tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16583975307575088622024-03-12T22:21:23.969-07:00sirenrybaskervillenotasakewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16615418381849514057noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658397530757508862.post-18138559477756575692013-12-16T11:07:00.000-08:002013-12-16T23:46:10.372-08:00Handle onOptionsItemSelected() for ActionBarCompatThis example override onOptionsItemSelected() method to handle user click on Options Menu in ActionBarCompat.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLbyU95BAQPJyMobVtlDN7nwe9Mvl1gJ-lMCdYhiclW84S6MLrU2h4hWQNfrz0cXnDk-rmvEtwvRXWKm2oxjdhxxcuHYGxNjoy_g7suANG6JELQa2Xz2kxdhX-xDZzFKsaDriH4bgYQ0U/s1600/ActionBarCompat_onOptionsItemSelecte.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="user click on Options Menu in ActionBarCompat" border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLbyU95BAQPJyMobVtlDN7nwe9Mvl1gJ-lMCdYhiclW84S6MLrU2h4hWQNfrz0cXnDk-rmvEtwvRXWKm2oxjdhxxcuHYGxNjoy_g7suANG6JELQa2Xz2kxdhX-xDZzFKsaDriH4bgYQ0U/s400/ActionBarCompat_onOptionsItemSelecte.png" title="user click on Options Menu in ActionBarCompat" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">user click on Options Menu in ActionBarCompat</td></tr></tbody></table>Modify MainActivity.java in last exercise "<a href="http://android-er.blogspot.com/2013/12/add-menuitem-to-actionbarcompat-using.html">Add MenuItem to ActionBarCompat using Java</a>", override onOptionsItemSelected(). Get the id of the clicked menu item by calling item.getItemId(), then compare with the id(s) defined.<br /><br /><pre style="border: 1px solid black;"><code><span style="color: black;"> @Override<br /> public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {<br /> // TODO Auto-generated method stub<br /> //return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);<br /> switch (item.getItemId()) {<br /> case R.id.action_settings: <br /> //match with /res/menu/main.xml<br /> Toast.makeText(this, "Setting", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();<br /> return true;<br /> case R.id.menuid_info: <br /> //match with defined in onCreateOptionsMenu()<br /> Toast.makeText(this, "Info", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();<br /> return true;<br /> default:<br /> return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item); <br /> }<br /> }<br /></span></code></pre><br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/swF5RXAHTLc" width="560"></iframe></center><br /><br /><a href="http://adf.ly/1677922/sites.google.com/site/androidexercise3/download/testActionBarCompat_20131217a.zip" target="_blank"><img alt="download files" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360544424610981522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEcZBLk-nIjshewf03gfcfCQg8JQEwcUmjz_DuqJtDno35ktCDPiYWGZFMVXY1Y0dRAvMAA_8C2D8iYiX6cWqJSa-rglt8jbM_VXqybfQj1R43OLMbMgGIj9mruZjOR5HnCW_KAr6F9bgR/s200/icons_download.gif" style="height: 21px; width: 18px;" title="download files" />Download the files</a>.<br /><br /><hr /><br />Visit: <b><a href="http://android-er.blogspot.com/2013/12/actionbarcompat.html">ActionBarCompat Step-by-step</a></b><br /><br /><div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Android-er?a=odyKhIoL40A:E3DRS38syg4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Android-er?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Android-er?a=odyKhIoL40A:E3DRS38syg4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Android-er?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a><br /></div>akewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16615418381849514057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658397530757508862.post-83481704763651390112013-12-15T03:09:00.000-08:002013-12-16T23:46:10.374-08:00Add MenuItem to ActionBarCompat using JavaWe are going to add MenuItem, menuItem_Info, to ActionBarCompat using Java code.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg56LIxDd0Q7Y1CqMS6ylS4vdSWS69P5kliuuJ0SnHI6ZrKu5Ua8k2I5jMSqzLP_vRrIjhvT5NOSdj0itzVMmO5t8jciDTzctUBMnfCeU8zX4Mu3ERGR4FItEZxTFN82A1Wo7aMui0tzZM/s1600/ActionBarCompat_add_with_java.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="With new menuItem_Info" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg56LIxDd0Q7Y1CqMS6ylS4vdSWS69P5kliuuJ0SnHI6ZrKu5Ua8k2I5jMSqzLP_vRrIjhvT5NOSdj0itzVMmO5t8jciDTzctUBMnfCeU8zX4Mu3ERGR4FItEZxTFN82A1Wo7aMui0tzZM/s400/ActionBarCompat_add_with_java.png" title="with new menuItem_Info" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New MenuItem of menuItem_Info added using Java code</td></tr></tbody></table>Modify exercise from last exercise "<a href="http://android-er.blogspot.com/2013/12/create-dummy-app-extend.html">Example of using ActionBarCompat with android-support-v7-appcompat</a>".<br /><br />To add new MenuItem dynamically, we have to assign new id to it. Create a new file, /res/values/ids.xml, to define our <resources> of ID:</resources><br /><pre style="border: 1px solid black;"><code><span style="color: black;"><?