media outlet to media outlet with him for a day as he did so. The experience would be hard to describe beyond that it will never be forg…
- , 29 Nov 11, 12:27pm -
- Alan Weiss Interview – Million Dollar Referrals Book
Alan Weiss has written over 45 books. Absorb that for a minute. That is a heck of alot of books. His latest is Million Dollar Referrals (McGraw- Hill). A timely title about one of the most unique marketing art forms, referrals. Why timely? With const…
- , 6 Nov 11, 11:20pm -
- newRichard Feynman Explains the PDSA Cycle
Ok, really Richard Feynman Explains the scientific method. But his thoughts make the similarity between the PDSA cycle and the scientific method obvious. 1) Plan, hypothesis. You make a guess about a theory (in using the PDSA cycle this step … Cont…
- 1 day ago, 17 May 12, 9:01pm -
- Management Improvement Blog Carnival #166
Tim McMahon is hosting the Management Improvement Blog Carnival #166, highlights include: Performance Organizations – Art Smalley answers why is there such a resistance to creating learning organizations and why are leaders letting the future deter…
- 8 days ago, 11 May 12, 12:19am -
- Long Term Thinking with Respect for People
Toyota nearly went bankrupt near 1950 and had to lay off a third of their employees. A huge focus of the Toyota Production System as envisioned by Taiichi Ohno was to secure the long term success of the company. The … Continue reading →
- 10 days ago, 9 May 12, 5:48am -
- Free Webinar: Customer Centricity – is it a Panacea or a Pipe-Dream?
UPDATED 7 MAY 2012 – If you missed our recent webinar about the importance of developing a customer centric organisation to succeed in today’s challenging market place you can access the webinar recording as a video, the slides and an MP3 of the…
- 26 days ago, 23 Apr 12, 1:22am -
- 7 Irish Facebook Timeline Cover Images Celebrating St Patricks Day
If you joined me for one of my Facebook Timeline webinars in the last couple of weeks, you will know how impactful your Facebook cover image can be in sharing your brand story. I thought I would explore how Irish Facebook Pages have celebrated St Pat…
- 62 days ago, 18 Mar 12, 11:17am -
- Win A Ticket To Attend The Techovate Conference, Wexford 21-22 March 2012
If you have not already heard about the terrific conference that is taking place this week in Wexford for small and medium enterprises looking for guidance on how to accelerate your business using technology, you will want to check out the Techovate…
- 62 days ago, 17 Mar 12, 5:30pm -
- newSupporting Your Business: An Interview With Eibhlin Curley Of Dublin City Enterprise Board
In this interview with Eibhlin Curley of Dublin City Enterprise Board, we look at the supports provided by the thirty-five Enterprise Boards in general and by the Dublin City Enterprise Board in particular.
- 14 hours ago, 18 May 12, 12:15pm -
- newLeadership Advice For Groupon's Beer-Guzzling CEO
I know this guy is trying to be a cool, casual, techie-type who should not be held to the dull practices of ordinary business leaders, but I think he is starting to realize it’s time to put the beer down, stop complaining and take charge.
- 1 day ago, 18 May 12, 12:14am -
- newFly High With Flyers!
Let’s say a man is randomly handing out flyers in a park one Sunday afternoon. After politely looking at its [...]
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 10:13am -
- Bad Times Happen
Yes, things have been pretty quiet around here lately. There’s a reason (or series of reasons) for that. And it’s prompted me to write a post about something that not many people talk about in the business world – especially not the online busi…
- , 15 Jan 12, 2:39pm -
- Something for the Weekend: 29th October 2011
For those of you keeping track, there was no Something for the Weekend last week. Quite simply, I didn’t read or watch anything business-related online. I was away visiting family and friends and stayed offline as much as possible. This week it’s…
- , 30 Oct 11, 5:30pm -
- Best Business Podcasts for a Long Drive and Maintaining Sanity
Over the last few weeks I have done a hell of a lot of driving to see family and friends. Unlike many people I know, I actually like driving long distances, which is just as well since I choose to live in Plymouth which is miles from anywhere. You kn…
- , 20 Oct 11, 8:21am -
- newI Am The 1% (Why Self-Coaching Matters)
No, not that 1%. But I am the the 1% in another way: My coaching clients and students typically talk with me for 60 to 90 minutes every two weeks--approximately 1% of their working hours. So 99% of the time...
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 1:01pm -
- newThe Work and The Job
We often talk about "my work" and "my job" as if they're interchangeable concepts, but it's important to distinguish between them. I define "work" as a vocation--a calling or a personal mission that provides us with an intrinsic sense of...
