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Rabu, 30 Maret 2011

Spencer Lord: The Brain Mechanic - Blog Business Success Radio

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Writer, teacher, consultant, seeker, and author of the empowering and insightful book The Brain Mechanic: A Quick and Easy Way to Tune Up the Mind and Maximize Emotional Health, Spencer Lord, describes how you have the power to really change the way you think. Spencer Lord introduces the concept of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT). CBT has a successful track record in treating anxiety, depression, mood, and emotions. Until recently, CBT was available only through professional therapy. Spencer Lord removes the mystery cognitive behavior therapy with simple exercises, clear explanations, and helpful insight. Learn how to use CBT to enhance your life, improve your mood, boost your communication skills, and enrich your relationships.

Spencer Lord is my internet radio show guest on Blog Business Success; hosted live on BlogTalkRadio.

The show airs live on Thursday, March 31, at 8:00 pm Eastern Time; 5:00 pm Pacific Time.

Writer, teacher, consultant, seeker, and author of the empowering and insightful book The Brain Mechanic: A Quick and Easy Way to Tune Up the Mind and Maximize Emotional Health, Spencer Lord, describes how you have the power to really change the way you think. Spencer Lord introduces the concept of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT). You will learn:

* Why understanding cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is important for change

* How discovering that change in outlook leads to change in behavior

* How to perform some simple exercises to facilitate change

* How to make behavioral transformation last and not revert to past habits

Spencer Lord (photo left) worked for Mother Teresa in Calcutta after attending the University of Chicago. In 2008 he founded The Hyperagency where he created the cognitive exercises presented in The Brain Mechanic: A Quick and Easy Way to Tune Up the Mind and Maximize Emotional Health.

You have the incredible power to change the way you think, perceive, and react to stress—for the better—through Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ("CBT"). CBT has been known to be widely successful in the treatment of problems associated with anxiety, anger, depression, mood, personality, addiction, weight, insomnia; and many other emotional disturbances.

Until recently, access to CBT was only available through professional therapy. Now with The Brain Mechanic: A Quick and Easy Way to Tune Up the Mind and Maximize Emotional Health Spencer Lord delivers a concise, entertaining, and easy-to-use handbook that demystifies Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. First, the reader learns "Emotional Algebra," which lies at the heart of the Cognitive Model. The author then presents customizable mental exercises, which allow people of all ages and backgrounds to experience the life-changing benefits of CBT. Through simple exercises, and clear explanations "The Brain Mechanic" makes it easy for you to fit the techniques of CBT into your daily life to improve your mood, broaden your communication skills, and enrich your relationships.

My book review of The Brain Mechanic: A Quick and Easy Way to Tune Up the Mind and Maximize Emotional Health by Spencer Lord.

Listen live on Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern, 5:00 pm Pacific time.

If you miss this very informative show, it will be available for free download as a podcast for iPod, iTunes, and MP3 players; or play it right on your computer. To download this, or any other of my guest interviews, go to the Blog Business Success host page and click on Archived Segments. Once there, click on the podcast icon at the end of the episode description, to download the show free of charge for your listening enjoyment. You can also subscribe to the show feed.

To call in questions for my guest, the number is: (347) 996-5832

Let's talk with writer, teacher, consultant, seeker, and author of the empowering and insightful book The Brain Mechanic: A Quick and Easy Way to Tune Up the Mind and Maximize Emotional Health, Spencer Lord, as he describes how you have the power to really change the way you think. Spencer Lord introduces the concept of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT). CBT has a successful track record in treating anxiety, depression, mood, and emotions. Until recently, CBT was available only through professional therapy. Spencer Lord removes the mystery cognitive behavior therapy with simple exercises, clear explanations, and helpful insight. Learn how to use CBT to enhance your life, improve your mood, boost your communication skills, and enrich your relationships on Blog Business Success Radio.

Tags: The Brain Mechanic: A Quick and Easy Way to Tune Up the Mind and Maximize Emotional Health, Spencer Lord, personal development, Blog Business Success, Blog Talk Radio.

Rabu, 23 Maret 2011

Edward Hallowell: Shine: Using Brain Science To Get The Best From Your People - Blog Business Success radio

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Acclaimed Child and Adult Psychiatrist, founder of the Hallowell Center for Cognitive and Emotional Health, and author of the groundbreaking and results oriented book Shine: Using Brain Science to Get the Best from Your People, Edward "Ned" Hallowell, MD, describes what it means for a person to really shine. He shares how to motivate a person to be their best at work, and to really shine. Ned Hallowell employs the latest research in brain science and unveils his tested and proven plan called The Cycle of Excellence. He provides insights into why so many employees fail to perform well, and how to get them back on track. He points out how to better match employees with the right jobs, and how to avoid the sense of disconnection so often found in today's work environments. Discover how the impact of technology based communications, rather than face to face conversation, leads to disconnection and lower performance levels. Learn how as a manager to help your employees to shine more brightly than ever before.

Edward "Ned" Hallowell, MD is my internet radio show guest on Blog Business Success; hosted live on BlogTalkRadio.

The show airs live on Thursday, March 24, at 8:00 pm Eastern Time; 5:00 pm Pacific Time.

