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Slow Leadership
After long deliberation, I have decided to close down Slow Leadership and retire from blogging. I think I have written almost all I want to write and the extensive demands of a regular publishing schedule no longer work for me. I am also more and more conscious that I retired...
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-16
Reading Trend to Watch: Trust in Business Is Running Out – HBR Now – Harvard Business Review at http://bit.ly/sOmmu # Reading FT.com | Management Blog | No room for business as usual at http://bit.ly/b35P4 # Reading Do women make better bosses? – Management Line – Executive Style – WAtoday.com.au Blogs at http://bit.ly/4o5T0z...
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-09
Reading Time poverty crisis – Management Line – Executive Style – WAtoday.com.au Blogs at http://bit.ly/ZkFsm # Reading Why Jerks Are Bad Decision-Makers – Tom Davenport – HarvardBusiness.org at http://bit.ly/VAe9u # Reading New Statesman – Pointless act of the week at http://bit.ly/9AP3O # Reading Your Innovations Aren't Immortal – Scott Anthony – HarvardBusiness.org at...
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-02
Reading Hire People Who Disagree with You – John Baldoni – HarvardBusiness.org at http://bit.ly/BXOnQ # Reading FT.com / Columnists / Stefan Stern – Change the way you work at http://bit.ly/QytkW # Reading Bad moods at work – The Globe and Mail at http://bit.ly/1fN7zs # Reading We are still mad with the banks but...
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-26
Reading An 18-Minute Plan for Managing Your Day – Peter Bregman – HarvardBusiness.org at http://bit.ly/3aOXKE # Reading Why Are Creative Leaders So Rare? – Navi Radjou – HarvardBusiness.org at http://bit.ly/WvrFh # Reading Cost cuts, unpaid leave and volunteer workers – Management Line – Executive Style – WAtoday.com.au Blogs at http://bit.ly/NzdOg # Reading Trend...
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-19
Are you 'funemployed'? Worth considering? http://bit.ly/DBdBw # Do you try too hard to be 'you'? http://bit.ly/4E4IjR # It seems swearing can ease pain. That's damn good news, eh? http://bit.ly/lkxsW # Reading The business tool we often forget about – Enterprise – MySmallBusiness – WAtoday.com.au Blogs at http://bit.ly/3vimv0 # This should be preferred reading for...
RapidBI-Mgt, Leadership, Business Improvement Articles
New workshop for consultants, business advisers and OD specialists
Rapidly identify & prioritise the needs of your clients. Users of RapidBI's Business Improvement Review (BIR), have used the tool to help identify client needs, prioritise actions and provide a way of evaluating outcomes and measuring progress (benchmarking) made. Now the team at RapidBI have taken our accreditation workshop, and...
BEST PRACTICE Often in business we hear about Best Practice and Good Practice, but what does it mean? Where and when should we use it? How to generate Best Practice in your organization...
The Impact of the Web on Accelerated Learning
Accelerated or brain friendly learning has been increasingly accepted amonst trainers, but are we missing much of this learning via the internet?...
Train the Trainer – Infection Control
We often talk about the importance of wearing gloved as part of our infection control Standard Practises (SPs), the use of hand-gel, but we don't really do infection control. What are infections? how are they spread? What can each of us to to STOP the spread of infection in its...
Gardner’s Multiple Intelligence Theory
Howard Gardner's varying approaches to the "Multiple Intelligence Theory" and their relevance to Accelerated Learning Techniques....
Education Week American Education News Site of Record
Administration Unveils ESEA Renewal Blueprint
The plan aims to address complaints that the law’s current version—NCLB—is inflexible and sets the bar too low on academic achievement. ...
Texas Ed Board Adopts Social Studies Standards
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Recession Endangers Childhood Education Program
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Book Trains Critical Eye on AP Program's Impact
New research probes a broad range of questions about Advanced Placement courses and tests, as expectations for them continue to climb. ...
Lesbian Teen Sues to Force School to Hold Prom
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Pope Meets With German Bishop Amid Sex Scandal
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Leading Blog: A Leadership Blog
How to Decommoditize Your Leadership
All leaders want to make a difference; be transformational. And some do and some really don’t. We’ve all known leaders that are easily replaced. And (hopefully) we’ve known some that we can’t imagine doing without. The difference begins with the......
