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Strategic Intuition

Tony Mayo

Top Executive Coaching with Tony Mayo About Tony Mayo Newsletter Sign-up Sections Client Comments For Executive Coaches For Executives For Fun For Salespeople Quotes and Aphorisms Recommended Books Technology Tips Videos & Podcasts Popular Posts Twitter Log IX About Tony Mayo Truth or Consequences? CEO Executive Coaching Fees My Protein Shake Recipe One more question.

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Book Review: The Three Laws of Performance

Lead on Purpose

Home About the Blog Michael’s Bio Resources Lead on Purpose Entries RSS | Comments RSS Top Posts Lead on Purpose featured Five leadership practices for improving customer service Five factors of leadership Real-world examples of customer service Leadership and Product Management Five stages of problem solving Guest Post: The Yin-Yang of Product Management -- Market Sensing Book Review: The Leader Who had no Title Market sensing Product manager responsibilities Recent Comments Doug Tay

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Learning Leadership from the New York Yankees

Women's Leadership Exchange

I?m in ecstasy. My NY Yankees won the World Series. And they did it 9 minutes before my birthday. I got the best birthday gift money can?t buy. My happiness caused me to reflect about why I love the Yankees so much. The answer popped ino my head - because of their leadership. Okay, I am a leadership fanatic, maybe not as much as a Yankee fanatic, but, I am obsessed with always looking at why and how people lead.

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Skills, Habits, Behavior Patterns - The Truth about How We Acquire Them

Building Personal Strength

Habits are hard to break, but sometimes our lives depend on doing so. Skills are hard to learn, especially if we already have a habitual way of doing something. But our professional success may depend on learning a better way. So what's involved? How does this kind of learning happen? The first thing you need to know is that all behavior is triggered by thought processes, which happen in the brain.

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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Announcing the article series - “QUALITYtweet”

QAspire

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Announcing the article series - “QUALITYtweet&# I am glad to announce a series of articles on Quality that I will be writing at Activegarage.com. This series is a collection of 12 chosen tweets from my upcoming book “ #QUALITYtweet – 140 Bite-Sized Ideas to Deliver Quality in Every Project ” and ideas that expand 12 tweets from the book.

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Feedback: A Gift Many People Reject

Your Voice of Encouragement

skip to main | skip to sidebar Wednesday, November 11, 2009 Feedback: A Gift Many People Reject If youre like me, one of the hardest things you have to do in life is listen to someone tell you that youre not perfect. Now they dont come right out and say that, of course. Most take a more subtle approach. They point out something youve done - or havent done - that they dont like.

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Helen Keller - Without Sight, She Gave Us Insight

Building Personal Strength

Every time I think of Helen Keller , I'm amazed that someone so radically limited could have such a profound impact on the world. Before she was two years old, she lost her sight and hearing. She struggled against these infirmities all her life until she found ways to communicate. From the dozen books she wrote we receive her wisdom - she is one of the most quotable authors in history.

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WOMEN: Learning to LISTEN

Women in the LEAD

Women in the LEAD A B O U T U S H O W T O C O M M E N T Recent Posts WOMEN: LEADERSHIP is How TO BE WOMEN: Love, Respect and Leadership WOMEN: Is Negative Thinking Holding You Back? GRATITUDE: Journey to Ones Calling WOMEN: CLAIMING YOUR WINGS WOMEN: Challenged and Overwhelmed? A Remedy Powerful, Focused, Highly Intentional Living WOMEN: The Art of Great Presentations Inner Life, Outer Success WOMEN: See Your Own POTENTIAL Rumi Tells Us Archives January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2

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Marshall Goldsmith and Feedforward

Your Voice of Encouragement

skip to main | skip to sidebar Friday, November 13, 2009 Marshall Goldsmith and Feedforward Marshall Goldsmith is one of the best-known executive coaches in America. I agree with his idea that you should focus on just ONE area at a time when youre working on self-development. And I love his approach for getting ideas from others - what he calls "Feedforward.

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Learn Lessons From This Recession

Eric Jacobson

As a dim light begins to shine at the end of the tunnel in this recession, savvy business leaders are making their lists of lessons learned so their companies will be better prepared for future downturns. Business Week magazine's June 29, 2009 issue featured an article called "Managing Through The Economic Storm" where various experts weighed in on how leaders should react to challenging economic times.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Perseverance - 2: Jim Valvano

Building Personal Strength

While the head basketball coach at North Carolina State University, he won the 1983 NCAA Basketball Tournament. Before that, going into the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, his team's record was only 17-10, and none of the experts believed the Wolfpack would be invited to "The Dance." But they won the ACC tournament, earning them the right to compete.

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Taking Charge by Making Conscious Decisions Regarding Your Life.

