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Micro-Connections Enhance Energy, Enthusiasm

Michael Lee Stallard

Small actions to connect with people around you are called “Micro-Connections.&# These actions boost enthusiasm and energy in the work environment. As Atul Gwande wrote in his book Better , asking questions unrelated to work “make the machine feel less like a machine.” Unrelated questions help us learn other people’s stories.

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What matters in 2010?

Lead on Purpose

What matters in 2010? His purpose: “Now, more than ever, we need a different way of thinking, a useful way to focus and the energy to turn the game around.&# Seth Godin , marketing guru and thought leader, did a cool project where he brought together more than seventy “big thinkers&# to write the ebook What Matters Now.

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Glamorous Celebrity Deaths and Minimal Taxes in 2010 :: Women on.

Women on Business

As we read year-end and best-of 2010 articles and watch the tribute shows, take a moment to try to add up the cumulative wealth of those being remembered. Houston energy magnate Dan Duncan who died earlier this year had an estimated net worth of $9 billion, and television industry mogul John Kluge died with a $6.5 billion estate.

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Pack Some Energy into Your Lunch :: Women on Business

Women on Business

Makes Commitment to Renewable Energy by Becoming a Member of the U.S. PRESS RELEASE Pleasant Prairie, WI – November 22, 2010 – Do You Feel As If You Are Swimming Upstream? Ryan, contributing Women On Business writer What’s. LMI Packaging Solutions, Inc., EPA’s Green Power Partnership. Are You in Career Quicksand?

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Book Review: The Right Leader

Lead on Purpose

In his book The Right Leader: Selecting Executives Who Fit , author Nat Stoddard (with help from Claire Wyckoff) investigates the complex topic of assuring smooth executive transitions, with their primary focus at the CEO level. The first section of the book focuses on finding executives who “fit&# the organization.

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Book Review: Everyone Communicates, Few Connect

QAspire

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Book Review: Everyone Communicates, Few Connect A few weeks back, my friend Becky Robinson at Mountain State University gifted me with a copy of John C. Maxwell’s latest book “ Everyone Communicates, Few Connect ”. By Tanmay , July 26, 2010 @ 9:24 am @Jay - Good point there.

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Building Trust Through Behavioral Integrity

Great Leadership By Dan

Employees are more proactive, more present, and more productive with the application of their discretionary energy. ? Simons’ work continues at The Integrity Dividend with a book, programs, blog, and more.) As employee commitment goes up, employees willingly demonstrate discretionary effort. ?

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