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><br /><resources><br /> <item name="menuid_info" type="id"/><br /></resources><br /></span></code></pre><br /><br />Modify onCreateOptionsMenu() method in MainActivity.java to add new MenuItem using Java code:<br /><pre style="border: 1px solid black;"><code><span style="color: black;">package com.example.testactionbarcompat;<br /><br />import android.os.Bundle;<br />import android.support.v4.view.MenuItemCompat;<br />import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;<br />import android.view.Menu;<br />import android.view.MenuItem;<br /><br />public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {<br /><br /> @Override<br /> protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {<br /> super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);<br /> setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);<br /> }<br /><br /><br /> @Override<br /> public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {<br /> // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.<br /> getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);<br /> <br /> //add MenuItem(s) to ActionBar using Java code<br /> MenuItem menuItem_Info = menu.add(0, R.id.menuid_info, 0, "Info");<br /> menuItem_Info.setIcon(android.R.drawable.ic_menu_info_details);<br /> MenuItemCompat.setShowAsAction(menuItem_Info, <br /> MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_IF_ROOM|MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_WITH_TEXT);<br /> <br /> return true;<br /> }<br /> <br />}<br /></span></code></pre><br /><a href="http://adf.ly/1677922/sites.google.com/site/androidexercise3/download/testActionBarCompat_20131215a.zip" target="_blank"><img alt="download files" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360544424610981522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEcZBLk-nIjshewf03gfcfCQg8JQEwcUmjz_DuqJtDno35ktCDPiYWGZFMVXY1Y0dRAvMAA_8C2D8iYiX6cWqJSa-rglt8jbM_VXqybfQj1R43OLMbMgGIj9mruZjOR5HnCW_KAr6F9bgR/s200/icons_download.gif" style="height: 21px; width: 18px;" title="download files" />Download the files</a>.<br /><br /><hr /><br />Visit: <a href="http://android-er.blogspot.com/2013/12/actionbarcompat.html"><b>ActionBarCompat Step-by-step</b></a><br /><br /><div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Android-er?a=jsHEm-3VLoA:U6R7sweRPUc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Android-er?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Android-er?a=jsHEm-3VLoA:U6R7sweRPUc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Android-er?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a><br /></div>akewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16615418381849514057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658397530757508862.post-86581380653032224542013-12-14T12:55:00.000-08:002013-12-16T23:46:10.376-08:00Example of using ActionBarCompat with android-support-v7-appcompat This exercise show the steps to modify the auto-generated "Hello World" by Android ADT/Eclipse, to implement ActionBarCompat, with backward-compatible Action Bar back to Android 2.1.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXwwtQ1c-Um8SHCiJIMotQyYtP8tNxC3bV6Kwfkw8gkl1N42QuliKAE9nbkv3RZZsHIQabfjokahyphenhyphennUr7QahzydOXNfC2DrNVSgGL8vF-KyudIK_QK-sUnCuBH_4chCLtrT36Q7PTkDFg/s1600/testActionBarCompat.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="ActionBarCompat" border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXwwtQ1c-Um8SHCiJIMotQyYtP8tNxC3bV6Kwfkw8gkl1N42QuliKAE9nbkv3RZZsHIQabfjokahyphenhyphennUr7QahzydOXNfC2DrNVSgGL8vF-KyudIK_QK-sUnCuBH_4chCLtrT36Q7PTkDFg/s400/testActionBarCompat.png" title="ActionBarCompat" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;">ActionBarCompat on Nexus One running Android 2.3.6</span></td></tr></tbody></table>- Before start our new project, you have to "<a href="http://android-er.blogspot.com/2013/12/create-library-project-with-appcompat.html">Create library project with the appcompat v7 support library</a>".<br /><br />- New a Android Application Project as normal.<br /><br />- Right click on the project, select Properties, select Android tab on the left box, scroll down on the right to make sure the check box of "is Library" is un-checked, and click the Add button to add library of "android-support-v7-appcompat". then click OK.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk2f1hsRFHWf8MresJHSRd1mGeEwXwCbMhX87N4HPsHP-fuh_LEdYYU3Z-35QcLk_LOj7A1utYLjlb91k35N9E4TrDPN-mLuMFqt06HcWqj7Cps5I85PtOgCk6lKp4Rp7RRLESJDnjml4/s1600/android-support-v7-appcompat.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="android-support-v7-appcompat" border="0" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk2f1hsRFHWf8MresJHSRd1mGeEwXwCbMhX87N4HPsHP-fuh_LEdYYU3Z-35QcLk_LOj7A1utYLjlb91k35N9E4TrDPN-mLuMFqt06HcWqj7Cps5I85PtOgCk6lKp4Rp7RRLESJDnjml4/s400/android-support-v7-appcompat.png" title="android-support-v7-appcompat" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">add library of android-support-v7-appcompat</td></tr></tbody></table>- Modify AndroidManifest.xml, change android:theme inside <application> to "@style/Theme.AppCompat". And make sure android:minSdkVersion is equal or higher than 7, Android 2.1.</application><br /><pre style="border: 1px solid black;"><code><span style="color: black;"><?