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The Value of Vision Series – Daniel Burrus

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

A few years ago, I had the opportunity to converse with Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon. They kept solving those unsolvable problems,” Armstrong added, “until one day, there I was—walking the lunar surface.”. Making the Impossible Possible. And here we are, a little over fifty years later.

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5 Good Reasons To Do An Employee Survey

Eric Jacobson

Armstrong in their book, Perfect Phrases for Writing Employee Surveys : 1. To provide a benchmark – or a snapshot of your employees and their attitudes at a certain point of time that you can then compare to future surveys to spot trends. Kador and Armstrong caution leaders to NOT do employee surveys: 1.

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5 Reasons To Do An Employee Survey

Eric Jacobson

Armstrong in their book, Perfect Phrases for Writing Employee Surveys : 1. To provide a benchmark – or a snapshot of your employees and their attitudes at a certain point of time that you can then compare to future surveys to spot trends. Kador and Armstrong caution leaders to NOT do employee surveys: 1.

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Q&A With Best Selling Author And Expert Storyteller, Paul Smith

Eric Jacobson

I feel you started that trend. Paul : I wish I could take credit for this trend, but I can’t. It’s one that started in the early 1990s with authors like David Armstrong and Peg Neuhauser, and continued in the 2000s by authors like Annette Simmons, Evelyn Clark, Lori Silverman, and Stephen Denning among many others.

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The Right Way to Rally Your Troops

Harvard Business Review

At one point, the stock had taken a dive and when John and I shot his usual recording soon after, he stared into the camera, frankly explained what had happened and asked everyone for their help reversing the trend. Repeatedly Armstrong told his staff that anyone not fully invested in Patch should leave. .”

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Loud and Clear: Six Tips for Communicating in a Way That Truly.

Strategy Driven

For example, Neil Armstrong used the six hours and forty minutes between his moon landing and first step to craft his historic statement. Make sure you have at least a fifteen- to thirty-second message that is so salient it will be obvious to reporters that it should be featured in the broadcasts. Use catchy words.

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How to Harness the Customer Awakening

Harvard Business Review

Consider the "My Dell hell" diatribes by prominent blogger and journalist Jeff Jarvis, or Heather Armstrong's "Maytag Nightmare" that she described in vivid detail to her 1.5 For example, the Facebook page might post links to blog posts by Yoshida on the latest video technology or storage trends. million followers.

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