QAspire

JANUARY 31, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer A Round Up of My Writing in January 2010 January 2010 was a productive blogging month. In case you were busy all the month and could not catch up with this blog, here is a round-up of my writing activities in January 2010. I wrote earlier about “ toxic leadership ”.

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QAspire

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Article Series on Quality – A Round-Up As announced earlier , I am writing a very exciting series of articles on QUALITY over at ActiveGarage.com – it is a 12-part series that touches upon some of the most critical aspects of building a quality-centric organization culture.

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Rich Gee Group

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Stop frustrating yourself because of things that have happened in the past and start dealing with the qualities, experience, and talents that you currently have. Solution: You can’t do anything about it. Make a list – you will surprise yourself. Establish A Contract With Your Team. When Is It Right To Question Authority At Work?

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Licensing Ethics Brainstorming Executive Coaching 274

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

I have only raised my voice in the workplace twice during my career and both times I have regretted it tremendously. Regardless of what might be tugging at your emotional strings, leaders need to remain calm while assessing the situation at hand. Make decisions based upon the big picture, and never based upon heat of the moment emotions.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

It’s about quality not quantity. It’s great to meet new people, but effective networking is not just about how many new people you can meet. It’s about making more meaningful connections; building and leveraging relationships that will over time get you new clients. 2. We mingle with no strategy. Who is attending the event?

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 20, 2010

Avoid controversy, maintain a high likeability factor, consistently and proactively engage your customers, be a business of character that engenders trust and confidence with your target market(s), produce a quality product or service at a competitive price point, and provide great customer service.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

I would like to add Calmness and Tranquility as qualities that I have seen great leaders possess. These two qualities, in my opinion doesn't require any sill or talent and one needs to possess a high level of emotional intelligence to be able to demonstrate calmness and tranquility when others are going haywire.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 9, 2010

When you think of Apple you immediate think of a company that has built a strong brand around quality design. Let me make my position very clear…design absolutely matters. It started with the Mac, then came the iPod, next came the iPhone and now we’re experiencing the impact of the iPad.

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Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

If you step back and look at your career, major leaps and successes were not built on that one email you sent or read, it was clearly delivered by your actions, presence, management, leadership, and interpersonal skills. So, I’d say email has affected the quality of organizational planning and execution as well.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Kevin also hosts the Best of Leadership Blogs 2010 contest of which this blog is a nominee (if you haven’t voted yet, today is the last day for voting). Today’s guest post by Kevin Eikenberry ( @kevineikenberry ) really resonates with me because it’s chalk full of leadership perspective.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Just to refresh, if you have seen the delightful holiday movie Elf , you are familiar with the endearing qualities of child-like hope and wonder “Buddy the Elf” exudes. How endearing is your brand to your customers? What do you your customers believe and understand about your brand?

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Rich Gee Group

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Nordstrom’s excels in customer service and quality. When you deliver your service, find one way to go the extra mile and make your customer smile and think “I am so glad I shopped here/worked with you.&# How can you do it? Jet Blue does it with customer service and price (and great seats!). Get where I’m going?

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Women on Business

JANUARY 4, 2011

What are some other qualities you have found in individuals that make them indispensible to your team? If you want a team of dedicated employees working diligently to accomplish goals, helping each other succeed, and helping you reach new heights in your business, consider a guilt-prone hire. The Great Escape Facing conflict head on!

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

Tenure Kills Brands : As an organization expands and continues to promote mediocre talent up through the ranks, you’ll notice that growth will eventually slow, quality and customer service suffer, and eventually these negative attributes will be reflected in declining brand equity.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Here are some basic qualities most leaders use and how to kick each one up a notch to great: Integrity When was the last time you really assessed YOUR performance? It chronicles how they made the leap, what they did, and what they didn’t do. Do you stand by what you say? Establish A Contract With Your Team. Unported License.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Improve the quality of life? Or more specifically “why” are you starting up your own business? Are you doing it to: Make a difference in the world, in your community, in your family? Right a wrong? Fulfill a need? Out of your purpose grows value. What do you value? Giving back to the world, to your community, to your family, to yourself?