Get to the Why by Starting at the Epicenter
When beginning or introducing anything—an idea, a project, or a new venture—you need to start with asking yourself why. In Rework, authors Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson write candidly about where to begin: When you start anything new, there......
Linchpin is about personal leadership and is the most leadership oriented book Godin has written to date. He makes a good case for developing yourself to reach your potential against the backdrop of the changing workplace. Changing workplace or......
Leading Views: Structure Formally, but Work Informally
In The Right Fight, authors Saj-nicole Joni and Damon Beyer explain that in order for a leader to receive reliable information they need to go outside the constructs of the formal organization: Great leaders learn how to work out......
First Look: Leadership Books for March 2010
Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in March. The Little Big Things: 163 Ways to Pursue Excellence by Tom Peters Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson Everyone Communicates,......
Build your leadership library with these specials on over 180 titles. All titles are at least 40% off the list price and are available only in limited quantities.......
Be Excellent - The Official Six Disciplines® Blog
Strategic Thinking vs. Strategic Planning
Are strategic thinking and strategic planning - the same thing?While they certainly related and complementary, thinking strategically and planning strategically are two different concepts.Let's first consider strategic thinking, which involves viewing your organization from a holistic perspective. Research has determined that strategic thinking can be explained through seven dimensions:A vision...
Execution – The Fine Art of Getting It Done (Part II)
(The following post is authored by Eric Kurjan, President of Six Disciplines Ohio. Six Disciplines brings “big company” process improvement to organizations looking to jump beyond the status quo. For more information visit www.SixDisciplines.com/NWOH , or call 419-348-1897)###Execution – The Fine Art of Getting It Done (Part II)In last month’s...
Six Disciplines Business Coach Offers Advice To PGA Golf Professionals
Eric Kurjan is president and owner of Six Disciplines Ohio/Indiana, with licensed Six Disciplines business coaches operating in both states. He's also the president of a private golf club (Findlay Country Club).In this article, recently published in PGA Magazine, Kurjan offers his advice and explanation of the Six Disciplines methodology to PGA...
The Top CEO Concern Three Years Running: Excellence In Execution
According to the latest results from the CEO Challenge 2010 Survey produced by The Conference Board, the critical issues of excellence in execution and consistent execution of strategy by top management once again remained at the top of the list.In addition, this latest survey (which was fielded October-December 2009) revealed...
CEOs are Priming for a Return to Growth
According to results from the CEO Challenge 2010 Survey produced by The Conference Board, CEOs appear to be emerging from recession mode and priming for a return to growth.Other key results from the survey:The critical issues of excellence in execution and consistent execution of strategy by top management have consistently...
Too Many Strategic Initiatives?
Is your organization "drowning" in too many strategic initiatives?If you're evaluating far more opportunities than your team can realistically handle, it's time to do a serious screening of those initiatives. According to Robert W. Bradford, President/CEO of the Center for Simplified Strategic Planning, your organization should only take on between 3...
Bait, Tackle, Ice, Advice & Beer Blog
Validation ... Oh How Sweet (& Inspiring) It Is
If you're reading this, you probably already know that Catch Your Limit is a hodgepodge of people and ideas, a hybrid of business models, an almagamation of talents. Our entire brand is built on working hard and playing hard with the ultimate goal of helping you to "catch your limit"...
Add Some Citrus Fish to Your Home
March is National Crafting Month!Therefore, I will be sharing some fishy crafts that I've found that are both easy and fun.To start it all off, we'll be making this adorable Lemon and Lime Fish!These are the supplies you will need:2 lemons1 lime2 allspice berriesa red radishtoothpicksa sharp paring knifeOnce you...
Know When to Hold ‘Em; Know When to Fold ‘Em
I wish I would have written this, but I must give credit to our VP of HR. It is spot on. Enjoy.Know When to Hold ‘Em; Know When to Fold ‘EmAs a leader, if you find yourself complaining about your associates, you should consider whether you are doing...
