This month’s Business Leaders’ webinar was on
Influence & Matrix Management
If you missed it you can
Download the Podcast
or
Download whole Webinar
(which includes the presentation, and useful worksheets and templates.)
(more information below)
Here is what we talked about:
All of us, whether we manage people or not, need to get other people to do work for us sometimee — People who have no personal motivation or reason to cooperate. Read More
I got this in a message from a former employee:
When I worked for you, I thought I was Superman.
It was wonderful to get that message.
But additionally, those 10 words sum up for me, in a pretty profound way, what I believe being a good leader is about. Read More
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I had a great conversation today on Intrepid Radio with Todd Schnick about what holds people back in their careers and their pursuit of success.
This was a fun and interesting conversation. Have a listen here. Read More
This month’s Business Leaders’ webinar was on Maximizing Your Strengths
If you missed it you can
download the podcast
or
download whole webinar
(which includes the presentation, and useful worksheets and templates.)
(more information below)
Here is what we talked about:
Satisfaction: If you want to feel great about yourself and like your work more, start here. Read More
It all starts with one executive decision.
Every company has one, single, strategic decision to make about customer service. That decision is cost or care?
Here is what I mean:
If you make the decision for Cost:
You have made the decision to provide customer service only because you have to, and you want to do it at the lowest possible cost. Read More
People often talk to me about having great intentions about what they want to get done on a given day or week…
But then they get to work and it all those good intentions go out the window as they deal with all the urgent crap that comes up. Read More
As an executive, your team creates all kinds of reports, spread sheets and slides…
… to plan, run, measure, and report on what you are doing in your operation.
While you need these detailed materials to run your function, please don’t inflict them on others! Read More
Every month I do a webinar, and then I do a blog post with a summary and a link to listen.
So…here is the link to
Download: BUILDING & USING YOUR NETWORK
But this month, and because this webinar was about networking,
I wanted to share a networking story about how 2 days after the webinar I met Clint Eastwood and Bill Murray…
…for the sole reason of being scared to do it, and doing it anyway. Read More
The school “report”I remember in grade school getting an assignment to do a “report” on a topic or a book. Part of the assignment was always the length.
“Make sure it’s two pages single spaced”.
Kids would struggle to make it long enough, using extra large margins, leaving a big gap under the title, and/or by writing really big. Read More
I have written many articles about Authentic Networking, that are about using a genuine, generous approach to building your “extra team”.
We all need this type of network.
The basic premise of
Authentic Networking is:
* Meet new people because they genuinely interest you
* Build and put value into your network by giving. Read More
