Garr Reynolds (http://www.garrreynolds.com) made an excellent and very interesting presentation at a recent TED conference in Tokyo. The presentation was titled Ten Lessons From The Bamboo. Reynolds used superb pictures and content to describe important life and success lessons we can all apply for greater personal and professional success. The first 3 lessons Reynolds discussed are as …
“Tell you what I said. I’ll work with him for a year. If he gets better, pay me. If not, it’s all free.” What a powerful statement. What a powerful way to begin a productive, trusting relationship. What a powerful strategy for current and future success! This statement was made by Marshall Goldsmith, one of …
Creativity is critical to our current and future personal, professional and organizational success. It is a fact that most people, including most leaders, talk a good game regarding creativity. However, very few people truly embrace, encourage and incent people, on a daily basis, to expand, explore and exploit their creative potential. In fact, most people …
I continue to be amazed by the number of emails, phone calls, or contacts via business and social networks I receive from people who, according to many of them, “are now networking… looking for a new, better or different job.” Please don’t get me wrong. I am always honored to assist and serve personal and …
Have you ever been described as someone who is “a bit quirky” or as someone who “pursues things that seem unreasonable and unreachable?” If so, did that description cause you to sell out and significantly change who you really are? Have you ever been criticized for being “a bit quirky” or for being someone who “pursues things that seem …
The incredible value and return on investment from open, honest, transparent communication and sharing was clearly on display Monday and Tuesday of this week. The setting was the annual Healthcare Supplier/Provider Institute Meeting, April 25&26, 2011 in Las Vegas. Participants included executives representing all facets of healthcare, including hospitals, IDNs, manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, GPOs, and …
How many dead people “show up for work” every morning at your organization? How many dead people show up every morning across America and around the world? They are on the payroll for sure, but you would be hard-pressed to identify an important or significant contribution they have made in the past 3 to 5 …
It’s February, March and early April 2011. I have decided to base my Inspirational Vehicle in southern California, specifically Los Angeles for approximately 10 weeks. The Inspirational Vehicle is my motor home, in which I do some of the inspirational things I love most – read, write, think, memorize inspirational literature, photography and simply enjoy …
Early each morning of every business day, Caroline Anschutz is hard at work – serving you! Lucky for you and nearly 20,000 other Dail-E News subscribers, Caroline loves what she does… and it shows! Caroline is an Industry Analyst for U.S. LifeLine and the Editor of Dail-E News (http://dailenews.mdsi.org/). She is a talented aggregator of …
Culture eats strategy for lunch! You may have heard this statement, or you may have read articles or heard presentations with a similar theme. Culture does indeed eat strategy for lunch! Culture is far more important, particularly over time, than one or more strategies. Webster defines culture as “the set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and …
Colleen Barrett, President Emeritus of Southwest Airlines describes The Triple Bottom Line as follows: 1. “Treat your people right, and good things will happen. When we talk to our people, we proudly draw a pyramid on the chalkboard and tell them: You are at the top of the pyramid. You are the most important person …
I am betting that every person reading this article has heard the Golden Rule a thousand times. I am also betting that every person reading this article has been reminded, a thousand times or more, of the many benefits of living by the Golden Rule. Do Unto Others As You Would Have Them Do Unto …
Ken Blanchard has written extensively regarding the hundreds of benefits of ‘catching people doing things right.’ The benefits and positive results for all concerned are astounding. If done properly, there is no downside to ‘catching people doing things right.’ Hundreds of benefits… for all concerned… with no downside. Now that is something worth pursuing! During …
Celebrate Success! Sounds simple. Sounds basic. Sounds logical. Sounds intuitive. Sounds like common sense. Sounds like everyone would appropriately celebrate success for a million great reasons. Reality, in many cases, is quite different. It is astounding the number of people, the number of leaders (remember, everyone is a leader!), the number of organizations that do …
If you were given the opportunity to “sit at the feet” and learn (or be reminded and reinforce) proven ‘tips, behaviors and attitudes for greater success’ from a highly successful, world-class achiever, would you take the time to do so? An achiever whose company received 90,043 resumes and hired 831 new employees in 2009! Calculate that application-to-hire …
Darren Hardy, publisher of Success Magazine, recently wrote a publisher’s letter entitled: “What Makes You Happy?” Darren correctly states that this question is one of the most important questions of our entire lives. Most people do not take the time nor invest the effort to seriously address this question. When asked this question, most people …
Florence Nightingale, the English pioneer of modern nursing is quoted as saying, “I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse.” Particularly in this day and time, we hear and see excuses by the thousands… all day long, each and every day. Emails, voice mails, texts, twitter, videos, phone calls, face-to-face conversations, …
Saturday afternoon, August 14, 2010. I am on sacred ground… sacred that is, for many of the most committed, passionate professional football fans throughout America and around the world. The first preseason game of the Green Bay Packers will begin in 4 hours at revered Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Having lived in Dallas/Fort …
For a number of reasons, I have been studying credible information in order to learn more and to better understand the who, what, when, where, why, how and potential future of organizations that are literally and radically changing the world. Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and thousands of other organizations are investing tens of billions of …
Jack Dorsey, Founder and Chairman of Twitter and Co-Founder and CEO of Square, Inc. was interviewed recently on the Charlie Rose Show. Charlie Rose, a world-class conversationalist and discussion facilitator, interviews current and former heads of state, senior governmental officials from across the world, best selling authors, leading innovators and senior leaders in every imaginable …