Director’s Guide – Getting Buy-in from the Board
today an interesting reading (slideshow) for marketing executives and how they may seek to gain influence at the Board level
8 Ways to Enjoy Your Work Most Days (a.k.a., „Success“)
Regardless of what you do as a profession – IF you enjoy what you are doing, the better this will be for your career. Here is a list of key-ingredients what might help you in enjoying work on a daily basis a little more:
- How to measure if your heart’s in your work
- Your mindset matters
- The mindset of others will impact you: manage accordingly
- Get clear about what energizes, rather than depletes you
- Set your rules of thumb
- Be open-minded on outcomes: it’ll be what you want, but probably not what you expected
- The power of patience: Take the long view
- Aim for your own „Quintuple Bottom Line“
read the full article @ http://t.co/bL7AxJb487
The 5 keys to engaging your team
„If you don’t like the answer, change the question!“
„Leaders don’t create Followers, They create more Leaders.“ ~ Tom Peters
6 Types of Toxic CEOs – Infographic
LeadingEffectively.com has published an interesting infographic on the different types of CEOs. This covers the following styles:
- The Gambler
- The Hesitator
- The Loudmouth
- The Cowboy
- The Despot
- The Maverick
Have a look at this interesting infographic and learn about how they behave and what impact they have on their company.
Google CFO retires with a candid memo about work/life balance
Patrick Pichette, one of the only 5 executive officers of Google, resigns to focus on the „life“-aspect of a work-life balance. It took him only 30 years of working to arrive there, finally. And as usual in such a situation, it was his wife that was truly „ringing the bell“ and made him wake up…
read the full story including the complete memo and also a link to the response of Larry Page @ mashable.com.
„In the moment of crisis, the wise build bridges and the foolish build dams“. ~ Nigerian
Quote – Negative Mind
A negative mind will never give you a positive life
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