Acclaimed Child and Adult Psychiatrist, founder of the Hallowell Center for Cognitive and Emotional Health, and author of the groundbreaking and results oriented book Shine: Using Brain Science to Get the Best from Your People, Edward "Ned" Hallowell, MD, describes what it means for a person to really shine. You will learn:

* Why in today's high pressure workplace, employees don't always shine

* What it means to really shine and achieve peak performance

* Hoe the five step Cycle of Excellence works to develop star employees

* How any manager at any level can implement the Cycle of Excellence

Edward M. Hallowell, MD (photo left) offers groundbreaking advice on how to survive in an ultra-competitive, ultra fast, attention deficit society while remaining sane, how to raise happy children, the art of forgiveness and how to manage worry. He also offers a prescriptive guide that shows how to get the most out of life with Attention Deficit Disorder.

A graduate of Harvard College and Tulane School of Medicine, Dr. Hallowell is a child and adult psychiatrist and the founder of The Hallowell Center for Cognitive and Emotional Health in Sudbury, MA. He was a member of the faculty of the Harvard Medical School from 1983 to 2004.

Dr. Hallowell is considered to be one of the foremost experts on the topic of ADHD. He is the co-author, with Dr. John Ratey, of Driven to Distraction, and Answers to Distraction, which have sold more than a million copies. In 2005, Drs. Hallowell and Ratey released their much-awaited third book on ADHD, Delivered from Distraction. “Delivered” provides updated information on the treatment of ADHD and more on adult ADHD.

Dr. Hallowell’s most recent book, Shine: Using Brain Science to Get the Best from Your People was published January 17, 2011. In Shine, Dr. Hallowell draws on brain science, performance research, and his own experience helping people maximize their potential to present a proven process for getting the best from your people. He introduces the 5 steps in the Cycle of Excellence: Select, Connect, Play, Grapple and Grow, and Shine. He shows how each step is critical in its own right and translates into actions a manager or worker can do and do now to propel their people to excellence.

My book review of Shine: Using Brain Science to Get the Best from Your People by Edward M. Hallowell, MD.

Listen live on Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern, 5:00 pm Pacific time.

To call in questions for my guest, the number is: (347) 996-5832

Let's talk with acclaimed Child and Adult Psychiatrist, founder of the Hallowell Center for Cognitive and Emotional Health, and author of the groundbreaking and results oriented book Shine: Using Brain Science to Get the Best from Your People, Edward "Ned" Hallowell, MD, as he describes what it means for a person to really shine. He shares how to motivate a person to be their best at work, and to really shine. Ned Hallowell employs the latest research in brain science and unveils his tested and proven plan called The Cycle of Excellence. He provides insights into why so many employees fail to perform well, and how to get them back on track. He points out how to better match employees with the right jobs, and how to avoid the sense of disconnection so often found in today's work environments. Discover how the impact of technology based communications, rather than face to face conversation, leads to disconnection and lower performance levels. Learn how as a manager to help your employees to shine more brightly than ever before on Blog Business Success Radio.

Tags: Shine: Using Brain Science to Get the Best from Your People, Edward (Ned) Hallowell, MD, personnel management, Blog Business Success, Blog Talk Radio.

Senin, 21 Maret 2011

Eduardo Porter: The Price Of Everything - Blog Business Success Radio

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Acclaimed business writer, member of the New York times editorial board, and author of the fascinating and insightful book The Price of Everything: Solving the Mystery of Why We Pay What We Do, Eduardo Porter, describes the important principle that there is a price behind every choice we make. While prices are critical in decision making for consumers, we often don't recognize how important prices are as a motivating force in shaping our lives. When prices steer people's decisions in the wrong direction, however, the power of pricing becomes very clear. People make pricing and value based choices every day, and not always at the conscious level. Discover how prices affect your decision making and your life.

Eduardo Porter is my internet radio show guest on Blog Business Success; hosted live on BlogTalkRadio.

The show airs live on Tuesday, March 22, at 8:00 pm Eastern Time; 5:00 pm Pacific Time.

Acclaimed business writer, member of the New York times editorial board, and author of the fascinating and insightful book The Price of Everything: Solving the Mystery of Why We Pay What We Do, Eduardo Porter, describes the important principle that there is a price behind every choice we make. You will learn:

* Why everything we choose has a price behind it

* How prices affect individual preference and are even behind cultural change

* How price affects both conscious and subconscious decision making

* How prices affect even value judgments as well as the future

Eduardo Porter (photo left) has been on the staff of The New York Times since January 2004, covering economics, and joined the paper’s editorial board in July 2007. He began his journalism career in 1990 as a financial reporter for Notimex, the Mexican news agency, in Mexico City. He was a correspondent in Tokyo (1991-1992) and in London (1992-1996).

In 1996, Porter was appointed editor of the Brazilian edition of América Economía, a business and economics magazine based in Sao Paulo. In 2000, he became senior special writer for The Wall Street Journal, based in Los Angeles, covering the Hispanic population in the United States. He is a graduate of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. He has an MSc in quantum fields and fundamental forces from Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine in London.

Eduardo Porter is an editorial writer and commentator specializing in business, regulation, trade and international economic relations.

All of his work reflects a global outlook developed by years of writing and reporting in Mexico, South America, Japan, and the UK. He has been a member of The New York Times Editorial Board since 2007.

My book review of The Price of Everything: Solving the Mystery of Why We Pay What We Do by Eduardo Porter.

Listen live on Tuesday at 8:00 pm Eastern, 5:00 pm Pacific time.

To call in questions for my guest, the number is: (347) 996-5832

Let's talk with acclaimed business writer, member of the New York times editorial board, and author of the fascinating and insightful book The Price of Everything: Solving the Mystery of Why We Pay What We Do, Eduardo Porter, as he describes the important principle that there is a price behind every choice we make. While prices are critical in decision making for consumers, we often don't recognize how important prices are as a motivating force in shaping our lives. When prices steer people's decisions in the wrong direction, however, the power of pricing becomes very clear. People make pricing and value based choices every day, and not always at the conscious level. Discover how prices affect your decision making and your life on Blog Business Success Radio.