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><br /><manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"<br /> package="com.example.testactionbarcompat"<br /> android:versionCode="1"<br /> android:versionName="1.0" ><br /><br /> <uses-sdk<br /> android:minSdkVersion="8"<br /> android:targetSdkVersion="18" /><br /><br /> <application<br /> android:allowBackup="true"<br /> android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"<br /> android:label="@string/app_name"<br /> android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat" ><br /> <activity<br /> android:name="com.example.testactionbarcompat.MainActivity"<br /> android:label="@string/app_name" ><br /> <intent-filter><br /> <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /><br /><br /> <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /><br /> </intent-filter><br /> </activity><br /> </application><br /><br /></manifest><br /></span></code></pre><br /><br />- Modify menu resources file, /res/menu/main.xml.<br />Add a new xmlns, xmlns:myapp="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto". You can choice any name (myapp in my example) you want. But it has to be matched with the name space in <item>.</item><br /> Modify <item> to define myapp:showAsAction="always".</item><br /><pre style="border: 1px solid black;"><code><span style="color: black;"><menu <br /> xmlns:myapp="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"<br /> xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" ><br /><br /> <item<br /> android:id="@+id/action_settings"<br /> android:orderInCategory="100"<br /> myapp:showAsAction="always"<br /> android:title="@string/action_settings"/><br /><br /></menu><br /></span></code></pre><br /><br />- Modify MainActivity to extend ActionBarActivity with android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity imported.<br /><pre style="border: 1px solid black;"><code><span style="color: black;">package com.example.testactionbarcompat;<br /><br />import android.os.Bundle;<br />import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;<br />import android.view.Menu;<br /><br />public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {<br /><br /> @Override<br /> protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {<br /> super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);<br /> setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);<br /> }<br /><br /><br /> @Override<br /> public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {<br /> // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.<br /> getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);<br /> return true;<br /> }<br /> <br />}<br /></span></code></pre><br />- Now it can be re-build to generate app with Action Bar running on devices of Android 2.1 or higher.<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/L3EPCEdow2c" width="480"></iframe></center><br />Next:<br />- <a href="http://android-er.blogspot.com/2013/12/add-menuitem-to-actionbarcompat-using.html">Add MenuItem to ActionBarCompat using Java</a><br /><br /><hr /><br />Visit: <a href="http://android-er.blogspot.com/2013/12/actionbarcompat.html"><b>ActionBarCompat Step-by-step</b></a><br /><br /><div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Android-er?a=PJwcRL7n_1M:E-3Mv-HRWrg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Android-er?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Android-er?a=PJwcRL7n_1M:E-3Mv-HRWrg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Android-er?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a><br /></div>akewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16615418381849514057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658397530757508862.post-26296428569981982302013-12-12T12:07:00.000-08:002013-12-18T05:10:33.748-08:00Androidify updated with new holiday outfits<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJWRBJHUOm9O2y6O_vUliiMfr3lu7viH3G977DX-Z3ATbrZ_uljAkNo2jK6M4h5P-wjP8p7FuOJ63te5G7Kr5nYky666MXUJAqt4D2ZsUKeHiGMvPi9vx9vQQg4JFQm3wxNhY5JjbvnnI/s1600/android_er-winter.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJWRBJHUOm9O2y6O_vUliiMfr3lu7viH3G977DX-Z3ATbrZ_uljAkNo2jK6M4h5P-wjP8p7FuOJ63te5G7Kr5nYky666MXUJAqt4D2ZsUKeHiGMvPi9vx9vQQg4JFQm3wxNhY5JjbvnnI/s400/android_er-winter.png" width="400" /></a></div>Install <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.androidify" target="_blank">Androidify from Google Play</a><br /><br /><div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Android-er?a=7RgUaNK4FVM:_NnfkOUE4vc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Android-er?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Android-er?a=7RgUaNK4FVM:_NnfkOUE4vc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Android-er?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a><br /></div>akewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16615418381849514057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658397530757508862.post-57682828186095057502013-12-12T10:43:00.000-08:002013-12-18T05:10:33.754-08:00Introducing Qt MobileTogether with <a href="http://blog.qt.digia.com/blog/2013/12/12/qt-5-2-released-the-best-qt-yet/" target="_blank">the release of Qt 5.2</a>, the Qt Mobile edition is now available for you to download and try: <a href="http://qt.digia.com/qtmobile" target="_blank">http://qt.digia.com/qtmobile</a>.