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When I ask you to listen to me......
One of the key skills that is often lost with the pressure of time is listening, I was reminded of that tonight during a wonderful one-way, one sided "conversation" that I soooo enjoyed! I have a poem...
Creating a Better Understanding of Social Change
I was reading this week about the development of the EU and came across this quote from Dimitris Chryssochoou. The quote is about theory but I believe that as leaders - or indeed brand managers if we ...
Words from Donald Trump
I was reading an interview with Donald Trump in Success magazine and loved this question that he asks himself regularly "What am I pretending not to see?" I can think of so many times as a young manag...
Modernising Famous Quotes .... A Lesson in Communication
I love quotes and often wonder with all the business, marketing and PR jargon would the old quotes sound the same if they were said in the modern way? Just think of how Martin Luther King Jnr and Wins...
What makes you a leader?
Here are my thoughts I used to use to assess leadership potential Do they love people enough, not only to give the positive feedback but also the tough feedback to help them grow? Do they focus on whe...
6 Business Myths Busted!
After over 20 years in business, I smile at how phrases are used by leaders and managers - often, I think for justification - which are either myths or just clearly wrong. So here are my top 6 phrases...
Difference Between Disengaged and Engaged Employees
HR Solutions has just issued a press release about the main differences between disengaged and engaged employees. In simple terms don't 'dis' your team! DEVALUE or IGNORE or SILENCE Oooh even the word...
Let People Prove You Right, The Power of Belief
It was 1978 and I was feeling sad, walking round the golf course with Dad. I hadn't really started playing then, just watching Dad "hack" his way round the course. He turned and asked "What's wrong?" ...
10 Things To Remove To Create Engagement
Successful designs engage through their simplicity. Simplicity of design, of use or of the idea. Engagement is the same....today I want to look at employees and then tomorrow consumers. So how can a l...
Lacking Motivation? Enjoy the enjoyment
Business can be fun, it can be exciting, even exhilarating....and then there are those times when the mundane tasks take over, when you are demotivated. It is during these times that I think it is imp...
10 Business Lessons From Tibetan Monks!
I love reading about the brain, I want to understand more about this incredible asset. The more I can understand, the more I believe that you can inspire others and as importantly - yourself. (Two pod...
Downturns in the Economy Can Be Great for Engagement!
I often think that the world need recessions or downturns, yes so the economy can balance itself but I also think that leaders need that mirror every now and again. Dad used to say keep a mirror in yo...
Leaders Don't Blame....
This weeks podcast on how to overcome failure reminded me of a little story that helped evolve my leadership style I was at Dad's describing something that had gone wrong at work - in my first week at...
Business Needs To Be More See Through....
The age of social media ensures that businesses that are not authentic will be found out, however it isn't just social media which is requiring leaders to develop "see-throughness" See through what pe...
Liza Minelli on the Importance of Belief
I watched an interview with Liza Minnelli and heard a fascinating insight into how changing the belief is a huge part of coaching. She was talking about having a difficult time in her singing career w...
Why are you searching for perfection?
It amazes me that managers and leaders expect themselves to be perfect - but why? All the great leaders of our time and in history, have been known to have flaws. Seeking perfection is a great motivat...
Top 5 Reasons Employees Felt Valued
I was digging through some letters from employees that I received after taking over an underperforming department and turning the performance from the worst in the company, to the best within 12 month...
When is a Conversation not a Conversation?
Just had an interesting conversation with 2 people who have just had what they call "a conversation". Interesting because both believe they are right, both believe the other "didn't get it", and both ...
Is social media the new stethoscope?
When business is wanting to create brand engagement either internally or externally - I believe it comes down to wonderful common sense(s) Taste - Give them a taste of what engaging with your brand wi...
Be G.O.B.B.Y!.... Dear Leader
I was reminded of my first role as a Managing Director yesterday, which came quickly in my mid twenties. As always Dad took me aside and said..."Anna, it is not how you lead...it is how they follow. S...
Free - The Ultimate Sale or Return Marketing Concept?
Free is the new black, according to Chris Anderson. I love this concept however with social media it is the distinction between free and valuable which we need to fully understand. Let me explain. I r...
10 Ways to Be a Human Trigger
I love the idea of triggering thought. When I think of brands, leaders or speakers that I love, it is because they trigger thoughts in my head, they trigger ideas...they trigger a brighter future. I t...
Show #151 - Managing Stress in Business Pt1
Show 151 of The Engaging Brand podcast is ready just for you. To subscribe or listen on your PC now - both for free, you don't need to download anything - it is all explained at the end of the......
10 Business Lessons from Google
I am a lover of Google, but in reality with this post I mean search engines. There is so much we can learn from the way the approach information in terms of our business lives - for marketing, for com...
Let's keep the curiosity alive!
I had the privilege yesterday of speaking to students at Leeds Met University about podcasting within a PR and marketing context - arranged by the wonderful RIchard Bailey. I say privilege because the...
Brand You...Or Brand New YOU
I heard a wonderful session by Jane Delfino, Innovations Director of the Manchester Academy of the United Learning Trust last week. She was speaking about how she wants to develop the minds of childre...
Bringing back Curiousity to Your Brand and Business
I took my cat to the vet last night, and as always I love to learn, so was asking the vet about the treatment. To my shock he turned round and said "Stop being curious, you don't need to know......
The Leadership Promise
We hear people say that brands are promises, I prefer to say that brands are delivered promises, over time. When we think of personal brands, an important part is that delivery of your promises...beca...
Be Better Than Better Rant!
Occasionally I have a rant about a word - time for me to try and encourage another word to be banished from our leadership mouths! I hate the word "better"....I found myself saying it yesterday and re...
Feeding the Conversation
Conversation is not new, conversation has been at the heart of society since...well forever.Yes, the internet has taken the conversation from a local to a global base but conversation has always been ...