Women in the LEAD

Women in the LEAD A B O U T U S H O W T O C O M M E N T Recent Posts WOMEN: LEADERSHIP is How TO BE WOMEN: Love, Respect and Leadership WOMEN: Is Negative Thinking Holding You Back? GRATITUDE: Journey to Ones Calling WOMEN: CLAIMING YOUR WINGS WOMEN: Challenged and Overwhelmed? A Remedy Powerful, Focused, Highly Intentional Living WOMEN: The Art of Great Presentations Inner Life, Outer Success WOMEN: See Your Own POTENTIAL Rumi Tells Us Archives January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2

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Inspiring Others: Wisdom from Harvey Mackay

Your Voice of Encouragement

skip to main | skip to sidebar Monday, November 9, 2009 Inspiring Others: Wisdom from Harvey Mackay I love these words from Harvey Mackay, one of my favorite business leaders: "A mediocre person tells. A good person explains. A superior person demonstrates. A great person inspires others to see for themselves. " Too often, well-intentioned people give advice and think theyre truly helping another person.

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Lead Like Marriott

Eric Jacobson

The next time you stay at a Marriott hotel look in the nightstand drawer for Marriott's booklet that highlights its milestones and tells the Marriott story. In the booklet, you'll find the following 12 ways that Marriott practices good leadership: Continually challenge your team to do better. Take good care of your employees, and they'll take good care of your customers, and the customers will come back.

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5 Ways to Improve DE&I in the Workplace

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are critical for an organization’s success. And companies that take bold action to help ensure an inclusive workplace will win every time. Discover how your company can create a culture that celebrates DE&I while achieving higher revenue and growth.

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Perseverance - 1: Eryk Anders

Building Personal Strength

Today, Eryk Anders is a fifth-year senior star outside linebacker on the No. #2 ranked Alabama Crimson Tide football team. He has an infant son. He's earned a degree in health studies, and he's now working on a degree in consumer science. Two years ago, after his team beat Colorado in the Independence Bowl, he was discouraged because he sat on the bench during the entire game.

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We Attract Our Success

Women in the LEAD

Women in the LEAD A B O U T U S H O W T O C O M M E N T Recent Posts WOMEN: LEADERSHIP is How TO BE WOMEN: Love, Respect and Leadership WOMEN: Is Negative Thinking Holding You Back? GRATITUDE: Journey to Ones Calling WOMEN: CLAIMING YOUR WINGS WOMEN: Challenged and Overwhelmed? A Remedy Powerful, Focused, Highly Intentional Living WOMEN: The Art of Great Presentations Inner Life, Outer Success WOMEN: See Your Own POTENTIAL Rumi Tells Us Archives January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2

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Wanna Be a Success? Turn Over a Few More Rocks

Terry Starbucker

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full Wanna Be a Success? Turn Over a Few More Rocks by Starbucker on November 8, 2009 Today I’m launching my new site design (thank you Thesis and Jesse Petersen !). It was just time, given that blog platforms are evolving faster than Twitter is gaining new users (well, maybe not quite that fast).

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On SERVICE - Wisdom From Mother Teresa

Building Personal Strength

On Veterans Day, I think of service. Few can serve in the military, but we all have the capacity to serve, as Mother Teresa explained. “There is joy in transcending self to serve others.” “Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.” "What we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But if that drop was not in the ocean, I think the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.".

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No Ego: How Leaders Can Cut the Cost of Drama, End Entitlement and Drive Big Results

Speaker: Cy Wakeman, M.S., CSP, President, Reality-Based Leadership

Most HR leadership philosophies are grounded in two completely faulty assumptions — “change is hard” and “engagement drives results.” Those beliefs have inspired expensive attempts to keep change from being disruptive to employees. What these engagement programs actually do is create and reinforce feelings of victim-hood and leave employees unprepared to adapt to real changes that are necessary for the health and profitability of their enterprises.

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Zig Ziglar - Embrace the Struggle

Building Personal Strength

Legendary motivational speaker Zig Ziglar sustained a serious head injury after falling down a flight of stairs. His new book, Embrace the Struggle , co-authored with Julie Ziglar Norman, is the account of his recovery. After decades of encouraging others, he now had to encourage himself. His account reminds us that life is always worth living, even if it's not on our own terms.

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Success is Directly Related to How Peaceful You Are

Women in the LEAD

Women in the LEAD A B O U T U S H O W T O C O M M E N T Recent Posts WOMEN: LEADERSHIP is How TO BE WOMEN: Love, Respect and Leadership WOMEN: Is Negative Thinking Holding You Back? GRATITUDE: Journey to Ones Calling WOMEN: CLAIMING YOUR WINGS WOMEN: Challenged and Overwhelmed? A Remedy Powerful, Focused, Highly Intentional Living WOMEN: The Art of Great Presentations Inner Life, Outer Success WOMEN: See Your Own POTENTIAL Rumi Tells Us Archives January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2

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Women in the LEAD: WOMEN: Origins of Self-Esteem and Self-Respect

Women in the LEAD

Women in the LEAD A B O U T U S H O W T O C O M M E N T Recent Posts WOMEN: LEADERSHIP is How TO BE WOMEN: Love, Respect and Leadership WOMEN: Is Negative Thinking Holding You Back? GRATITUDE: Journey to Ones Calling WOMEN: CLAIMING YOUR WINGS WOMEN: Challenged and Overwhelmed? A Remedy Powerful, Focused, Highly Intentional Living WOMEN: The Art of Great Presentations Inner Life, Outer Success WOMEN: See Your Own POTENTIAL Rumi Tells Us Archives January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2

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