Tags: The Price of Everything: Solving the Mystery of Why We Pay What We Do, Eduardo Porter, behavioral economics, Blog Business Success, Blog Talk Radio.

Rabu, 16 Maret 2011

Cynthia Kocialski: Startup From The Ground Up - Blog Business Success Radio

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Successful entrepreneur and author of the very hands on and idea packed book
Startup from the Ground Up: Practical Insights for Transforming an Idea into a Business, Cynthia Kocialski, shares proven ideas for achieving entrepreneurial success for start-up businesses. Cynthia points out that simply having a great product or service isn't enough to build a successful company. She guides entrepreneurs from the first critical steps on the journey to going concern. Cynthia shares strategies for hiring the right people, getting funding, financial management, and marketing. She also provides advice for writing great business plans and scheduling; as well as developing an exit plan for selling the company.

Cynthia Kocialski is my internet radio show guest on Blog Business Success; hosted live on BlogTalkRadio.

The show airs live on Thursday, March 17, at 8:00 pm Eastern Time; 5:00 pm Pacific Time.

Successful entrepreneur and author of the very hands on and idea packed book
Startup from the Ground Up: Practical Insights for Transforming an Idea into a Business, Cynthia Kocialski, shares proven ideas for achieving entrepreneurial success for start-up businesses. You willlearn:

* Why a product isn't enough to create a successful start-up company

* How to build a great team and who should be on that team

* Why marketing early and often is critical to success

* How to get funding from investors and other sources

Cynthia Kocialski (photo left) has been personally involved in more than two dozen start-up companies and business units. Many of these start-ups were stellar successes of the hi-tech industry and others were the failures that closed without any fanfare at all. After that many start-ups, Cynthia has seen what works, what doesn’t work, and much of the day-to-day humor that happens in these start-up companies.

Cynthia started her career at IBM as a systems engineer and later worked in diverse roles at IBM as a design engineering manager, technical marketing, and business development. Cynthia was the General Manager of Matrox Electronics, where she managed several product development groups. For the past 15 years, she has been involved in hi-tech start-up companies. Cynthia founded Vesta Corporation, a specialized telecom software provider and SLI, a fabless telecom semiconductor company. Cynthia has worked with many start-ups and has served as a member of technical advisory boards. Her recent role was as COO for a medical consumer technology and services start-up.

Cynthia has a background in a wide range of hi-tech product areas: networking, telecommunications, 2D/3D graphics, digital video, image processing, multi- CPU systems, distributed processing, software, components and semiconductors. She has an undergraduate degree in Mathematics from the University of Rochester and graduate degrees in Electrical and Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia.

My book review of Startup from the Ground Up: Practical Insights for Transforming an Idea into a Business by Cynthia Kocialski.

Listen live on Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern, 5:00 pm Pacific time.

To call in questions for my guest, the number is: (347) 996-5832

Let's talk with successful entrepreneur and author of the very hands on and idea packed book
Startup from the Ground Up: Practical Insights for Transforming an Idea into a Business, Cynthia Kocialski, as she shares proven ideas for achieving entrepreneurial success for start-up businesses. Cynthia points out that simply having a great product or service isn't enough to build a successful company. She guides entrepreneurs from the first critical steps on the journey to going concern. Cynthia shares strategies for hiring the right people, getting funding, financial management, and marketing. She also provides advice for writing great business plans and scheduling; as well as developing an exit plan for selling the company on Blog Business Success Radio.

Tags: Startup from the Ground Up: Practical Insights for Transforming an Idea into a Business, Cynthia Kocialski, entrepreneurship, Blog Business Success, Blog Talk Radio.

Rabu, 09 Maret 2011

Carol Sanford: The Responsible Business - Blog Business Success Radio

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CEO of InterOctive, Inc., and author of the visionary and thought provoking book The Responsible Business: Reimagining Sustainability and Success, Carol Sanford describes how businesses are adding another element to building an influential and profitable organization. That new aspect is: Be Responsible. Carol Sanford considers a responsible business to be one that that goes far beyond being green.

She offers the concept of being a co-creative partner in ensuring the vitality and health of all of the communities where it exists. For Carol Sanford the responsible business practices an entirely new type of management. The commitment of an organization to build better communities and and a better world creates a better company. It is also good business.

Carol Sanford is my internet radio show guest on Blog Business Success; hosted live on BlogTalkRadio.

The show airs live on Thursday, March 10, at 8:00 pm Eastern Time; 5:00 pm Pacific Time.

CEO of InterOctive, Inc., and author of the visionary and thought provoking book The Responsible Business: Reimagining Sustainability and Success, Carol Sanford describes how businesses are adding another element to building an influential and profitable organization. You will learn:

* What a responsible business really means

* How to take a systemic and holistic approach to creating a responsible business

* How the principle of the responsible business differs from corporate responsibility

* Why a responsible business partnership with communities is good business for all

Carol Sanford (photo left) is on a mission to create a better world, and she believes that business can and will play a major role in accomplishing that. "It will be more than just a responsibility program," she says. "Responsibility will be in the DNA of the business and everyone will participate to make a real difference."

To that end, Carol has been leading major consulting change efforts in both Fortune 500 and new-economy businesses for more than 30 years. Her client list includes long-term relationships with Colgate Europe and Africa and DuPont Canada, US, Asia and Europe. She also works with new-economy companies like Intel, Agilent and leaders of corporate responsibility such as Seventh Generation.

