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Farewell, Randy Pausch
Business is Personal | 13 hours ago by Mark Riffey
You have no idea how many people you touched and motivated, both personally and professionally. If you don’t know who Carnegie-Mellon’s Randy Pausch was, I can’t suggest strongly enough that you take 75 minutes (YES DAMMIT, I said 7 read more
Business Blooper #4 – “I Can Do It Myself”
My Future In Focus | 16 hours ago
About a month ago, I left my umbrella at the church that I work with in Maryland. So, I asked one of my tenors, Chris, to point me in the direction of the Lost and Found so that I could look for it. He went with me to look, and when I couldn̵ read more
Success and Making Ecuses
LifetoSuccess.com | 17 hours ago by John Clark
Success is one of those things that has to be worked at everyday through focus on our goals and the discipline needed to stay the course, while in pursuit of these goals. So when is the right time to make excuses? NEVER! Success and excuses… ar read more
How To Be Proactive in Your Customer Service
Nate Ritter | 17 hours ago by Nate Ritter
“Customer service is a necessary evil”. As I listened to my (now former) boss utter these words, I couldn’t help but think of the opportunities we had just lost. The C-level executives (CEO, COO, CIO) I’ve been privileged enou read more
Hugh Ballou's Transforming Power Bonus Gifts
Virtual Blog Tours with Nikki Leigh | 17 hours ago by Nikki Leigh
Hugh Ballou - author of Transforming Power - is offering a fantastic selection of FREE bonus gifts to people who buy a copy of Transforming Power. We are sharing a partial list of the bonuses that are available, see the information posted below.Hugh read more
Sun Tzu on the art of leadership
Tom Spencer consulting blog | 22 hours ago
Background to Sun Tzu’s Art of War Sun Tzu wrote The Art of War in approximately 490BC in the Kingdom of Wu, China. Sun Tzu became a general for the King of Wu in 512 BC. For the next 39 years his precepts were followed and the Kingdom of Wu was vi read more
Goliath's Revenge Part 1
MyVenturepad | 22 hours ago by Jerry Bowles
I had a nice time in Bend (Oregon) this weekend, including a conversation after dinner with some friends, a nice summer night, staying light late; the subject of large companies screwing small compa... read more
Stumped about taking it to the next level?
Business is Personal | 23 hours ago by Mark Riffey
Every once in a while, I happen upon someone who wants to take their business to the next level, whatever that might be for them. Sometimes they’ve caught themselves relaxing. Sometimes someone else has caught them napping. Others simply feel t read more
Is Emotional Intelligence Matters in the Workplace
Engaging People Blog | July 25th 2008 by Ann Liu
the most brilliant people are usually not the most successful in the read more
How to Learn from Your Leadership Mistakes
Resources Zone | July 25th 2008 by Mohamed Harris Rahman
We learn most from our mistakes. It’s true. But problems occur for us when we forget this. Or when we deliberately deny that we made a mistake. And - if we’re honest - most of us do this, from time to time. So in this article I want to sh read more
The Ultimate Leadership Strategy
Resources Zone | July 25th 2008 by Mohamed Harris Rahman
Put people first. It’s the great cliche, isn’t it? When a business school professor like me asks you ‘what’s the most productive leadership style?’, you know the answer don’t you? Put people first. But if everyone read more
Our Issues In The Black Community- The State of Black America
Convergence of Relevant Stuff | July 24th 2008 by cards6
The Black man in America. It is a diverse and complicated picture. The CNN special on tonight, on being a black man in America was reverting. The Dyson brothers are a contrasting picture of two brothers, One a Princeton graduate and minister, the oth read more
WFH Today… Why do I Feel Guilty?
