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'Tis the Season for (Product) Camping

Lead on Purpose

Are you taking advantage of the many Product Camps or “Un-Conferences” offered this year? Product camps are a great place for product management professionals and leaders to step away from the day-to-day and engage in a day of learning and networking. Mike; “What are Product Camps and why should I attend?”

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Courage, Connection and the Flow of Ideas

Michael Lee Stallard

In early May I spoke at the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) International Conference and Exposition in Denver on the topic “Do Leaders Need to Make Employees Happy?”. Nine thousand learning and development professionals from 70 countries attended the conference.

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Stop Scheduling Conference Calls and Finally Commit to Videoconferencing

Harvard Business Review

Even if you don’t like seeing yourself on the screen, consider how this powerful tool might increase productivity and effectiveness for your business. I’d rather spend 45 minutes working through a video conference with a CEO or GM than have a two-hour traditional conference call. Roger Schwarz.

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Game Changers | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

If you cannot turn an idea into innovation, if you can’t put thought into practice, it’s not a game changer. Go… Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Dan Rogers Mike – This is a great post with excellent perspective. Leaders focused on products, profits, processes, and procedures are aiming too LOW. It is about people.

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The Making of Legends

Strategy Driven

Most people are more products of pop culture than they are of training. I emceed concerts with stars like Elvis Presley, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Little Richard, Kenny Rogers, The Beach Boys, Roy Orbison, Simon & Garfunkel, Nelson Riddle, Dionne Warwick and Andre Previn. Innovating programs, strategies and methodologies.

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33 HBR Blog Posts You Should Read Before 2013

Harvard Business Review

We hope you'll find some insights here you may have missed the first time around, and that they'll help you make 2013 a productive and innovative year for your company and yourself. Innovation, Especially the Disruptive Kind, Seemed as Difficult as Ever. Innovation, Especially the Disruptive Kind, Seemed as Difficult as Ever.

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Focus On the Customers You Want, Not the Ones You Have

Harvard Business Review

Different segments have different risk tolerances, ways of making decisions, and — perhaps most challenging for growing businesses — preferences for when and how they adopt innovations. In launching new products or services, start-ups tend to accumulate deep knowledge about customers at the leading edge of a technology.