Carol is a judge and mentor for University of Washington Global Business Center Social Entrepreneur Competition, Seattle.

She combines her economic development experience with her extensive business education and background when working with Responsible Governance in Community, Provincial and Regional Policy and Education.

Carol has published dozens of works in 10 languages, including a series of articles in Executive Excellence, Stephen Covey's newsletter and At Work, a Berrett-Koehler Journal. She is the author of The Responsible Business: Reimagining Sustainability and Success (March 2011), Jossey-Bass, Publisher.

Central to Carol's philosophy and approach is a fresh look at what makes an organization truly responsible. "It's important to find out what differentiates your business from the crowd," she says, "and then thinking about how to do business so that communities, societies, and ecology as a whole are improved. These are not separate but interwoven pursuits. It's completely doable, and a conversation worth having."

She holds undergraduate degrees from UC Berkeley in Economics and Public Law and graduate degree from California State University, San Jose in Urban Planning. She currently lives in Seattle.

My book review of The Responsible Business: Reimagining Sustainability and Success by Carol Sanford.

Listen live on Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern, 5:00 pm Pacific time.

To call in questions for my guest, the number is: (347) 996-5832

Let's talk with CEO of InterOctive, Inc., and author of the visionary and thought provoking book The Responsible Business: Reimagining Sustainability and Success, Carol Sanford as she describes how businesses are adding another element to building an influential and profitable organization. That new aspect is: Be Responsible. Carol Sanford considers a responsible business to be one that that goes far beyond being green.

She offers the concept of being a co-creative partner in ensuring the vitality and health of all of the communities where it exists. For Carol Sanford the responsible business practices an entirely new type of management. The commitment of an organization to build better communities and and a better world creates a better company. It is also good business on Blog Business Success Radio.

Tags: The Responsible Business: Reimagining Sustainability and Success, Carol Sanford, holistic organizational change, Blog Business Success, Blog Talk Radio.

Senin, 07 Maret 2011

Sybil Stershic: Taking Care Of The People Who Matter Most - Blog Business Success Radio

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Internal marketing expert, Founder and CEO of Quality Service Marketing, and author of the insightful and landmark book Taking Care of the People Who Matter Most: A Guide to Employee-Customer Care, Sybil F. Stershic describes how employees play a critical role in maintaining and enhancing customer relationships and how employees are the most powerful medium for conveying the brand to customers. Yet, even in companies that profess to be customer-focused, employees are often treated as an afterthought. Sybil Stershic offers powerful arguments as to why employers, managers, and Human Resources departments need to increase their focus on caring for employees. The realization that employees are a crucial element in the success of an organization must be taken to heart. Sybil shares how managers and supervisors can create workplaces that foster employee engagement and motivate employees to offer superior customer service. Discover how top companies gain that important employee commitment. Learn how even small, inexpensive and even free techniques can make a world of difference in employee satisfaction. The result is even better customer service as well.

Sybil F. Stershic is my internet radio show guest on Blog Business Success; hosted live on BlogTalkRadio.

The show airs live on Tuesday, March 8, at 8:00 pm Eastern Time; 5:00 pm Pacific Time.

Internal marketing expert, Founder and CEO of Quality Service Marketing, and author of the insightful and landmark book Taking Care of the People Who Matter Most: A Guide to Employee-Customer Care, Sybil F. Stershic describes how employees play a critical role in maintaining and enhancing customer relationships and how employees are the most powerful medium for conveying the brand to customers. You will learn:

* Why engaged employees and satisfied customers go hand in hand

* How to determine if your employees are truly engaged and where to improve

* How to engage employees through practical and low cost techniques

* How engaged employees can best deliver the brand to satisfied customers

Sybil F. Stershic (photo left) president of Quality Service Marketing, is a marketing and organizational advisor with more than 30 years of experience helping service providers strengthen employee and customer relationships. A leading authority on engaging employees through internal marketing, she is the author of Taking Care of the People Who Matter Most: A Guide to Employee-Customer Care and the Quality Service Marketing blog.

Sybil graduated with highest honors from Lehigh University and began her career in bank marketing. (The banks she worked for merged into oblivion.) She foundedQuality Service Marketing in 1988 specializing in internal marketing & communications, customer-focused training, and marketing planning. Her clients span a variety of service industries including advertising, communications, financial services, food service, government, healthcare, higher education, professional associations, and social service organizations. She also teaches marketing workshops nationwide.

Active in leadership and professional development, Sybil is a former Chairman of the American Marketing Association (AMA). In addition to her continued involvement with AMA, she serves on the Advisory Council of the Global Facilitator Service Corps and is a member of BoardSource and the International Association of Facilitators.

My book review of Taking Care of the People Who Matter Most: A Guide to Employee-Customer Care by Sybil F. Stershic.

Listen live on Tuesday at 8:00 pm Eastern, 5:00 pm Pacific time.

To call in questions for my guest, the number is: (347) 996-5832

Let's talk with internal marketing expert, Founder and CEO of Quality Service Marketing, and author of the insightful and landmark book Taking Care of the People Who Matter Most: A Guide to Employee-Customer Care, Sybil F. Stershic, as she describes how employees play a critical role in maintaining and enhancing customer relationships and how employees are the most powerful medium for conveying the brand to customers. Yet, even in companies that profess to be customer-focused, employees are often treated as an afterthought. Sybil Stershic offers powerful arguments as to why employers, managers, and Human Resources departments need to increase their focus on caring for employees. The realization that employees are a crucial element in the success of an organization must be taken to heart. Sybil shares how managers and supervisors can create workplaces that foster employee engagement and motivate employees to offer superior customer service. Discover how top companies gain that important employee commitment. Learn how even small, inexpensive and even free techniques can make a world of difference in employee satisfaction. The result is even better customer service as well on Blog Business Success Radio.

