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What if Serving Others Actually Serves You, too?

Great Leadership By Dan

He most likely does not have had a high paying career as a cashier, but he does create a joyful work environment! For example, every year since 1994 there has been a huge festival/conference called South By Southwest in Austin, TX. Chris has also served as a senior consultant with The Ken Blanchard Companies since 1995.

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Built to Win

Great Leadership By Dan

Recently, I spoke to 300 leaders at a client's annual conference. After a 15-year career leading successful teams, Chris founded his consulting company, The Purposeful Culture Group, in 1990. Chris has also served as a senior consultant with The Ken Blanchard Companies since 1995.

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The Books That Impacted My Life In 2014

Joseph Lalonde

From his roles in Zulu, Deathrap, and Harry Brown, Caine has had a career of over five decades as an actor. Moment Maker: You Can Live Your Life Or It Will Live You by Carlos Whitaker – I became a fan of Carlos’ because of his work with the Catalyst Conference. It’s not about selling, it’s about helping.

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Top Quotes from the Art of Management 2010 | RoundtableTalk

Roundtable Talk

Overall though, this event was a vast improvement over the recycled ideas of Covey, Blanchard, Peters et al. A stark comparison to Michael Eisner who praised micro management and working inside boxes which left me a little cold. Nothing wrong with management classics, but what worked in 1970 just isn’t working today.

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Hope Is a Strategy (Well, Sort Of)

Harvard Business Review

I'm a passionate attendee of the Business Innovation Factory 's annual conferences. Last year at BIF-7, Angela Blanchard 's phrase, " You can't build on broken " became our rallying cry. Optimists are powerful for solving wicked problems, the ones pessimists say can't be solved. They succeeded.

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The September 2012 Leadership Development Carnival NFL Kick-off Edition

Great Leadership By Dan

Posts are organized by NFL team conferences and divisions. Well-intentioned talent management systems are frequently to blame for undermining the quality of career conversations. Blanchard's culture guru S. Joel Garfinkle , from Career Advancement Blog, breaks a tackle with How to Get Your Shy Employees to Speak Up in Meetings.

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7 Things I Learned About Goal Setting in 1999

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

My children were seven and twelve years old, and my career was at a peak. I squeezed work into every crack – joining a conference call while preparing breakfast, responding to email while my children played, and preparing program materials after they went to sleep. In 1999 I decided to re-prioritize my life.

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