Why Today's Leaders Need to Be Kayaks vs. Locomotives
Note: To those James River readers, please excuse me for a moment while I set this up for those readers that don't have the "best urban whitewater" running through their city.The International Scale of River Difficulty is a standardized scale used to rate the safety of a stretch of river...
During yesterday's cold, dreary afternoon something absolutely terrible happened. Check the headlines! A catastrophe has occurred in the Catch Your Limit office!Have I got your attention?Let me start with some background information. Scott, our tech mastermind, makes incredible food, period. If he sets his mind to cooking something, he doesn't...
Write it down & Make it happen!
Bonjour! At the beginning of the year, all of us at Catch Your Limit sat down and created some personal action plans. Mine was two-fold. This summer Erin & I are going to be going to Europe for...
CIO - Blogs and Discussion -
Latest details make iPad a more promising e-reader
Shortly after Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad, I wondered whether the device—awesome as it seems—would truly compete as an e-book reader. read more...
Satyam Refuses to Become the Forgotten IT Services Provider
You might think it’d be easy to forget using a company who’s brazen leader had overstated assets by a $1 bill read more...
Using Parameter Pollution and Clickjacking to Aid Anti-CSRF Bypass
It’s been a while since I’ve talked about Clickjacking, with only a few exceptions here and there. Mostly because I haven’t seen it much in the wild - at least not yet. read more...
Working With Vendors: Make Them Earn Your Endorsement
It’s important to fully leverage each vendor for competitive advantage, says Jonathan Kass, CIO at VPI Pet Insurance. read more...
Three Dangerous Social Media Misconceptions
I spent the week in Baltimore at Gartner's Portals, Content & Collaboration Summit, a conference for IT professionals exploring the use, integration and implementation of soci read more...
Critical Success & Failure Factors of ERP Implementations
Every year, according to the Project Management Institute, nearly 70-80% of all Enterprise Resource Planning implementation projects fail, go over-budget or go live past the original deadline. read more...
Sanders Says
Last week an old friend rang me on my cell phone to catch up. It was the third time he'd called. "Dude, what's up with you?," he wondered. "We are really out of touch, I've called you several times!" "Man,......
Every great speech that changes the world makes one point and makes it very well. When you add a second, third or fourth major point to a talk, you make it hard to follow and cut down the results. When......
Why I seldom reply to Tweets publicly
A friend emailed me today, berating me because I don't use public reply on Twitter to respond to statements, questions, etc. with @sanderssays in it. He cited Tweeple I deeply admire such as Chris Brogan and Tom Peters, pointing out......
Another tennis lesson, another life lesson. Today's aha was simple: If you want to grow, don't make excuses for your failures. While this sounds elementary, we do not live by this credo. We condition ourselves to offer up excuses when......
See me live in Seattle - Tuesday March 9 @ 7pm
If you live in greater Seattle, I'll be giving a talk at a public conference titled "New Economy Winners Summit" - Thanks to John Chen for putting this together. I love to visit Seattle, and I'm excited to get a......
These days, I'm reading the classics in motivation and leadership. They were written during and after the Great Depression (30s/40s) and influence a second round of great books in the 70s & early 80s. One of the seminal works was......
Professional Web Presence Solutions for Business - Social Web Fusion (SM) by Virtually Ready - "Extend Your Reach"
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3D Motion 3D Lenticular Patriotic & Team Spirit Promotional Products - Magnets, Stickers, Coasters, Postcards, etc....
Soundwave Merchandising Social Web Presence
Soundwave Merchandising Facebook, MySpace & Twitter Web Presence...
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Tampa Baysox 12U AAU Travel Baseball Team (expired)...
The Chief Happiness Officer
OK, that’s it! I’m getting two exercise balls so I can try this: Who’s with me? Have a happy weekend....
Holy crap – one of the videos from our conference last year is featured on the front page of ted.com. And featured very prominently! Which means that it has now been viewed over 50,000 times! And it’s no wonder – the presentation in question was one of the highlights of our...
Most of us spend most of the work day sitting down. We sit at our desks, we sit in meetings, we sit down at lunch and we sit down for seminars, phone calls, orientations and just about anything else that goes on during a regular work week. Which is why this...
This dog lives across the street from our office: He is regularly found at his post, surveying his domain which is (i’d guess) the whole street. I especially like how his elbow is up on the banister. It’s suave yet domineering!...
