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Who's In Charge of Your Meeting?
by Craig Harrison
Do any of these things happen at your meetings?
* People arrive late
* People leave early
* Someone yells BINGO in mid-meeting
* People are unprepared
* A key person is absent
* Someone asks for a pencil or pen
* People mysteriously get paged midway through and leave in droves
Before you blame others it's entirely possible the fault resides with you, the caller of the meeting. As the facilitator, leader or organizer of the meeting you are ultimately responsible for everything that does and doesn't happen in your meeting. What are you doing right? What are you doing wrong? Read More>
BOOK REVIEW
Speak For A Living
Author Ann Bruce
Speak For A Living is written by a real professional in the presentation business. Aside from being a highly sought after international speaker, Ann Bruce is an author, consultant and trainer. If you have ever been interested in becoming a paid speaker, this book candidly reveals the “good, bad and the ugly” of choosing it as a career. Read More>
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Finding Vision, Courage and Your Dreams
by Jerry Stein
As I was finishing a chapter on executive leadership and peak performance for my new book with Stephen Covey and Brian Tracy, I was asked to give a few examples of my clients’ success stories. The more I got into developing the list, the more I had to work at condensing their stories -- because we’re all unique, and it’s the behind-the-scenes details that are so fascinating.
Sure, I can rattle off a list of clients and describe their “before” and “after” situations, but that’s not the story that needs to be told. You see, a mere list misses the critical issues and full richness of the experiences these wonderful people faced during significant periods of their lives.
So what do people need as they face significant challenges or critical periods of growth in their lives? Well, I don’t think you can effectively separate personal and professional issues; as a professional coach, I look at how the person functions as a whole. In that light, I’ll share with you a brief overview of one of my clients’ stories, along with a few insights. Read More>
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Making the Shift from Transactional to Engaging Leadership
by Denis Orme
Over the decades we have been prompted to get a better understanding of the characteristics of Transactional and Transformational Leaders in order to make people in those roles more effective.
Interesting though, neither may produce Long Term sustainable superior performance through an analysis of:
- Where are we now?
- Where do we go?
- Why do we want to go there?
- How do we get there?
Q. Why do Transactional or Transformational Leaders not necessarily stay focused on long-term sustainable performance?
A. Typically, because neither truly focuses on the power of, and results produced through a more fully engaged workforce. Read More>
BOOK REVIEW
Moose on the Table
Author Jim Clemmer
Moose on the Table is an endearing book written by leadership consultant and author Jim Clemmer. This book is Jim’s first endeavor to teach principles and morals using a fictional approach. It is an established teaching principle that many people learn more effectively from an imaginary approach to instruction rather than the pedagogic method. Clemmer mentions early in the book, “I’ve thoroughly enjoyed studying and applying the timeless art of storytelling to allow you to be a fly-on-the-wall witness to many of the kinds of ineffective and effective conversations and actions I’ve seen during my twenty-five years in the personal, team and organizational-development fields.” Read More>
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How I Express My Personal Purpose
by Jim Clemmer
"To give life meaning one must have a purpose larger than one's self." — Will Durant, early 20th century author of historical and philosophical epics. His fascinating and sweeping book, The Story of Philosophy, sold millions.
Continually peeling back the layers of who we are is a lifelong effort. It's the leadership process of becoming. Our own inner space is as vast as outer space. Like the many generations of Star Trekkers who "boldly go where no one has gone before", we continue to unravel the frontier of self-knowledge. If we're going to continue to deepen and grow, it's our own never ending discovery trek. Read More>
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