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Seth Godin's “What Matters Now” and a Few More Gems

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Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Seth Godin’s “What Matters Now” and a Few More Gems Seth Godin recently released a free eBook titled “What Matters Now” – it is a collaborative effort of 70 great thinkers who have presented brilliant ideas that will truly shake you up to think deep and wide as we approach 2010.

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Communicating with customers

Lead on Purpose

Travel budgets are typically flush with cash, optimism abounds and your desire to discuss company direction is high. A lot of suppliers are spending time internally focused, curtailing travel expenses. However, in difficult times one of the first things to drop off in many companies is customer interaction.

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7 Leadership Lessons from “It’s a Wonderful Life”

Ron Edmondson

I ended this year with a great illustration I gained from a Seth Godin blog post titled “ 1,000 little steps ”. George thought he knew what he wanted – to travel and discover the world. It has been said that desperation leads to innovation. Instead, they danced the money to the vault. That’s gold for us as leaders.

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Quick Thoughts on Differentiation

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Some ways to build differentiation : Focus on unique area of work and be the best there or do the routine work very differently or have world-class processes/methodologies to deliver excellence or have world class people or have fantastic set of tools that enable you to be different or constantly innovate new ways of work to push the envelope.

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'Tis the Season for (Product) Camping

Lead on Purpose

To encourage attendance and avoid conflicts with work and travel, Product Camps are generally held on a weekend day, and most commonly on Saturday. However, the combination of volunteers and sponsors generally allows organizers to carry out their events without charging a fee to attend. Jim; “Where can I find a list of upcoming Product Camps?”

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Guest Post: Watch Out for Flying Monkeys!

Lead on Purpose

Maintaining a relationship with executive administrators, travel, finance, sales and development can provide valuable information on travel schedules, agendas and the details that will reinforce the emergence of Flying Monkeys. Another avenue that many product management leaders fail to utilize is internal relationships.

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John Wooden: What the Obituaries Missed

Michael Lee Stallard

In the summer of 2003, the ninety-two year-old Wooden traveled to the White House, where he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America’s highest civilian honor. All of his players were to be respectful toward flight attendants, waitresses and waiters, and hotel workers they encountered while traveling with the team.

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