Tags: Taking Care of the People Who Matter Most: A Guide to Employee-Customer Care, Sybil F. Stershic, internal marketing, Blog Business Success, Blog Talk Radio.

Rabu, 02 Maret 2011

William Davidow: Overconnected: The Promise & The Threat Of The Internet - Blog Business Success Radio

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High technology industry executive, venture capitalist and author of the thought provoking and insightful book OVERconnected: The Promise and Threat of the Internet, William H. Davidow, describes how the explosive growth of the internet has also created some unique hazards. With everyone being connected to the point of perhaps being overconnected there are serious challenges being created for government, business, social institutions, and entire economies. Along with the benefits of being connected, being overconnected creates systems with excessive feedback leading to greater volatility and potential for accidents. William Davidow places the potential dangers of overconnection into a unique historical and real world perspective, and offers suggestions to prevent possible future problems.

William Davidow is my internet radio show guest on Blog Business Success; hosted live on BlogTalkRadio.

The show airs live on Thursday, March 3, at 8:00 pm Eastern Time; 5:00 pm Pacific Time.

High technology industry executive, venture capitalist and author of the thought provoking and insightful book OVERconnected: The Promise and Threat of the Internet, William H. Davidow, describes how the explosive growth of the internet has also created some unique hazards. You will learn:

* Why the Internet is accident prone due to being so interconnected

* Why everything being connected to everything poses a real societal risk

* How the systemic feedback accelerated the Icelandic financial meltdown

* How the Internet can be made less volatile and pose less risk to everyone

William H. Davidow (photo left) has been a high-technology industry executive and a venture investor for more than 30 years. He has been directly involved in building pivotal companies in Silicon Valley including FormFactor, MIPS, Rambus, and Vitesse.

Bill continues as an active advisor to Mohr Davidow. He is the author of Marketing High Technology and a co-author of Total Customer Service and The Virtual Corporation. His new book, OVERconnected: The Promise and Threat of the Internet, launched January 4, 2011.

While at Intel Corp., Bill served as senior vice president of marketing and sales, vice president of the microcomputer division and vice president of the microcomputer systems division. Prior to Intel Corp., Bill worked in various managerial positions at Hewlett Packard and General Electric.

Bill earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Dartmouth College, a master's degree in electrical engineering from both Dartmouth College and the California Institute of Technology, and a doctorate in electrical engineering from Stanford University.

His community involvement extends to serving on the boards of California Institute of Technology, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. He also sits on the Foundation Board of UCSF Medical Center.

My book review of OVERconnected: The Promise and Threat of the Internet by William H. Davidow.

Listen live on Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern, 5:00 pm Pacific time.

To call in questions for my guest, the number is: (347) 996-5832

Let's talk with high technology industry executive, venture capitalist and author of the thought provoking and insightful book OVERconnected: The Promise and Threat of the Internet, William H. Davidow, as he describes how the explosive growth of the internet has also created some unique hazards. With everyone being connected to the point of perhaps being overconnected there are serious challenges being created for government, business, social institutions, and entire economies. Along with the benefits of being connected, being overconnected creates systems with excessive feedback leading to greater volatility and potential for accidents. William Davidow places the potential dangers of overconnection into a unique historical and real world perspective, and offers suggestions to prevent possible future problems on Blog Business Success Radio.

Tags: OVERconnected: The Promise and Threat of the Internet, William H. Davidow, systems analysis, Blog Business Success, Blog Talk Radio.

Senin, 28 Februari 2011

Thomas Freese: Sell Yourself First - Blog Business Success Radio

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Leading authority on sales effectiveness, Founder and President of QBS Research, Inc., and author of the revolutionary and sales building book Sell Yourself First: The Most Critical Element in Every Sales Effort, Thomas Freese, understands that the current sales environment presents some real challenges for sales people. Thomas Freese points out that the best advantage you have over your competition is you. The author shares how to win sales by establishing yourself as a trusted resource instead of just another sales representative. Discover practical and very creative sales solutions based on the author's decades of sales experience. Learn how to justify prices and meet customer doubts and questions directly and positively. Find out why selling yourself first is the key to sales success in any industry and in every economy.

Thomas Freese is my internet radio show guest on Blog Business Success; hosted live on BlogTalkRadio.

The show airs live on Tuesday, March 1, at 8:00 pm Eastern Time; 5:00 pm Pacific Time.

Leading authority on sales effectiveness, Founder and President of QBS Research, Inc., and author of the revolutionary and sales building book Sell Yourself First: The Most Critical Element in Every Sales Effort, Thomas Freese, understands that the current sales environment presents some real challenges for sales people. You will learn:

* Why it's vital to sell yourself first with the job interview approach

* Why today's customers are so skeptical of salespeople and why you should embrace it

* How to build relationships with customers that last over time

^ Why it's important to change your sales approach today to close more sales

Thomas A. Freese (photo left) is founder and president of QBS Research, Inc., Tom Freese, five-time bestselling author, is considered to be one of the foremost authorities on sales effectiveness training and competitive positioning strategies.

Originally from upstate New York, Thomas A. Freese graduated from the University of Florida in 1983 with a Finance degree. Instead of pursuing a financial track, Tom embarked on a sales career, working in the field of healthcare technology for Shared Medical Systems (SMS) and Baxter.