The Marketing Technology Blog | July 24th 2008 by Douglas Karr
My “To Do” list had grown to 4 pages at work yesterday, and more requests were coming in by the minute. New technologies to integrate, new features we need to sell, bugs with the application, implementations, vendors, clients… I wa read more
TO LEAD GREAT MEN
Ravings of a Poor Italian Boy | July 24th 2008 by Pib
TO LEAD GREAT MEN The role of leadership, although often sought, at times avoided, and is sometimes thrust upon us, or is awarded by default. By whatever method you enter the leadership role, the mere assumption of the title will not insure the este read more
Instantly Improve Your Business Life
TheRossNetwork | July 24th 2008
During a professional coaching session yesterday a participant had described to me how a colleague had failed to fulfill on his end of an assignment. My participant was frustrated and after the description was complete asked me if it was OK to be up read more
Episode 78 - The Bible on Leadership - Moses
The Bible Study Podcast | July 24th 2008 by Chris Christensen
This is the episode is part five in a series dealing with what the bible teaches on leadership. This part looks again at Moses and issues of humility, delegation and intervention. Exodus 18 Exodus 32 Numbers 20 click here to download (mp3) addt read more
Inspiration and the Visionary Leader
Impact Today | July 24th 2008 by Rick Weaver
Linda Angér, President of The Write Concept, Incorporated, in Rochester Hills, Michigan, sent me a fabulously interesting tidbit in response to the article about the Tipping Point. She shared the story of a girl who rode to alert the colonists that read more
Strong Community Demands Strong Leadership
Because the Medium is the Message | July 24th 2008 by Chris Abraham
I woke up to an amazing article written by Jonathan Trenn, The fallacy of community, and I responded in a comment to a pretty passionate article and a passionate comment string, and here’s what I wrote — and I have expanded the argument below, so read more
What To Look For In Groups
All Things Workplace | July 24th 2008
We're always part of some group You and I pretty much spend our entire lives in groups. We start off in a family, play with groups of young friends, attend classes school, and work in groups and teams. So it... read more
From Germany’s Frankfurter Rundschau: Obama at the Victory Colu…
The Moderate Voice | July 24th 2008
The debate in Germany goes on! Is Berlin’s Victory Tower a fitting place for Barack Obama’s long-awaited speech on transatlantic relations? Writing for Germany’s Frankfurter Rundschau, Eckart D. Stratenschulte suggests that since t read more
Gresham’s Law and the Shaky Nature of Today’s Business Ethics
Slow Leadership | July 24th 2008
Gresham's Law explains why the 'good coinage' of ethical business is constantly under threat from sharp practice and dishonesty. We want to believe that corporations and executives are honest, just as we want to believe in the value of the currency. read more
An Absence of Risk is an Absence of Leadership
Edge Blog | July 24th 2008 by Bea Fields
This morning on the Today Show they are discussing a new report out that demonstrates people viewing Obama as the riskier candidate over McCain. For some reason in the news, they are painting risk as a negative attribute. I found that fascinating. In read more
Archbishop of Canterbury: No gay sex, please
The Evolution of Jeremiah | July 24th 2008 by jeremy andrews
SUMMARY: Rowan Williams remains “committed” to Anglicanism’s stance against extramarital sex, while bishops push rhetoric against gays and their allies to new heights. Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams said he remains “c read more
New motivational methods
Impact Today | July 24th 2008 by Rick Weaver
Having trouble motivating employees? Perhaps what you need are some new ways to effectively delegate work and reward accomplishments. Here are some new ideas that seem to have some merit – or do they? read more
Routine
David Lindner's Weblog | July 23rd 2008 by Worship Ministry Catalyst
Routine is an enemy. It’s a ghost. It will sneak in unnoticed and steal away what was once creative and turn it into a tradition. Routine is something to be avoided at all costs. Routine is not creative. Routine is a pattern, at best done becau read more
Wandering Away
Cerulean Sanctum | July 23rd 2008
Our neighbors had a 17-year-old dog, Hickory. I say had because while they were on vacation and the dog was being cared for at home by others, Hickory wandered off and has not been seen since. It’s common for sick and dying animals to wander aw read more
How to maximize the effectiveness of your daily commute or drive…
The Sales Dating Guy | July 23rd 2008 by The Sales Dating Guy
Carl Melville who is the Chief Communicator at Enact Marketing http://www.enactmarketing.com asked the following question on LinkedIn: How do you maximize the effectiveness of your daily commute or drive time? Here was my response: Hi Carl, How do I read more
Successful Entrepreneur - Leadership and Decision Making Process
Online Home Business | July 23rd 2008 by Tammy
A 10 Step Process For Making Good Decisions By Phillip Van Hooser There are a number of factors that differentiate a true leader from a mere “wannabe.” One of the more important of those factors is learning to make good decisions. The abi read more
Empathy – the cornerstone to effective leadership
Smart Business Thinking | July 23rd 2008 by Mary McGuire
In a recent conversation, a client complained of having an unmanageable team. “They are impossible” he complained “nobody could manage them”. It is not an unusual situation, but it is a sad indictment of the breakdown in communication that ca read more
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