<br /><br />~ source: <a href="http://blog.qt.digia.com/blog/2013/12/12/introducing-qt-mobile/" target="_blank">http://blog.qt.digia.com/blog/2013/12/12/introducing-qt-mobile/</a><br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/WFGRr0DV3oM" width="560"></iframe></center><br /><i>This video shows how easy it is to get started developing for iOS and Android using Qt Mobile with Qt 5.2. This is done by creating a simple "Hello World" application showing how it can be launched on the official Android and iOS simulators as well as real Android and iOS devices.</i><br /><br /><div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Android-er?a=Zl0Bij9_qdw:Fym0pNCfns8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Android-er?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Android-er?a=Zl0Bij9_qdw:Fym0pNCfns8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Android-er?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a><br /></div>akewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16615418381849514057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658397530757508862.post-34804874065542324772013-12-12T05:36:00.000-08:002013-12-18T05:10:33.751-08:00Mobile HTML5<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.390625px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px;"><b>Mobile HTML5</b><br /><br />Build kickass websites and applications for all mobile (and non-mobile) platforms by adding HTML5 and CSS3 to your web development toolkit. 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Game developers can use it for new game mechanics and add realistic physics to game play. Designers can use the library to create beautiful fluid interactive experiences.<br /><br />The video clip below shows a circular body falling into a viscous fluid using LiquidFun.<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/bofu6Hw7u5s" width="560"></iframe></center><br /><br />The LiquidFun library is written in C++, so any platform that has a C++ compiler can benefit from it. To help with this, Google have provided a method to build the LiquidFun library, example applications, and unit tests for Android, Linux, OSX and Windows.<br /><br />Learn more about the LiquidFun physics engine at <a href="http://google.github.io/liquidfun/" target="_blank">http://google.github.io/liquidfun/</a><br /><br /><div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Android-er?a=pa2-MsGD-q4:5YwPi8pRScs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Android-er?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Android-er?a=pa2-MsGD-q4:5YwPi8pRScs:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Android-er?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a><br /></div>akewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16615418381849514057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658397530757508862.post-48515661446051991562013-12-11T12:44:00.000-08:002013-12-19T00:35:53.399-08:00More tools for Android game developersGoogle are adding more tools to Android game developers, such as:<br /><br /><ul><li>The open-source release of LiquidFun, a new C++ 2D physics library that makes it easier for developers to add realistic physics to their games.</li><li>Google Play Games plug-in for Unity, cross-platform game engine from Unity Technologies. Game developers can now more easily integrate game services.</li><li>New game categories are coming to the Play Store in February 2014, such as Simulation, Role Playing, and Educational.</li></ul><div>source: <a href="http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2013/12/new-tools-to-take-your-games-to-next.html" target="_blank">Android Developers Blog</a></div><div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Android-er?a=qU_UVBf_MSQ:XpR-1cSaLKo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Android-er?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Android-er?a=qU_UVBf_MSQ:XpR-1cSaLKo:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Android-er?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a><br /></div>akewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16615418381849514057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658397530757508862.post-11181826142069726332013-12-10T11:17:00.000-08:002013-12-19T00:35:53.396-08:00Download Windows Phone Getting Started GuideDownload The Windows Phone Getting Started Guide, visit <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/student/develop-apps/windows-phone.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/student/develop-apps/windows-phone.aspx</a><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqwZ81FA0BLsLLzwNnebofS3Ugn-CDeXu58nGH2JiZTWD7j3DEL66-ARXJqCG3OAYxrDwdelMLyYKJbntn6Bwb9EouETCG98-y3ETPoHj9jySpltFJ-AhTeMlNXwb944_rZUKQjfw-1uA/s1600/Download+the+Windows+Phone+Getting+Started+Guide.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqwZ81FA0BLsLLzwNnebofS3Ugn-CDeXu58nGH2JiZTWD7j3DEL66-ARXJqCG3OAYxrDwdelMLyYKJbntn6Bwb9EouETCG98-y3ETPoHj9jySpltFJ-AhTeMlNXwb944_rZUKQjfw-1uA/s400/Download+the+Windows+Phone+Getting+Started+Guide.