Here are two very different ways to start your working day: Which one did you use this morning? Have a very happy weekend!...
Last week I wrote about the value of touch in the workplace. Basically, I’m for handshakes, high fives, pats on the shoulder and even hugs in the workplace as one way of creating and maintaining good workplace relationships and there’s science to indicate the importance and value of touches. Gaby from...
N2Growth Blog
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Ever wish you could promote your blog for free to a receptive audience? Well, today is your day for fully authorized, gratuitous self-promotion of YOUR blog. For one day only, this is your chance to shamelessly plug your blog in the comments section below. I stumbled across this...
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Today’s message is not likely to please the politically correct, nor will it mollycoddle the timid. I’m not going to address competing or playing nicely, rather I’m going to deal very bluntly with the topic of winning. Want to succeed? It’s easier than you might think…just...
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Why do business fail? Given the current state of the economy, I would say it’s a safe bet that many of you have pondered the answer to this question as we watch companies close their doors on a daily basis. The unfortunate reality is that well more than 50% of...
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth As the Academy Awards drew to a close last night I felt compelled to post the following message on Twitter: “I’d prefer a TV awards extravaganza to honor our real heroes instead of those who imitate them.” At the risk of drawing fire from the media...
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth “Measuring Success” seems like a simple enough concept right? Well it is, in concept…the problem rests in the who, what, when, where, why, and how of the matter. There has always been vigorous debate surrounding the topic of success metrics, and the argument only tends...
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth I have read some interesting articles and blog posts of late on the subject of CEO term limits, and felt this topic worthy of discussion. You should know from the outset that I fundamentally disagree with the concept of CEO term limits, and quite frankly I cannot really...
Three Star Leadership Blog
Things have changed a lot for the better for women in the workplace since the 1950s, when my mother worked at an ad agency. They've changed since I started in business 40 years ago. They've gotten better, but they're not good enough....
3/10/10: Midweek Look at the Independent Business Blogs
Every week I select five excellent posts from this week's independent business blogs. This week, I'm pointing you to posts on the name game, evaluations, tall poppy syndrome, understanding compensation on the front line, and video games go to work....
This is the perfect book for you if you want to simplify things where you work. It will give you a well-crafted framework that will help you identify the causes of complexity and deal with them....
Want better profitability, engagement, and turnover?
First line supervisors are the key to productivity, engagement and reduced turnover. Maybe you should pay attention to them....
3/7/10: Leadership Reading to Start Your Week
Here are five choice articles from the business schools, the business press and major consulting firms to start off your work week. I'm pointing you to articles about leadership, co-leadership, innovation, and Ford and GM in the wake of the Toyota recall....
The Cold of the Decade and Crisis
I've been out of circulation with the Cold of the Decade. So naturally I've been thinking about business crises....
Rich Gee Group
The Marketplace Is Changing – Are You Ready?
Over the past 3-4 years I've been watching massive changes take place in the marketplace. Some people see them, some people don't. Unfortunately, many people still act as if these institutions will go on forever....
Time For Wall Street CEOs To ‘Earn Back’ America’s Trust.
Bailout watchdog and Middle Class advocate Elizabeth Warren has accused Wall Street CEOs of abusing consumer trust and challenged them to step up and support financial reform — for the nation's benefit as well as their own....
The CEO Revolving Door Keeps Spinning . . .
From the "WOW - That didn't take long" department: "Former Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain is taking over as chairman and CEO of CIT Group as the commercial lender continues to restructure its business following a brief stay in bankruptcy protection last year....
I Got Off My Ass . . . My First Podcast.
My first podcast....
$14.27 Can Change Your Career. Guaranteed.
Every so often, a person comes along, writes a book, and changes the way people act....
Talking Story with Rosa Say
Learning Managing with Aloha: 9 Key Concepts
If we used our insider’s Ho‘ohana Community language of intention for this posting, I would list this post title as: Our MWA ‘Ike loa SCL Learning m.o: 9 Key Concepts for 9 TS Categories Ours. Definitely. MWA = Managing with Aloha ‘Ike loa SCL = the Sequential and Consequential Learning of ‘Ike loa, the...