- 3 days ago, 16 May 12, 4:14am -
- Dan Oestreich Interviews Me
Dan Oestreich is a coach I respect immensely, and when he asked to interview me for the March issue of his newsletter, I couldn't agree fast enough. He graciously agreed to let me re-post our interview here, and the results...
- 57 days ago, 23 Mar 12, 12:56am -
- newIf a Member of Your Community is Promoting Activities That Make You Uncomfortable, Don’t Ignore It
photo credit: Tambako the Jaguar Recently, a new member on PhotoshopForums.com posted a request where they were looking for someone to take a picture of a paper sign with some girls name on it and then make it look like a guy in a different photo was…
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 1:58pm -
- 90% of Conversations in Social Media About Banking Occur in Online Forums
photo credit: in search for a new country of residence Recently, Jason Falls shared an interesting fact with me. According to his research, collected through NetBase, 90% of the trackable conversations occurring online around banks and bank products…
- 5 days ago, 14 May 12, 12:42pm -
- How to Properly Use the Word “Forums” and the Term “Online Community”
photo credit: avlxyz Once in a while, I run across an article that uses the word “forums” or the term “online community” in a weird, misleading way. What disappoints me most is when someone does this when they are claiming to have expertise i…
- 8 days ago, 10 May 12, 4:28pm -
- September/October Events
September brings a number of outstanding legal marketing events that you might be interested in attending: LMA Legal Marketing Technology Conference September 15, San Francisco CA Great line up of legal marketing veterans and technology thought leade…
- , 12 Sep 11, 3:08pm -
- Is a top level domain name worth $185,00?
David Snow of ALM polls legal marketers, CIOs and me about the value of TLDs for law firms in his article "How High a Price?"
- , 2 Aug 11, 4:41pm -
- A Lawyer in Uzbekistan? We’ve Got That
Joining a law firm network can bring you referrals, connect you with co-counsel around the world and even provide a legitimate reason for interesting and productive travel. Sound like it's for you and your firm? Could be. This morning, marketing...
- , 25 Jul 11, 11:38am -
- Incredible News for All Anderson & Anderson Certified Providers
We are excited to announce that we are embarking on an aggressive marketing campaign to benefit all of our Certified Anger Management Facilitators (CAMF). We are adding two new part-time staff to focus exclusively on marketing our providers, our s…
- 3 days ago, 15 May 12, 9:15pm -
- Factors To Consider In Choosing A Program for “disruptive physicians”.
Posted on February 25, 2011 by George Anderson Physicians who are mandated to attend classes or coaching for “disruptive behavior” frequently perceive themselves to be under assault from their State Medical Boards, Credential Committees, Human Re…
- 7 days ago, 11 May 12, 6:39pm -
- Anderson & Anderson to offer its’ Anger Management Facilitator Certification in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Good morning Mr. Anderson! My name is Charles Leduc and I obtained my CAMF (Certified Anger Management Facilitator is a trademark of Anderson & Anderson) through your amazing program a year ago. Since then, I developed and implemented your program…
- 10 days ago, 9 May 12, 2:19pm -
- 6 Reasons Why Leaders Don’t Fire Employees, but Should
In coaching leaders I find one of the most difficult areas for them to overcome is firing one of their direct reports. Over the years I have come to see six clear barriers for them to overcome to move forward on a decision that they have been avoidin…
- 3 days ago, 15 May 12, 3:30pm -
- 13 Ways to Crush Creativity
'Culture eats strategy for breakfast' it is said. When you think of creativity, you often think of ways to promote it! This post looks at the many ways that your organizations culture can prevent it from ever happening.
- 5 days ago, 14 May 12, 9:22am -
- 14 Tips for Leading an Efficient and Effective Meeting
Communicate the importance of attendance, participation, and punctuality. If key staff members don’t show up, cancel the meeting. If their absence has been approved in advance, have them delegate their decision-making responsibility to someone else…
- 9 days ago, 10 May 12, 9:48am -
- Winning Workplaces Update
After careful consideration, Winning Workplaces has concluded that it will not be carrying out the 2012 Top Small Company Workplaces competition with Inc. Magazine. In 2010 and 2011 we collaborated with Inc. on this recognition project honoring sma…
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- Essential Reading After Release of 2011 Cisco Connected World Technology Report
If your company needs or wants to do a better job of investing in your workplace to attract the best young talent, the 2011 Cisco Connected World Technology Report that the networking and communications giant released today is required reading. An i…
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- Saying Thank You: Weighing the Costs and Benefits
Christopher Wallace is Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Amsterdam Printing, a leading provider of personalized promotional pens and other personalized items such as imprinted apparel and mugs and customized calendars. In the following gues…
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