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APRIL 13, 2011

After an extended hiatus, I’m back today with a new installment of the Video Book Club. If you’ve ever been to a Starbucks and if you’re a student of leadership, you’ll likely be interested in Onward. Please click the headline to read the whole story.

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OCTOBER 19, 2010

Today, October 19, is the official publication date of the second edition of my book, The Next Level: What Insiders Know About Executive Success. It’s available now on Amazon , Barnes and Noble and wherever books are sold. Your comment has not yet been posted. Your comment could not be posted. Error type: Your comment has been saved.

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JULY 20, 2010

» July 20, 2010 Video Book Club: Made to Stick If you been to a book store in the past three years, youve no doubt seen Made to Stick by Chip and Dan Heath. Who could forget a book with duct tape on it? You likely remember the bright orange cover and the big strip of silver duct tape across the front. View an alternate.

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JUNE 29, 2010

I also share my big take away from the book not it’s not just about the facts, it’s about something else. The Next Level Find out what insiders know about executive success in Scott Eblin’s new and expanded book, The Next Level: What Insiders Know About Executive Success. This prevents automated programs from posting comments.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Fortunately, Marc Effron and Miriam Ort are here to save us from ourselves with their book, One Page Talent Management. I like their book a lot because their process of applying some basic design principles to common processes is one that has application far beyond the realm of talent management and human resources. View an alternate.

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JUNE 22, 2010

» June 22, 2010 Video Book Club: The Discipline of Market Leaders One of the things that makes a strategy book really useful is when it introduces a model that you can use to organize your thinking for years to come. This week’s VBC feature did that for me. It’s The Discipline of Market Leaders. Having trouble reading this image?

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JULY 13, 2010

Take a look at the video for other thoughts on why you might like this book. The Next Level Find out what insiders know about executive success in Scott Eblin’s new and expanded book, The Next Level: What Insiders Know About Executive Success. This prevents automated programs from posting comments. Having trouble reading this image?

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JANUARY 3, 2024

As I’ve written about before on this blog and in my books, the framework we use for that planning process is a one-page tool we developed called the Life GPS®. A few years ago, in a post on having a sense of purpose , I wrote about Carl Reiner the comedy legend who was writing books and producing moves shortly before his passing at age 98.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The audio edition of my book, The Next Level: What Insiders Know About Executive Success has arrived and is ready to stream through your earbuds. The new audio edition is available wherever you purchase your audio books including Amazon , Apple Books and Audiobook.com.

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JULY 12, 2022

You can think of milestones like the chapters in a book. In a good book, the end of a chapter leaves you wanting to start the next one. Set Milestones : Especially at the beginning of a major initiative, you need to set key milestones that break progress up into visible chunks along the path of the narrative.

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JANUARY 3, 2023

Over the weekend, I saw a quote from country star and fellow native West Virginian Brad Paisley that inspired this post – “Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365-page book. And a consecutive series of good starts is predictive of not just how your year is going to start but also how it ends. Write a good one.”.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2020

She recognized that it was keeping her from really enjoying her family, giving herself a rest and doing things she loves like reading good books. It comes from Caroline Starner who, when I interviewed her for my book, Overworked and Overwhelmed , was the head of human resources for the sunglass and sports apparel company, Oakley.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2023

It’s from Robert Greenleaf in his book, Servant Leadership , where he wrote, “The most difficult question to ask oneself is, ‘Does what I have to say improve upon the silence?’” One of the most powerful quotes I’ve ever read has stuck with me for years. The fact of the matter is that a lot of people in leadership roles talk too much.

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OCTOBER 17, 2014

To be really honest with you, I had that experience a couple of weeks ago as we counted down to the launch of my new book, "Overworked and Overwhelmed: The Mindfulness Alternative". What if I released the book into the world and nobody noticed? OOTMA books overworked and overwhelmed'

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OCTOBER 2, 2019

Here are three best practices that I see my best prepared executive coaching clients follow: Book the time: The best prepared leaders book the time to prepare. They then book the time on their calendar to do that longer-term preparation. Most of them do that through three lenses of time – short-term, medium-term and long-term.

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APRIL 25, 2014

So in case you missed the news, I’m writing a new book. This book is for any professional who feels like their RPM is maxed out. By making the concepts and practices of mindfulness simple, practical and applicable, this book will help you take the easy steps to regaining control over the 168 hours you have in any given week.

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JANUARY 8, 2020

In a recent conversation with David Meerman Scott , co-author of the new book, Fanocracy: Turning Fans into Customers and Customers into Fans , I learned a lot about how to find and connect with your fans. Don’t let the book’s title throw you off the scent. All of us need fans.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Back in my own days as an executive, I was hugely influenced by a book called The Discipline of Market Leaders. The book was written a long time ago and things change. As with most things in life, it depends on what you’re trying to do. You couldn’t have two or three, you had to pick one.

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AUGUST 22, 2014

If you’ve been reading this blog the past few months, you know that I’ve been working on my next book, "Overworked and Overwhelmed: The Mindfulness Alternative". There are two questions that people usually ask me when they hear the title of the book. The second is “How does the new book relate to what you’ve been doing?”

