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Promoting Your Own Success with Executive Coach Bonnie Marcus

sdawson — Tue, 04 May 2010 19:44:43 +0000

Bonnie Marcus, an executive coach and motivational speaker, inspires and coaches women to promote themselves and excel in their careers. To gain control of your career advancement, learn:

How to create an effective and memorable message to promote yourself and your business
The key to feeling more comfortable with self-promotion
How to effectively use self-promotion to advance your career.

We often think of the work world as a jungle. Bonnie teaches us how to explore opportunities in “jungle gym” fashion. Instead of attempting to conquer the new dynamics of the workplace on traditional career ladders, she helps clients seek creative ways to advance.

For more from Bonnie Marcus, listen to the entire show or visit womenssuccesscoaching.com.

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Dr. Robert Pennington: Managing the Stress of Change in Turbulent Times

sdawson — Mon, 03 May 2010 16:52:16 +0000

Dr. Robert Pennington, executive coach and educational psychologist, walks the talk of someone who knows professionally and personally how to deal well with life’s challenges. He teaches individuals and groups how to:

Recognize stress quicker and move through it faster
Understand three definitions relating stress and change
Discover the Positive Opposite Possibility of Worry
Avoid up to 90% of stressful disagreements.

One of the top hurdles to overcoming change is resistance. Rob shares techniques to help you adapt to and embrace change.

For more from Dr. Robert Pennington, listen to the entire show.

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Dr. Angelo Valenti, Consultant & Coach on Unleashing Leadership: Aligning What People Do Best with What Organizations Need Most

sdawson — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:52:20 +0000

Dr. Angelo Valenti, organizational psychologist and coach, is author of Unleashing Leadership: Aligning What People Do Best with What Organizations Need Most. He reveals the most important element of successful organizations: organizational alignment, which involves:

Communicating organizational expectations and eliciting employee expectations
Profiling positions and projects
Profiling competencies of talent
Developing a Composite Team for alignment

Angelo’s leadership system provides leaders with a practical methodology to analyze both task requirements and the competencies and styles of their team members to facilitate alignment. With alignment, leaders are able to create synergy and achieve the highest performance.

For more from Dr. Angelo Valenti, listen to the entire show or visit www.thecompanypsychologist.com.

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Dr. Kim Cameron on Positive Leadership

sdawson — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:00:49 +0000

Kim Cameron, professor and author of Positive Leadership: Strategies for Extraordinary Performance, shares how to achieve extraordinary effectiveness and spectacular results. Dr. Cameron describes his four positive leadership strategies and how to implement them:

Enable a positive climate
Develop positive relationships
Promote positive communication
Create positive meaning.

Positive leadership is not about ignoring or minimizing problems and obstacles, but about engendering that which is life-giving, elevating, and virtuous in organizations, and Dr. Cameron demonstrates how a leader’s attitudes and behaviors dramatically impact individual and organizational performance.

For more from Dr. Kim Cameron, listen to the entire show here on April 26, 2010, at 12pm EST/9am PST.

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Developing & Inspiring America’s Leaders: Insights from Colonel Curtis Carver, PhD, Vice Dean for Education at West Point

sdawson — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:25:57 +0000

Colonel Curtis Carver, PhD, Vice Dean for Education at West Point, shares strategies for developing great leaders. The tradition of the Army’s academy is well respected around the world for producing leaders not only for their military service, but for their contributions to civilian careers upon retirement. Colonel Carver will share some of the Academy’s secrets to educating cadets for their roles as leaders. Colonel Carver is an accomplished officer in his field of information technology as well as in education. As an author and keynote speaker, his expertise not only informs but inspires.

For more from Colonel Curtis Carver, listen to the entire show.

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How to Advance Your Career and Education with Welcome Wilson, Sr., Chairman of the University of Houston System Board of Regents

sdawson — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:39:01 +0000

University of Houston System Board of Regents Chairman, Welcome Wilson, is an entrepreneur, statesman and educator whose career spans half a century. His current passion is leading the UH to become a Tier One University, which will create economic and educational benefits for generations to come. Having assisted hundreds of thousands of professionals advance their careers, Welcome Wilson has helped UH become a leader in higher education. Mr. Wilson discusses the importance of education for the economy, communities, and individual success. He discusses tips to help you make educational decisions that fit your career aspirations.

For more from Welcome Wilson, listen to the entire show.

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Margaret Feinberg, Author of “What the Heck Am I Going to Do With My Life?”

sdawson — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:02:23 +0000

Margaret Feinberg, noted author and speaker, will help you answer the question, “What the heck am I going to do with my life?” Her popular book by the same name is for all ages and all stages of our lives and careers. If you’ve asked yourself that question lately, don’t miss her insights to help you come up with the answer. Margaret is not afraid to try things that are challenging and perhaps risky, and she challenges others to take risks as well, especially when they have the desire to do something that is greater than their fear of the outcome.

For more from Margaret Feinberg, listen to the entire show or visit www.margaretfeinberg.com.

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Ben Dansker, Israeli Business Consultant: How to Create Successful Business Opportunities in the Middle East

sdawson — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:50:40 +0000

Ben Dansker, a business consultant in Israel for small to mid-size organizations, discusses how entrepreneurship, venture capital, research and development, an educated workforce, and government, industry and university collaboration have put Israel on the global economic map. Gain insight into:

Opportunities in various markets and sectors
The potential in Israel and the region for U.S. manufacturers
Qualifying and developing partners for success
The analysis of local markets for launching businesses
Qualifying potential distributors or importers
Logistical and administrative aspects of doing business in Israel and the region

Israel is opening its doors to the global market and organizations are entering. To help them optimize their potential in Israel and elsewhere in the region, Ben applies his knowledge of U.S. and Middle Eastern business to enable them to succeed.

For more from Ben Dansker, listen to the entire show.

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Considering Temporary or Contract Employment?

sdawson — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:26:27 +0000

Get tips and strategies for researching contract positions, and discover how temporary employment can help you advance your career.

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Gregg Stocker, Organizational Consultant and Author: How to Avoid the Corporate Death Spiral

sdawson — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:21:44 +0000

Gregg Stocker, organizational consultant and author of Avoiding the Corporate Death Spiral: Recognizing And Eliminating the Signs of Decline, helps organizations in the areas of change management, strategic planning, and performance improvement. Having worked in the automotive and other manufacturing industries internationally, Gregg brings clarity to the signs of decline and implements strategies to breathe life into a dying company. Learn to recognize and eliminate the signs of decline including:

Losing sight of the organization’s purpose
Placing more focus on numbers than people
Basing supplier relationships purely on price
Failing to manage the organization as a whole.

For more from Gregg Stocker, listen to the entire show or visit www.greggstocker.com.

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