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Download Windows Phone Getting Started Guide</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="feedflare"><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Android-er?a=cSyotPscFjU:Gvx_KazapKY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Android-er?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Android-er?a=cSyotPscFjU:Gvx_KazapKY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Android-er?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a><br /></div>akewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16615418381849514057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658397530757508862.post-86038845022420670112013-09-09T23:15:00.000-07:002013-09-10T08:26:33.181-07:00Charlie Sheppard: Save Your Drama For Your Mama - Blog Business Success Radio<a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/WayneHurlbert" style="background: url(http://www.blogtalkradio.com/WayneHurlbert/LivePlayerButton.gif) no-repeat 0 0 !important; color: #333333; display: block !important; font-family: arial, sans-serif !important; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold !important; height: 80px !important; margin: 3px 3px !important; padding: 17px 8px 8px 8px !important; text-decoration: none !important; width: 144px !important;" target="_blank" title="Listen to Wayne Hurlbert on Blog Talk Radio">Listen to Wayne Hurlbert<span style="background: url(http://www.blogtalkradio.com/WayneHurlbert/LivePlayerButton.gif) no-repeat -8px -40px !important; display: block; filter: alpha(opacity=0) !important; font-size: 8px !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0 0 0 0 !important; opacity: 0.0 !important; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0 0 0 0 !important; position: fixed !important; width: 150px !important;"> on Blog Talk Radio</span></a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TKgJps-1y10/Ui5pDZxmXWI/AAAAAAAALFA/zJAw2NH9xUE/s1600/Save+Your+Drama+For+Your+Mama.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TKgJps-1y10/Ui5pDZxmXWI/AAAAAAAALFA/zJAw2NH9xUE/s400/Save+Your+Drama+For+Your+Mama.JPG" width="258" /></a></div><br />Speaker, educator, founder and CEO Of <a href="http://sheppardpartners.com/"><i>Sheppard Partners</i></a>, and author of the insightful and transformational book <a href="http://www.saveyourdrama.com/"><i>Save Your Drama For Your Mama: Drama or Leadership is a Choice</i></a>, <a href="http://www.hult.edu/en/campuses/san-francisco/faculty-team/meet-our-faculty/?member=charlie-sheppard">Charlie Sheppard</a> describes the patterns of behavior that in people's lives that lead to drama or to leadership. Charlie Sheppard offers insights into why those who need development and direction most, are the least likely to embrace it, while those who need direction least are happy to receive it. Charlie Sheppard provides the concept that leadership is a choice, and a choice that can be made at any age or at any time. Charlie shares the concept of the Drama Triangle that entraps so many in its web. He also demonstrates how the Leadership Triangle, its complete opposite, provides an empowering path away from that self defeating drama syndrome. Learn how to avoid creating or participating in the drama, and how to choose leadership instead to take control of your life and your career.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/waynehurlbert/2013/09/11/charlie-sheppard-save-your-drama-for-your-mama">Charlie Sheppard is my internet radio show guest</a> on <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/WayneHurlbert"><i>Blog Business Success</i></a>; hosted live on <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/"><i>BlogTalkRadio</i></a>.<br /><br />The show airs live on <span style="font-weight: bold;">Tuesday, September 10</span>, at 8:00 pm Eastern Time; 5:00 pm Pacific Time.<br /><br />Speaker, educator, founder and CEO Of <a href="http://sheppardpartners.com/"><i>Sheppard Partners</i></a>, and author of the insightful and transformational book <a href="http://www.saveyourdrama.com/"><i>Save Your Drama For Your Mama: Drama or Leadership is a Choice</i></a>, <a href="http://www.hult.edu/en/campuses/san-francisco/faculty-team/meet-our-faculty/?member=charlie-sheppard">Charlie Sheppard</a> describes the patterns of behavior that in people's lives that lead to drama or to leadership. You will learn:<br /><br />* Why so many people choose to create or participate in drama<br /><br />* Why those who need help most in escaping the drama trap resist it the most<br /><br />* How to make the decision to choose the empowerment of leadership <br /><br />* How to avoid the Drama Triangle and choose the Leadership Triangle<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zUuhJ5COQgk/Ui5o25RtF1I/AAAAAAAALE4/Mc48l9sZfm4/s1600/Charlie+Sheppard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zUuhJ5COQgk/Ui5o25RtF1I/AAAAAAAALE4/Mc48l9sZfm4/s320/Charlie+Sheppard.