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 26, 2010

If what you’re seeking is lasting relationships, long-term success, and a better quality of life (in and out of the workplace) then you will be better served to forgo the pompous acts of the arrogant, and substitute the humility and quiet confidence displayed by true leaders.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Wishing you memorable quality time with your loved ones. Context, fluidity, and other nuanced behaviors are positive traits to embrace so long as they don’t serve as an excuse for a lack of discipline. Believe me Mike, we must create a environment for any things and we have always some limitations. Thank you for your post Mike.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 14, 2011

This kind of praise implies that traits like smartness, cleverness, and goodness are qualities you either have or you don’t. Achieving Career Success as a Woman in a Male Dominated Field Guest post by Suzanne Doyle-Morris (learn more about Suzanne at. Boys, on the other hand, are a handful.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 18, 2011

There’s often a direct correlation between the quality of your relationships with prospects and clients, and the rate of sales and growth in your business. They certainly would not go out of their way to do business with you or talk about you with others just because of your product or service offering.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 14, 2010

This doesn’t just mean hire a top producer, or the candidate who graduated from the best business school, but rather hire a quality individual that is a person of integrity & character, whose values are in alignment with the organizations core values, and who also happens to be talented.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Trust is the foundation of all other qualities of influence. Ultimately the best way to insure your staff has influence is to model the correct behaviors and to make sure that you mentor them in said behaviors as well. Thanks for stopping by David. link] Charles Hey Mike, you hit it right on.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

While optimism is generally a great quality for a CEO to possess, there is a point at which unbridled optimism can disconnect a person from reality. They will believe what they want to believe regardless of what they hear or what they observe. Even in the worst of times they believe nothing to be insurmountable.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

If we don't have strong evidence in your hand nothing even with the greatest Storry teiling or big media because the quality is the sign of your good substance. If you fail in communication, you can delegate to other how are better than us. If you play the game you have to know the rules, we don't play to play but we play to win.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 2, 2010

How endearing is your brand to your customers? What do you your customers believe and understand about your brand?

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

If what you’re seeking is lasting relationships, long-term success, and a better quality of life (in and out of the workplace) then you’ll be well served to forgo the pompous acts of the arrogant, and substitute the humility and quiet confidence displayed by true leaders.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Mary Jo Asmus Posted in Uncategorized 2 Responses to “Thought-full Thursday: Christmas Gifts for Leaders to Give&# Dan Rockwell : December 23, 2010 at 5:35 pm Mary Jo, You matter! . Best, Dan Mary Jo Asmus : December 24, 2010 at 9:44 am Dan, Thanks for stopping over. Thanks for all you give.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Of the legions of not so great leaders you’ve encountered over the years, how many of them were absent of these qualities? While today’s post is a bit more kumbaya than most, please don’t check out on me because you perceive this topic too gooey and gushy to be relevant. Starting to get my drift?

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Women on Business

JANUARY 10, 2011

From LinkedIn directly: “Since, like in the real world, the size of your network on LinkedIn depends on the number and quality of connections you have, we recommend you have at least 20 connections to people you know and trust on LinkedIn. Many connections = many opportunities. Few connections = few opportunities.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

That being said, while N2growth believes the websites and blogs listed below offer valuable and relevant content we make no representation as to quality or type of service you may receive from them as they are in fact third party resources. The N2growth Blog is pleased to announce its inclusion in the list.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 27, 2010

All of us, at some time in our career, have the privilege of working with a leader who enjoys us. Posted in Uncategorized 5 Responses to “7 Ways to Enjoy Others at Work&# Monica Diaz : June 28, 2010 at 1:18 pm Great point, Mary Jo! Bassett : July 5, 2010 at 2:20 pm Monica: Love your advice. We were productive to no end!

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Open-book Resistance Follow-up Greenleaf 248

N2Growth Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

Howard Schultz is known to show-up at various Starbucks locations and stand in line to order a coffee to measure the quality of his experience. Richard Branson is a frequent passenger on Virgin flights.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 26, 2010

On the heels of being inspired by watching the character and quality of the individuals who graduated with my son, yesterday my wife and I had the opportunity to visit The Alamo. While this coming weekend simply signifies a long awaited prelude to summer for some, it is much more than that for me.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Through the blog, I have met with many former career women—from all over the world—who fear they ‘threw it away in their forties’ to become mothers, and can never make it back as the prodigal daughters of business. I have gone through a great transformation in priorities”, says Aguilera, “and how I measure success and quality of life.”

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

If your organization is not thriving and growing, then the first thing that should occur is a long look in the mirror…Begin your triage by first evaluating your leadership qualities or the lack thereof. There seems to be way too much focus on “ me” and not enough focus on “ we” in today’s world.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 8, 2011

Example 2: My alumni association maintains a career group within Linkedin, and the quality and quantity of questions and answers posted keep me abreast of new developments, trends, and geo-specific information. He found me through his network, contacted me through Facebook, and we started and completed a project for him.

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QAspire

AUGUST 26, 2010

Share other useful resources like free presentations, eBooks, podcasts and videos that would help them get into a leadership mindset. By Tanmay , August 30, 2010 @ 7:01 am @Anand - I agree. To complement this effort, give them the URL’s of some of the best leadership blogs out there. Thanks again for sharing the nice post.

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