Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

And here’s the best part — most audiobooks today aren’t read by stuffy, upper-crust, gentry — they are now read by the author who adds so much more energy and information to the original book. Next post: Set Your 2011 Goals In Two Steps. Check this one out — you’ll be surprised. Listen to a podcast. Smile or Die!

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Energy – Get them active, wake them up. I guess I’ve been reading it for ~9 months and I can assure you its been very helpful to my career! This is key — most speakers just give info — you need to deliver action steps for success. Yell “Good Morning&# or get them to stretch. People LOVE stories. Unported License.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

The achievement of current goals and objectives free up the time & create the resources to move on to bigger and better things…Trying to do too many things at once will impede progress, dilute effort & energy, add to chaos and lead to burn-out. Bottom line…success equals focus.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

Smart leaders avoid make-work and focus their energy on high impact initiatives, which may include a needed restructuring. That is the question that many a business is forced to ask at some point during their life cycle. Thanks for sharing Dov… [link] ATIG Dear Mike, I really enjoyed your article, Mike.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2010

A mouse running on a mousewheel can perfect their stride and reduce the amount of energy it takes to get "moving." " If the goal is to get somewhere the mouse is efficiently ineffective. I can use a hand grenade to kill a mosquito. It ain't efficient but it sure is effective.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Johnson & Johnson leaders; the question that helped them to successfully deal with the Tylenol crisis in the 1980’s. Questions can give us a goal in life for fighting, questions can provide a tremendous power and energy to achieve our goals. They take energy, require time, and can sometimes be excruciating.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Positive Attitude : To the one, the best leaders I’ve ever known all smile, listen, engage, have a positive outlook, and have a high energy level. It’s just not that hard to deliver on your promises, and if you have no intention of doing so, don’t make the commitment to begin with.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Do you have boundless energy or mesmerizing charisma? Whenever some crisis loomed on the Voyager, she was known barking out: “Options?” Don’t tell me, show me…Don’t talk the talk, but walk the walk. Taking action always begings with one simple act – making a decision. Do you have great vision?

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

If opposing views are worth the time and energy to debate, then they are worth a legitimate effort to gain alignment on perspective and resolution on position. This is a skill I believe many leaders do not develop until later in their careers. However this will rarely happen if lines of communication do not remain open.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

If you believe the hype, social media will immediately solve all your problems and require no time, energy or effort on your part. Oddly enough, I have also found it is usually the network where they spend the most time, energy and effort. As I said above, your yield usually directly correlates to your efforts.

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Roundtable Talk

MAY 21, 2010

→ Fast Friday with Paul Ronan, Executive Director, Ontario Parks Association Posted on May 21, 2010 by LeaderTalker | Leave a comment As head of the Ontario Parks Association , Paul Ronan exudes energy and passion for his work. No one can drive your career but you. So, what kind of career conversation are you going to have today.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JANUARY 2, 2011

I wrote Unlocking the Energy – Another Job for Leaders because I was thinking about what it actually takes for people to unlock hidden reservoirs of energy from others and have them use it willingly in the accomplishment of great work. Finally, before moving on to 2011, I went back to a post I wrote in June, 2009.

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Roundtable Talk

JUNE 7, 2010

← Fast Friday words of wisdom with a King St West philosopher Career Shifting: Leaping lanes mid-career. Hiring better at the start saves you time, money and emotional energy all the way through. ← Fast Friday words of wisdom with a King St West philosopher Career Shifting: Leaping lanes mid-career.

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Roundtable Talk

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Here are my 10 ideas: Promote litterless lunches…By taking your lunch in a reusable lunch box instead of a disposable one, you save the energy needed to produce new lunch boxes. Quite honestly, climate change is one of those issues that overwhelms me.

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Roundtable Talk

MARCH 4, 2010

Don’t waste your energies trying to win everyone over. Decide who is most crucial to your project and focus your energies on securing their buy-in. Don’t look for or expect 100% support for your ideas… recognize that many people will be comfortable with the status quo and will resist change.

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Roundtable Talk

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Arguably o ne of the toughest career moves is the transition from peer to boss. If he had put half the energy into building the right relationships, he probably could have gone on to become the CEO. It’s easy to spend a lot of attention managing up or down, but how much attention are you putting into your sideways relationships?