In 1990, Tom accepted a position selling application design software for KnowledgeWare, Inc. There he broadened his industry experience selling to a wide range of companies in telecommunications, insurance, financial services, manufacturing, consulting, and government.

In 1992, Tom opened the Southeastern Regional Office for NetFrame Systems. NetFrame manufactured superserver hardware to run large corporate networks with fault tolerant capabilities that offered reliability, data integrity, scalability, security and lower total cost of ownership.

In 1995, after multiple years achieving 200+% of his annual sales goals, the ‘then President of NetFrame’ asked Tom if he would train the rest of the sales organization on whatever it was that was enabling him to be so successful. Tom spent the next 60 days developing a curriculum that would enable him to transfer his knowledge and approach to his counterparts within NetFrame.

One of the most difficult audiences to train is your own peer group. But, when the feedback from Tom’s initial training at NetFrame was so overwhelmingly positive, and people said, “you have to bottle this system,” that was the catalyst that motivated Tom to start working on his first book.

With 17+ years in the corporate trenches of sales and management under his belt, Tom packaged his unique approach into a proven methodology called Question Based Selling. He has since trained thousands of salespeople at client corporations all over the world.

As founder and president of QBS Research, Inc., Tom Freese, five-time bestselling author, is considered to be one of the foremost authorities on sales effectiveness training and competitive positioning strategies.

When Tom is not enjoying his family in Atlanta, he is a highly sought after speaker and dynamic sales trainer who maximizes the delivery of content with a high degree of interaction along with the underlying logic that will ensure a successful implementation.

My book review of Sell Yourself First: The Most Critical Element in Every Sales Effort by Thomas A. Freese.

Listen live on Tuesday at 8:00 pm Eastern, 5:00 pm Pacific time.

To call in questions for my guest, the number is: (347) 996-5832

Let's talk with leading authority on sales effectiveness, Founder and President of QBS Research, Inc., and author of the revolutionary and sales building book Sell Yourself First: The Most Critical Element in Every Sales Effort, Thomas Freese, understands that the current sales environment presents some real challenges for sales people. Thomas Freese as he points out that the best advantage you have over your competition is you. The author shares how to win sales by establishing yourself as a trusted resource instead of just another sales representative. Discover practical and very creative sales solutions based on the author's decades of sales experience. Learn how to justify prices and meet customer doubts and questions directly and positively. Find out why selling yourself first is the key to sales success in any industry and in every economy on Blog Business Success Radio.

Tags: Sell Yourself First: The Most Critical Element in Every Sales Effort, Thomas A. Freese, enhanced sales techniques, Blog Business Success, Blog Talk Radio.

Senin, 21 Februari 2011

Alan Fine: You Already Know How To Be Great - Blog Business Success Radio

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Trainer, coach, consultant, President of InsideOut Development, and author of the insightful and very pragmatic book You Already Know How to Be Great: A Simple Way to Remove Interference and Unlock Your Greatest Potential, Alan Fine shares the tools for rapid improvement in any area of your life. Alan Fine points out that when we face a new challenge, we usually respond by seeking new information. He offers the insight that the biggest obstacle to performance isn't not knowing what to do. Instead, the problem is thinking too hard about what you already know. Instead of concerning our self with gathering external information, we must overcome our own internal obstacles instead. Alan Fine calls this the Inside-Out approach. He describes how to apply this principle effectively to your own internal roadblocks. Learn the three key factors to improving your personal performance. You already know how to be great.

Alan Fine is my internet radio show guest on Blog Business Success; hosted live on BlogTalkRadio.

The show airs live on Tuesday, February 22, at 8:00 pm Eastern Time; 5:00 pm Pacific Time.

Trainer, coach, consultant, President of InsideOut Development, and author of the insightful and very pragmatic book You Already Know How to Be Great: A Simple Way to Remove Interference and Unlock Your Greatest Potential, Alan Fine shares the tools for rapid improvement in any area of your life. You will learn:

* Why people really fail to achieve breakthroughs in performance levels

* Why overcoming internal obstacles solves external problems

* How to apply the Outside-In GROW process

* How to achieve real breakthroughs and solutions to any problems

Alan Fine (photo left) is an author, world-renowned performance coach to high-profile leaders and athletes, and Founder and President of InsideOut Development. He shows you and your organization how to achieve significantly higher levels of performance through revolutionary tools and practices.

In addition to being a popular trainer and speaker, Alan has spent the last 25 years as a mental performance/focus coach to top professional tennis players and golfers, musicians, and corporate executives.

Alan Fine's approach to breakthrough performance has been used for over two decades by some of the most well respected companies in the world, including IBM, P&G, Sprint, 3M, GAP, Honeywell, Oracle, Thompson, and many others.

My book review of You Already Know How to Be Great: A Simple Way to Remove Interference and Unlock Your Greatest Potential by Alan Fine.

Listen live on Tuesday at 8:00 pm Eastern, 5:00 pm Pacific time.

To call in questions for my guest, the number is: (347) 996-5832

Let's talk with trainer, coach, consultant, President of InsideOut Development, and author of the insightful and very pragmatic book You Already Know How to Be Great: A Simple Way to Remove Interference and Unlock Your Greatest Potential, Alan Fine, as he shares the tools for rapid improvement in any area of your life. Alan Fine points out that when we face a new challenge, we usually respond by seeking new information. He offers the insight that the biggest obstacle to performance isn't not knowing what to do. Instead, the problem is thinking too hard about what you already know. Instead of concerning our self with gathering external information, we must overcome our own internal obstacles instead. Alan Fine calls this the Inside-Out approach. He describes how to apply this principle effectively to your own internal roadblocks. Learn the three key factors to improving your personal performance. You already know how to be great on Blog Business Success Radio.