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Charlie Sheppard (photo left) is the founder and CEO of <a href="http://sheppardpartners.com/"><i>Sheppard Partners</i></a>, a company on the forefront of unleashing the full potential of people and teams through superior training and consulting methodologies. He is an internationally recognized leader in executive and team development. <br /><br />His courses and trainings have been delivered around the world. He is a highly engaging speaker and is in constant demand for his Leadership is a Choice® keynote. He is also a professor at <a href="http://www.hult.edu/en/campuses/san-francisco/faculty-team/meet-our-faculty/?member=charlie-sheppard"><i>Hult International Business School</i></a> and makes his home in the San Francisco Bay Area. <br /><br />He is also the founder and CEO of KnoNow, a pioneering e-learning and social networking platform. This online tool accelerates both learning and measurement of the transfer of knowledge in an organization. KnoNow is pioneering the field of knowledge as a service (KaaS), creating for organizations a competitive advantage.<br /><br />My book review of <a href="http://blogbusinessworld.blogspot.ca/2013/09/save-your-drama-for-your-mama-by.html"><i>Save Your Drama For Your Mama: Drama or Leadership is a Choice</i></a> by Charlie Sheppard.<br /><br />Listen live on Tuesday at 8:00 pm Eastern, 5:00 pm Pacific time.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/WayneHurlbert"><img alt="BlogTalkRadio.com" border="0" id="BTRButton" src="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/img/180x60_wht.gif" /></a><br /><br />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 <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/WayneHurlbert"><i>Blog Business Success</i> host page</a> 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 <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/feeds/WayneHurlbert">subscribe to the show feed</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=250422019"><img alt="Add to iTunes" border="0" id="iTunes" src="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/images/add_to_itunes.gif" /></a><br /><br />To call in questions for my guest, the number is: <span style="font-weight: bold;">(347) 996-5832</span><br /><br />Let's talk with speaker, educator, founder and CEO Of <a href="http://sheppardpartners.com/"><i>Sheppard Partners</i></a>, and author of the insightful and transformational book <a href="http://www.saveyourdrama.com/"><i>Save Your Drama For Your Mama: Drama or Leadership is a Choice</i></a>, <a href="http://www.hult.edu/en/campuses/san-francisco/faculty-team/meet-our-faculty/?member=charlie-sheppard">Charlie Sheppard</a>, as he describes the patterns of behavior that in people's lives that lead to drama or to leadership. Charlie Sheppard offers insights into why those who need development and direction most, are the least likely to embrace it, while those who need direction least are happy to receive it. Charlie Sheppard provides the concept that leadership is a choice, and a choice that can be made at any age or at any time. Charlie shares the concept of the Drama Triangle that entraps so many in its web. He also demonstrates how the Leadership Triangle, its complete opposite, provides an empowering path away from that self defeating drama syndrome. Learn how to avoid creating or participating in the drama, and how to choose leadership instead to take control of your life and your career on <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/WayneHurlbert"><i>Blog Business Success Radio</i></a>.<br />akewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16615418381849514057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658397530757508862.post-79635312905848178502013-09-08T23:49:00.000-07:002013-09-10T08:26:33.195-07:00Save Your Drama for Your Mama by Charlie Sheppard - Book review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TKgJps-1y10/Ui5pDZxmXWI/AAAAAAAALFA/zJAw2NH9xUE/s1600/Save+Your+Drama+For+Your+Mama.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TKgJps-1y10/Ui5pDZxmXWI/AAAAAAAALFA/zJAw2NH9xUE/s400/Save+Your+Drama+For+Your+Mama.JPG" width="258" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.saveyourdrama.com/"><i>Save Your Drama For Your Mama<br /><br />Drama or Leadership is a Choice</i></a><br /><br />By: <a href="http://sheppardpartners.com/">Charlie Sheppard</a><br /><br />Published: April 1, 2013<br />Format: Hardcover, 368 pages<br />ISBN-10: 0988172003<br />ISBN-13: 978-0988172005<br />Publisher: <a href="http://achoice.com/">AChoice Publishing</a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />"The basic premise of this book is that you really need to understand the patterns of drama that limit your full expression of leadership and with that understanding you can make a new choice", writes speaker, educator, and founder and managing partner of Sheppard Partners, Charlie Sheppard, in his insightful and transformational book <a href="http://www.saveyourdrama.com/"><i>Save Your Drama For Your Mama: Drama or Leadership is a Choice</i></a>. The author describes how drama and leadership fall into two distinct patterns, and as a result leadership becomes a real and effective personal choice that can be made at any time during one's life.