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 20, 2011

Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers. In other words, it’s a fancy way to lose. The predictable and natural response is “Why bother?”.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

but they expend far more energy intentionally searching for opportunity, but not just any opportunity – a game changer. It transformed my business and career. What’s interesting is that the best leaders proactively focus on looking for game changers. Your SMARTS model is right on the money – and I do mean money!

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Let me be blunt – you won’t earn anyone’s respect, at least not the respect of anyone who matters if your concern for career success overshadows your concern for the well-being of your family. Think About Your Legacy: Create a legacy that transcends your career. What I can tell you is that I’ve always made my family a priority.

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Roundtable Talk

AUGUST 19, 2010

And, staying too long when you’re frustrated and disengaged isn’t a smart career move. There’s a definite difference between a career dip, burnout and really being ready to move on. Get the support you need to make this crucial career decision. Afterall, who wants the title “dead wood” hanging around their necks?

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

It also has helped us to create better relationships since we communicate before hand and not just during times of crisis. By taking the extra time up front, we can identify areas where we can support each other. This has allowed us to be more proactive. However, scheduling has been tough.

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Roundtable Talk

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

That’s a huge psychological difference that creates a different energy. Did the pressure to show that the program was a success push them to take risks that they wouldn’t have taken? Were they driven by desire to win or desperation not to lose?

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Roundtable Talk

MAY 12, 2010

And be brave enough to say NO to those efforts that will only drag your energy and enthusiasm down, no matter how exciting they may look to you. a favor - take stock of the work before you. Be realistic about what will and won’t get done this quarter, this year.

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Roundtable Talk

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

It’s got to be frustrating when, with an event of the magnitude that the Olympics is, so much energy was spent by the general media whipping up silly stories (the women’s hockey team chomping cigars and having a beer on ice after everyone had left the arena… who cares!!).

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

That's why I think the best thing we can do is to lead by example by making this not the focus of our energies, which I personally believe is more decisive than anything, and demonstrate instead how much more we thrive when we openly embrace and utilize our inherent diversity to our advantage.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Following are a few of the ideas Carlos shared yesterday: Dreaming BIG and dreaming small take the same amount of energy – why not dream BIG? Carlos was passionate, on-point, and as you might have guessed consistent in his messaging. Companies are made of people, so dreams matter.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2010

If opposing views are worth the time and energy to debate, then they are worth a legitimate effort to gain alignment on perspective and resolution on position. It seems that in today’s world many people have lost the ability to disagree with someone, yet still respect them.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

The time, energy, and cost associated with acquiring a customer are substantial, the benefits of retaining customers are considerable, and the costs associated with customer churn are significant.

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Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Ben : Yeah, I think always of Southwest, and it’s actually probably a little different take on the spirit, but I always think of Herb Kelleher and the natural high energy that they have in the excitement and energy around that. Sometimes it takes a major crisis in one’s life to sort of see the light, if you will.

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Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Ben : Yeah, I think always of Southwest, and it’s actually probably a little different take on the spirit, but I always think of Herb Kelleher and the natural high energy that they have in the excitement and energy around that. Sometimes it takes a major crisis in one’s life to sort of see the light, if you will.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Free fall is a crisis of obsolescence and decline that can happen at any point in a company’s life cycle, but most often it affects maturing incumbents whose business model has come under competitive attack from insurgents or is no longer viable in a changing market. Build a Re-Founding Team. Since then its stock has more than doubled.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

I have watched companies spend tremendous amounts of money, time and energy debating logos, taglines, color pallets, font styles, ad campaigns, positioning strategies, marketing messages, brand promises, etc., with the only outcomes being failed initiatives and splintered management teams.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

Yet, when the company shifted from being an energy supplier to the hucksterish energy trader, the charitable activities were dispensed with. The way the California energy crisis was handled speaks to Enron’s disdain for media openness. The same analogies apply to personal lives, careers and Body of Work.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

I argue in my book that "leadership" has become a far too limited term that is more accurately used to define the material wealth and career success of individuals among society—those who have succeeded in acquiring high salary, prestigious job title and social status, perceived popularity and power, and masses of followers.

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