Friday, December 2, 2011

Videos that may interest you.

Leadership Lessons

Lessons from Dancing Guy
Procrastination
Political Secrets of Body Language
Change your words, change your world
No arms no worries
Darren Brown Dog Track
It's not about the nail!


We had a lot of request for the Anti-Role model nightmare boss, some of which can now be found here:

Nightmare boss quarterly review

Nightmare boss donuts

Nightmare boss Christmas special


Fun test videos
Perception Deception ( a bunch of test to make you wonder if hearing or seeing is believing!


Links to Content



Free Stuff:

You can view a PDF copy of Who moved my Cheese? by clicking on the link. You can use calibre ( a simple free program online) to convert this into a epub for use with ereaders.

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Communication Strategies

It's not what you say but how you say it!
We've all heard this but have we heard ourselves?
After some dialogue with a colleague, friend or family member take time to reflect on that experience.

Were you actively listening? Was your mind on your points only and being defensive or were you open-minded?

Did you choose your words carefully? Remember zingers and zapper words!

Have you attempted to use less zingers? Has this made a difference?

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Master your destiny

Before you can be a master you must know what is a master and what does it take to become one.

Here I will include suggested reading material to better prep you for your journey:


1) Manager's Pocket Guide to Effective Mentoring
by Dr. Norman Cohen

2) The Heart of Coaching by Thomas G. Crane

3) The 4 Essentials of Entrepreneurial Thinking by Cliff Michaels

4) Boys Adrift by Dr. Sax

5) Go put your strengths to work - Marcus Buckingham

6) How to win friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie

7) The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen R. Covey

8) The One Minute Manager - Kenneth Blanchard

9) Blink - by Malcolm Gladwel

10) The Tipping Point -
by Malcolm Gladwel

11)
Freakonomics - Steven D. Levitt and the author Stephen J. Dubner

12) The Success Principles - Jack Canfield

13) The Secret -
by Rhonda Byrne

14) Unlimited Power - Anthony Robbins

15) Who moved my Cheese -
by Spencer Johnson

16) Get anyone to do anything - David J. Lieberman, Ph.D

17) How to stop worrying and start living - Dale Carnegie

18) The five languages of apology -