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Rabu, 16 Februari 2011

Neil Howe: Millennials In The Workplace - Blog Business Success Radio

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National speaker and the foremost expert on generations, co-founder of LifeCourse Associates, and author of the insightful and very practical book Millennials in the Workplace: Human Resource Strategies for a New Generation, Neil Howe, offers insights into the importance of the Millennial generation to the workplace. Neil shares cutting edge strategies to recruit, train and motivate today's incoming youth workforce. He describes the factors that have made this important generation such a powerful force for the future of business, government, and education. Neil Howe debunks popular myths that surround the Millennials, and why the media and some employers have it all wrong. Instead of being a liability, discover how today's young employees represent an asset and an opportunity for any employer.

Neil Howe is my internet radio show guest on Blog Business Success; hosted live on BlogTalkRadio.

The show airs live on Thursday, February 17, at 8:00 pm Eastern Time; 5:00 pm Pacific Time.

National speaker and the foremost expert on generations, co-founder of LifeCourse Associates, and author of the insightful and very practical book Millennials in the Workplace: Human Resource Strategies for a New Generation, Neil Howe, offers insights into the importance of the Millennial generation to the workplace. You will learn:

* Who forms the Millennial Generation and why they are important

* Why the Millennials are different from Baby Boomers and Generation X employees

* The seven core traits that define members of the Millennial generation

* Why adding Millennials to the workplace presents a powerful opportunity

Neil Howe (photo left) best-selling author and national speaker, is a renowned authority on generations in America. He gives readers and audiences powerful insights into who today’s generation are, what motivates them as consumers and workers, and how they will shape our national future. He is a great choice for any forward-looking organization that wants to grasp the big picture. Howe’s broadly cyclical perspective—oriented around familiar generational life stories—will put “the long term” into a stunning yet personal focus that will not soon be forgotten.

A historian, economist, and demographer, Howe is a founding partner of the consulting firm LifeCourse Associates. He is a marketing, personnel, and government affairs consultant to corporate and nonprofit clients, and has spoken and written extensively on the collective personalities of today’s generations—who they are, what motivates them, and how they will shape America’s future. He is also a recognized authority on global aging, long-term fiscal policy, and migration. His current titles include: senior advisor to the Concord Coalition and senior associate to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C.

Howe has coauthored several books on generations with William Strauss, all best sellers widely used by businesses, colleges, government agencies, and political leaders of both parties. Their first book Generations (1991) is a history of America told as a sequence of generational biographies. Generations, said Newsweek, is “a provocative, erudite, and engaging analysis of the rhythms of American life.” Vice President Al Gore called it “the most simulating book on American history that I have ever read” and sent a copy to every member of Congress. Newt Gingrich called it “an intellectual tour de force.” Howe’s second book on generations, 13th Gen (1993) remains the best-selling nonfiction book ever written about Generation X. Of Howe and Strauss’s third book, The Fourth Turning (1997) Dan Yankelovich said, “Immensely stimulating…We will never be able to think about history in the same way.” The Boston Globe wrote, “If Howe and Strauss are right, they will take their place among the great American prophets.”

Howe and Strauss originally coined the term "Millennial Generation." Their fourth book, Millennials Rising (2000), has been widely quoted in the media for its insistence that today’s new crop of teens and kids are very different from Generation X, and, on the whole, doing much better than most adults think. “Forget Generation X-and Y, for that matter,” says The Washington Post, “The authors make short work of most media myths that shape our perceptions of kids these days.” LifeCourse Associates has since released several application books on Millennials—including a Recruiting Millennials Handbook for the United States Army (2001), Millennials Go To College (2003, 2007), Millennials and the Pop Culture (2005), Millennials and K-12 Schools (2008), and Millennials in the Workplace: Human Resource Strategies for a New Generation (2010). Neil Howe’s work with Millennials in colleges and in the military was recently featured by CBS’ 60 MINUTES.

Previously, with Peter G. Peterson, Howe coauthored On Borrowed Time (1989; reissued 2004), a pioneering call for budgetary reform. According to Harvard’s Martin Feldstein, former Chairman of the President’s Council on Economic Advisors, “This book should be read by everyone who wants to understand how government spending can be controlled."

Howe’s articles have appeared in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The New York Times, American Demographics, USA Weekend, and other national publications. He has drafted several Social Security reform plans and testified on entitlements many times before Congress. He has written extensively on budget policy and aging and on attitudes toward economic growth, social progress, and stewardship. He coedits the “Facing Facts” faxletter for the Concord Coalition and coauthors numerous studies for CSIS (including the Global Aging Initiative’s Aging Vulnerability Index and The Graying of the Middle Kingdom: The Economics and Demographics of Retirement Policy in China). In 2008, he co-authored The Graying of the Great Powers with Richard Jackson.

Howe grew up in California, received his B.A. at U.C. Berkeley, studied abroad in France and Germany, and later earned graduate degrees in economics (M.A., 1978) and history (M.Phil., 1979) from Yale University.

My book review of Millennials in the Workplace: Human Resource Strategies for a New Generation by Neil Howe with Reena Nadler.

Listen live on Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern, 5:00 pm Pacific time.