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OCTOBER 2, 2014

For this episode of The Next Level Podcast, I''m joined by coaching leader and former ICF President Dr. Marcia Reynolds, discussing her new book, "The Discomfort Zone: How Leaders Turn Difficult Conversations Into Breakthroughs". Next Level Podcast audio books difficult conversations Marcia Reynolds podcast The Discomfort Zone'

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NOVEMBER 2, 2020

A few years ago, around the time my book, Overworked and Overwhelmed was launched, I wrote a series of blog posts under the theme of Mindful Mondays. There’s a lot more I could say about managing yourself in times of stress; that’s why I wrote a book on it.

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MAY 16, 2022

Eight years ago, I wrote a book called Overworked and Overwhelmed about how to manage yourself so you’re happy and satisfied with your outcomes in all of the arenas of life and not just your life at work. Obviously, based on the timing, I wrote that book when most people were going to the office five days a week.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2013

If you’re a leader who’s feeling continually pulled from pillar to post, you’ll want to check out the new book, "Grounded: How Leaders Stay Rooted in an Uncertain World" by Bob Rosen. General Leadership Next Level Podcast Personal Presence audio Bob Rosen books Grounded podcast' Grounded" is the summation of all he’s learned.

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JUNE 2, 2021

It’s one of the reasons I wrote my book, Overworked and Overwhelmed , back in 2014. When I was writing that book, I interviewed several dozen highly successful people from the CEO of Hilton to the former Commandant of the U.S. I’ve been thinking and talking about burnout for a long-time.

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JANUARY 3, 2019

With that in mind, some of the other habits I’m taking on this year include: Reading more books : I’ve always been a voracious reader but I’ve noticed over the past couple of years that I’m spending too much time reading the news. So, to make sure I read more books this year, I’ve set up a reading list ( you can see it here ) and a plan.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Towards the end of last year, I interviewed Nick about what he learned in writing his latest book on how to communicate effectively through virtual platforms like email, text, and video conferencing. The book is called Can You Hear Me? Here’s the back story on why Nick offered that advice and how you can apply it for positive outcomes.

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DECEMBER 1, 2020

Making that connection was what led me to write my first book, The Next Level. My goal with the book was to help leaders understand the expectations that others have of them and what they need to pick up and let go of when they’re moving into big new roles or situations. Its reach has exceeded anything that Diane and I ever expected.

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JANUARY 11, 2022

I read a few pages in an inspirational book, review my Life GPS® to check on how I’m following through on the routines that help me be at my best, and then take a look at a list of goals I have for the year and identify one or two things I can do today to move one or two of those goals forward.

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JUNE 17, 2020

Read : You may have seen that last week’s New York Times bestseller list was filled with books on the black experience and anti-racism. If you’re looking to expand and deepen your thinking, check out this list of books from Harvard Gazette that my friend and colleague Greg Pennington shared with me and others.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Krames has been involved in publishing more than 400 business books over the course of his career and has written books on business and government leaders like Jack Welch and Donald Rumsfeld. As he told me in a recent conversation, he felt moved to write a book on the Pope.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2021

I like to read through books, articles, old journals and things like that that are food for thought. You may have read about the Life GPS® in my books or on my blog. She likes to immerse herself in things like art and other creative resources that give her energy and remind her of her version of living at her best.

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OCTOBER 15, 2014

The response to the book in terms of sales, reader reviews and responses and media coverage has been overwhelming (in a really good way). I''ll share more on Friday about what I''ve learned from talking with people about why they''re interested in the book along with some of their stories.

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MARCH 17, 2014

From the archives of the Department of Irony, I found myself overwhelmed this past week while working on a book whose title is Overworked and Overwhelmed: The Mindfulness Alternative (coming to a web site or book store near you this Fall). It was about three days straight of reading, thinking, copying and pasting.

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MARCH 22, 2013

So, it’s pretty clear that Facebook COO, Sheryl Sandberg, doesn’t need any help from me in promoting her new book, Lean In. In what is the most impressive book launch I’ve ever seen, Sandberg and her book on women and leadership have received a ton of coverage and conversation online. Take the Sheryl Sandberg Test.)

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OCTOBER 10, 2014

One of the interesting things that happens when you launch a book is you do a lot of interviews about the book. I’ve been doing a lot of those lately as the official publication date of Monday, October 13 approaches for my new book, "Overworked and Overwhelmed: The Mindfulness Alternative".

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APRIL 26, 2022

My book, The Next Level , had been out for about a year and I was asked to be a regular speaker at a companywide leadership program for a major investment firm. Visualize Yourself : If you’ve read my blog or my books for any amount of time, you know how fond I am of the idea that leaders control the weather.

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AUGUST 18, 2014

He’s since gone on to release a couple of other best-sellers but it was his first book that really put him on the map. I’ve always joked, however, that there was no way Tim Ferris was only spending four hours a week working on writing and then getting the word out about his book. It was a great title for sure.

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