<br /><br />Charlie Sheppard understands that drama is the direct opposite of leadership. The author also reminds readers that leadership is a choice, that requires a conscious decision, to avoid drama and all the negativity, victim hood, and adversarial thinking that accompanies that drama. Charlie Sheppard calls these traps the Drama Triangle, and offers methods for overcoming this dependency, and the false sense of no control over one's own life. <br /><br />In place of the Drama Triangle, the author presents the Leadership Triangle, where a person trusts their own perspective, and assumes real control over their own choices, and the results that stem from those choices. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zUuhJ5COQgk/Ui5o25RtF1I/AAAAAAAALE4/Mc48l9sZfm4/s1600/Charlie+Sheppard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zUuhJ5COQgk/Ui5o25RtF1I/AAAAAAAALE4/Mc48l9sZfm4/s320/Charlie+Sheppard.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Charlie Sheppard (photo left) recognizes that at its most fundamental level, leadership is about making choices. The author provides evidence that if a person become immersed in the Drama Triangle, they surrender that ability to make choices. Instead of making the decisions that have a powerful impact on their lives or careers, they abdicate those decisions to others who may not have their best interests at heart. Rather than continuing to endure this sense of powerlessness, loss of control, and dependency, a person must change their internal locus of control. <br /><br />Charlie Sheppard demonstrates how escape the trap and make the decision to move to the Leadership Triangle. At the very heart of the book, is understanding and acting upon your own ability to choose to be the leader of your own life and career choices. The author provides a complete examination of the challenge posed by drama, and how to transition to empowered leadership, as follows:<br /><br />* How drama was born<br />* Your brain on drama<br />* Opposing triangles<br />* Perceptions and intentions<br />* Who is driving the bus<br />* The trap of the drama triangle<br />* Accountability: Accept it or avoid it<br />* Your energy is produced by your thoughts<br />* Victim or visionary<br />* The adversary or the catalyst<br />* Rescuer or coach<br />* Leadership is a choice<br /><br />For me, the power of the book is how Charlie Sheppard combines a comprehensive overview of the personal trap created by drama, with the empowering choice of leadership to take control of your life and career. The author goes beyond the usual superficial treatment of drama, and goes to the core of why drama exists, how it traps people, and why escaping that trap is so difficult for many people. To underline these challenges presented by the drama trap, Charlie Sheppard provides the latest findings in neuroscience regarding the rewiring of the brain done through drama; and offers additional information about how the brain can be rewired once again with the empowerment of leadership.<br /><br />Charlie Sheppard offers actionable advice for avoiding both the creation of drama, and for being drawn into the drama caused by others. The author explains how easy it is for a person to find themselves embroiled in drama through choosing to do so. The key is that there is also the choice of leadership to escape the drama trap. The author shares the tools, techniques, and exercises for making the decision for leadership in one's life, career, and organization as a whole.<br /><br />I highly recommend the empowering and life changing book <a href="http://www.saveyourdrama.com/"><i>Save Your Drama For Your Mama: Drama or Leadership is a Choice</i></a> by Charlie Sheppard, to anyone at any stage of their life or career who is seeking a viable and effective road map for navigating the path away from the Drama Triangle to entering the Leadership Triangle. This book provides the guidance for choosing to leave the drama behind and become a true leader and visionary.akewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16615418381849514057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658397530757508862.post-14162055043707180892013-09-07T23:01:00.000-07:002013-09-10T08:26:33.207-07:00Forget a Mentor, Find a Sponsor by Sylvia Ann Hewlett - Book review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-s68yA0zqJtQ/Uiz6IsRe4fI/AAAAAAAALEo/AlfsMg3D4RA/s1600/Forget+a+Mentor+Find+a+Sponsor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-s68yA0zqJtQ/Uiz6IsRe4fI/AAAAAAAALEo/AlfsMg3D4RA/s400/Forget+a+Mentor+Find+a+Sponsor.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://hbr.org/product/forget-a-mentor-find-a-sponsor-the-new-way-to-fast-track-your-career/an/11163E-KND-ENG"><i>Forget a Mentor, Find a Sponsor<br /><br />The New Way to Fast-Track Your Career</i></a><br /><br />By: <a href="http://www.sylviaannhewlett.com/">Sylvia Ann Hewlett</a><br /><br />Published: September 10, 2013<br />Format: Paperback, 256 pages<br />ISBN-10: 1422187160<br />ISBN-13: 978-1422187166<br />Publisher: <a href="http://hbr.org/books">Harvard Business Review Press</a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />"Men and women with sponsors are much more likely to rise up through the ranks and hang on to their ambition. Sponsors - unlike mentors - give you serious traction", writes economist, founding president and CEO of the Center for Talent Innovation, and director of the Gender and Policy Program at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, Sylvia Ann Hewlett in her inspirational and career building book <a href="http://hbr.org/product/forget-a-mentor-find-a-sponsor-the-new-way-to-fast-track-your-career/an/11163E-KND-ENG"><i>Forget a Mentor, Find a Sponsor: The New Way to Fast-Track Your Career</i></a>. The author describes the crucial differences between a sponsor and a mentor, and shares her seven step guide to understanding the intricate relationship between a sponsor and the protege.