To call in questions for my guest, the number is: (347) 996-5832

Let's talk with national speaker and the foremost expert on generations, co-founder of LifeCourse Associates, and author of the insightful and very practical book Millennials in the Workplace: Human Resource Strategies for a New Generation, Neil Howe, as he offers insights into the importance of the Millennial generation to the workplace. Neil shares cutting edge strategies to recruit, train and motivate today's incoming youth workforce. He describes the factors that have made this important generation such a powerful force for the future of business, government, and education. Neil Howe debunks popular myths that surround the Millennials, and why the media and some employers have it all wrong. Instead of being a liability, discover how today's young employees represent an asset and an opportunity for any employer on Blog Business Success Radio.

Tags: Millennials in the Workplace: Human Resource Strategies for a New Generation, Neil Howe, Reena Nadler, personnel management, Blog Business Success, Blog Talk Radio.

Rabu, 09 Februari 2011

Mark Scharenbroich: Nice Bike! Making Meaningful Connections On The Road Of Life - Blog Business Success Radio

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Emmy Award winning keynote speaker, humorist, and author of the inspirational and engaging book Nice Bike: Making Meaningful Connections on the Road of Life, Mark Scharenbroich, shares how a casual two word compliment at the Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Company's 100 year anniversary celebration conveyed more than appears on the surface. The two words, "Nice bike", acknowledged, honored, and connected with others. By seeking those underlying connections everywhere in our lives and careers, we can discover and deepen relationships with others. The author offers three powerful actions that will transform business relationships, improve productivity, develop higher levels of customer engagement, increase retention, and improve profitability. Learn how to improve employee management, help people to embrace change, enhance tram collaboration, and create meaningful connections with those around you.

Mark Scharenbroich is my internet radio show guest on Blog Business Success; hosted live on BlogTalkRadio.

The show airs live on Thursday, February 10, at 8:00 pm Eastern Time; 5:00 pm Pacific Time.

Emmy Award winning keynote speaker, humorist, and author of the inspirational and engaging book Nice Bike: Making Meaningful Connections on the Road of Life, Mark Scharenbroich, shares how a casual two word compliment at the Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Company's 100 year anniversary celebration conveyed more than appears on the surface. You will learn:

* Why people need and seek out meaningful connections

* The three principles that form the basis of relationships

* How engaging employees benefits both the staff and the company

* Why engaging customers is good business in so many different ways

Mark Scharenbroich's (photo left) motivational style, knockout humor, and personal stories with universal appeal all focus on the relationship side of creating results, connecting people to people, administration to faculty, team member to team member, educator to student, and student to student.

While earning a degree in mass communications at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota, Mark wrote, directed and performed in a comedy troupe called Mom’s Apple Pie. The group performed together throughout the Midwest in the ’70s. Since there were no comedy clubs, Mom’s Apple Pie performed on high school and college campuses. When the group disbanded, Mark went solo and combined his comedy training with motivational insights and started speaking at high school assemblies.

Jostens — the leading manufacturer of class rings, yearbooks and graduation products — hired Mark to speak at high schools throughout North America. In 1981, Mark was featured in a film called The Greatest Days of Your Life … (So Far). The movie featured Mark speaking to a packed audience of high school students and was seen by millions viewers worldwide in the 80’s. It earned him the Golden Apple and Silver Screen film awards.

Mark left Jostens to form his own communications business.

His reputation is schools stretches around the globe. Mark has written and produced several award-winning programs on leadership, motivation, school climate and character education. His inspirational programs include:

* “The Greatest Days of Your Life . . so far” (1981), a motivational film for students
* “T is for Teacher” (1983), a motivational film for educators
* “One of a Kind” (1984), a training program on self esteem
* “Pathways to Performance” (1986), an achievement training program
* “Choose to Lead” (1987), a leadership training program
* “Building Connections to Improve School Climate” (2000), a school climate improvement program
* “Building Connections: 100+ Ideas to Improve School Climate” (2004), a school climate improvement program
* “What’s It About?” (2005), a character education program
* “Building Connections to Improve Student Achievement” (2010 release), a staff development program
* Nice Bike: Making Meaningful Connections on the Road of Life book release.

Mark has built his speaking career by working in both education and business, discovering how some of the best organizations and leaders build a culture that encourages people to perform at a higher level. Mark is known for his ability to connect with an audience through his quick wit, powerfully inspiring stories and concrete ideas on how to improve a school’s climate. He has been recognized by his peers in the speaking profession as one of the very top in the field including being inducted into the National Speaker’s Association Hall of Fame.

Mark and his wife of more than thirty years, Susan, have partnered in Scharenbroich & Associates since 1984.

My book review of Nice Bike: Making Meaningful Connections on the Road of Life by Mark Scharenbroich.

Listen live on Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern, 5:00 pm Pacific time.

To call in questions for my guest, the number is: (347) 996-5832

Let's talk with Emmy Award winning keynote speaker, humorist, and author of the inspirational and engaging book Nice Bike: Making Meaningful Connections on the Road of Life, Mark Scharenbroich, as he shares how a casual two word compliment at the Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Company's 100 year anniversary celebration conveyed more than appears on the surface. The two words, "Nice bike", acknowledged, honored, and connected with others. By seeking those underlying connections everywhere in our lives and careers, we can discover and deepen relationships with others. The author offers three powerful actions that will transform business relationships, improve productivity, develop higher levels of customer engagement, increase retention, and improve profitability. Learn how to improve employee management, help people to embrace change, enhance tram collaboration, and create meaningful connections with those around you on Blog Business Success Radio.

Tags: Nice Bike: Making Meaningful Connections on the Road of Life, Mark Scharenbroich, personal leadership, Blog Business Success, Blog Talk Radio.