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In 1984 I received the opportunity to lead as general manager the construction and startup of a 100,000 watt FM radio station in Wausau, Wisconsin. It was a very challenging time for a number of reasons, including attempting to appease and satisfy the brother-in-law of the owner who thought he should have been given the opportunity.
Topics: employee engagement, employee performance, Relationship Drivers, human behavior performance, superior human relations, Psychology of Achievement, Brian Tracy
How do you build a business model from Good to Great? The answer while not popular is fundamental. We dislike, resist and simply refuse to want more of it in our life: DISCIPLINE
Topics: Discipline, Good to Great, Discipline Plan, Rockefeller Habits Checklist
You are probably not old enough to remember the way back machine from the cartoon series PEABODY’S IMPROBABLE HISTORY, (it was a series that aired within the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoon series on TV) however I am betting you can remember when you first started your career.
Topics: employee performance, Growth Summit, Growth Summit. Learning, Business Development Tool, Liz Wiseman
Thanksgiving is just two days away. The holiday means this will be my only blog this week. I thought instead of providing Liz Wiseman’s Growth Summit presentation on Rookie Smarts I’d take a chapter from your previous book Multipliers and send a message on thankfulness.
Topics: Acute Myeloid Luekemia, positive reinforcement, Gratitude and Recognition, appreciation, Thankful
Keith Ferrazzi, author of Never Eat Alone and Who’s Got Your Back received his first lesson on social networking when he was just 13. As a caddie at a local golf course, he earned the title of being the best first year caddie, and eventually caddied for Arnold Palmer, Coming from a poor family he might have been intimidated by the type of customer with memberships at the club. Each day he arrived 30 minutes early. Before anyone else was there Ferrazzi would check the pin placement of the holes and observe how the grass had been cut. All in an effort to give those he caddied for every advantage possible. He met a woman, Mrs. Poland, who possibly was the best golfer at the club. She quickly made Keith her caddie. Why?
Topics: People, change, Growth Summit, Growth Summit. Learning, Relationship Drivers
How important is culture to your organization? The Rockefeller Habits Four Decisions for Growth offers the outcome of The People Decision is a harmonious culture of accountability.
Topics: Sales Process, People, People Decisions, Growth Summit, Sales Training, Systems & Process, Leverage
Probably the most disappointing presentation at the Growth Summit was Kenneth Cukier’s, Data Editor for The Economist. Speaking from London, without video, the presentation was interrupted or dropped several times, making it disruptive. You may catch the irony here. Big Data is one of the leading factors in the Disruptive Innovation and exponential growth our first speaker, Salim Ismail got our attention with.
Topics: Core Purpose, Growth Summit, Passion, Exponential Organization, MTP, The Monk and the Riddle: The Art of Creating a Lif
Topics: Employee Feedback, employee engagement, People, Growth Summit, Employee retention
You’re interviewing a candidate for a sales position. You like their responses to your questions, so you ask a typical question often required of sales candidates, “Sell me something!” In this case it's a jug of water on your desk.
Topics: Growth Summit, persaussion principles, Power of Persausion
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