Spring Cleaning at Work: Junk is not the Stuff of Legacy
How much junk is costing you money, and worse, cluttering up those spaces where good work, important and creative work, should be getting done instead? True legacy isn’t in your physical stuff. Take another look around you Within the work I do I have the opportunity to visit a lot of different workplaces....
When Learning Gets Overwhelming
I’ll be the first one to admit that I get a bit over-zealous about the virtues of ‘Ike loa (the Hawaiian value of learning), believing that learning is all peaches and cream. This isn’t the first time I’ve been wrong, and it won’t be the last. Our conversation started with wanting...
2010 Mālama for Say Leadership Coaching
The Mālama of my post title, refers to stewardship. I will often talk story with you about having a Strong Week Plan as the calendar-aligned construct of your work week. We’ve also reminded ourselves recently, of how having a “trusted system” can help you attain stress-free performance. Over the past week, the...
My favorite coaching assignment for Alaka‘i Managers (second to the Daily Five Minutes, and much easier to learn) is this one, reserved for the last 15 minutes of their workday. Answer this question: Who is waiting to hear from me? Make that call, preferably in person or on the phone. Give them...
Are you a Linchpin, a Genius, or an Alaka‘i Manager?
First off, this posting isn’t going to qualify as a book review for Linchpin, Are you Indispensable? because I haven’t finished reading it. I barely got 12 or so Kindle-short pages into it when the business of day-to-day living interfered in a couple of different ways, and these thoughts started...
The Enlightened Manager
Email: A Terrible Way to Manage Conflict
Hey Enlightened Managers, I wanted to write today about a little thing that can have big consequences - the tempting idea of managing our conflicts over email instead of picking up the phone. Do you ever find yourself trying to......
Workplace Dysfunction as an Elephant in the Room
Hello everyone, Can I share something I made, just for fun? One of the things that I've noticed is that while there is plenty of team dysfunction in the business world, it can be a pretty uncomfortable thing to talk......
Those Darn Norms!: How Coworkers and Bosses influence Motivation
"Why should I bust my tail when Janet surfs the internet at her desk every day?" "I'm tired of being the only one who fills out invoicing requests. No one else follows the rules." "When Joe yells at work, no......
Ageism in the Interview: Tips for Avoiding the Stereotypes.
You don't need to be a rocket scientist to see that there are a lot of unemployed people in the market these days. In my conversations with some of them, a topic has risen several times, the idea that "my......
Recognition Matters: The Story of Allyis
I read an interesting article this morning in Seattle Business Magazine, written by Richard Law, the CEO of Allyis in Kirkland WA. "Seven years ago, Allyis made a strategic gamble: take the majority of our marketing budget and turn it......
On the importance of Vulnerability
How often do you get naked with your clients or team? Not literally of course, but in the sense of being vulnerable? That's the subject of Patrick Lenconi's latest book "Getting Naked." I enjoyed Lenconi's other books, particularly "The Five......
Management-Issues : News
A war for talent or for dead wood?
As we slowly begin to emerge from recession, a mass of disgruntled, unmotivated and disengaged workers will be trying to change jobs. But will this represent a threat to organizations or an opportunity?...
The power of proactive thinking
Every organisation can benefit from some deliberate thinking. This isn't the thinking we do when we are sitting at a desk or taking part in a discussion. It is a formal process designed to generate new ideas and perceptions, and to take action around any possibilities that exist....
How capitalism was tested beyond its limits
Capitalism has been tested beyond its limits by completely false and inherently risky assumptions. Globalisation transpired to be a trap and a delusion. What looked like a dead cert for the world economy became a sure nightmare....
If you want to succeed, get used to failure
Failure is commonplace. Ninety-nine percent of all species and organisations that exist will eventually disappear. Once you accept this and understand that every innovation begins with a series of aberrations, you will be better placed to succeed now and in the future....
Discouraged workers may hold the key to recovery
Real economic recovery can't come until the million or so U.S workers who have lost their jobs and given up all hope of finding another can be tempted back into the jobs' market....
This month, advice on tapping into your 'Inner Google', how to embark on a one-day revolution, getting off to a strong start and the subtle pleasure of being an amateur....