<br /><br />Sylvia Ann Hewlett understands, through her own experiences in academia, how critical the active support of a sponsor is to career success. She adds to her own personal story by including stories by other people who achieved success through the influence and advocacy of a sponsor. The author makes clear that sponsorship is not a one way event. Instead, one of the real values of sponsorships is how both people in the sponsor-protege relationship receive real benefits. Sylvia Ann Hewlett shares her ideas for finding a sponsor, working effectively and for mutual benefit, and how the idea of sponsors can become part of an organizational culture.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vfE_hFWzSmU/Uiz5_Vkb5oI/AAAAAAAALEg/Ylnuq-4Y-tY/s1600/Sylvia+Ann+Hewlett+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vfE_hFWzSmU/Uiz5_Vkb5oI/AAAAAAAALEg/Ylnuq-4Y-tY/s320/Sylvia+Ann+Hewlett+2.jpg" /></a></div><br />Sylvia Ann Hewlett (photo left) recognizes that mentors are valuable to career development and advancement. The author makes a distinction between mentors and sponsors that is not often considered by career guides. The mentor shares advice to the protege, and the sponsor serves partially in the mentor role, but more critically the sponsor serves as an advocate for the protege's career advancement. The sponsor has a seat at the table where those crucial career decisions are made, and takes a stance in support of the protege.<br /><br />Sylvia Ann Hewlett presents a comprehensive guide to understanding sponsorships, attracting a sponsor for a mutually worthwhile sharing of benefits, and for understanding the some of the potential dangers and pitfalls that accompany unsuitable sponsors. The concept of sponsorship is considered in three overall sections as follows:<br /><br />* The sponsor imperative: What is sponsorship and how does it work<br />* Road map for proteges: Finding and working with a mutually beneficial sponsor<br />* Pitfalls and trip wires: Sex, distrust, and executive presence<br /><br />For me, the power of the book is how Sylvia Ann Hewlett combines a complete analysis of the value of two way street sponsorship, with the practical steps to establishing a rewarding sponsor-protege relationship. The author demonstrates clearly why it's simply not enough to find a suitable mentor. While the author acknowledges the value and benefits of working with a mentor, she also recognizes the limitations of the mentor role. To fill the important advocacy role, that is not part of a mentor-mentee relationship, Sylvia Ann Hewlett brings forward the role of the sponsor. <br /><br />Sylvia Ann Hewlett shares her seven step process for finding a suitable sponsor, and also reminds the protege of their own responsibilities within the relationship. Unlike many discussions of the roles of mentors and sponsors, the author provides a complete analysis of some of the pitfalls that await the unwary who fail to conduct due diligence on their prospective sponsor. The stories of other successful sponsorships, and the career benefits they provided add an extra real world dimension to the book as well.<br /><br />I highly recommend the essential and professional life changing book <br /><a href="http://hbr.org/product/forget-a-mentor-find-a-sponsor-the-new-way-to-fast-track-your-career/an/11163E-KND-ENG"><i>Forget a Mentor, Find a Sponsor: The New Way to Fast-Track Your Career</i></a> by Sylvia Ann Hewlett, to anyone at any stage of their career path, who is seeking a clear and concise guide to understanding and embracing the relationship with a sponsor. This book will not only advance your own career but will benefit your sponsor, and the entire organization as well.akewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16615418381849514057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658397530757508862.post-45328098841031349542013-09-07T05:30:00.000-07:002013-09-10T08:26:33.216-07:00The Crowdsourced Performance Review by Eric Mosley - Book review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QCwV0zNhECA/UizEW7bgjeI/AAAAAAAALEI/qDoChbQAUXg/s1600/The+Crowdsourced+Performance+Review.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QCwV0zNhECA/UizEW7bgjeI/AAAAAAAALEI/qDoChbQAUXg/s400/The+Crowdsourced+Performance+Review.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mcgrawhill.ca/professional/products/9780071817981/"><i>The Crowdsourced Performance Review<br /><br />How to Use the Power of Social Recognition to Transform Employee Performance</i></a><br /><br />By: <a href="http://www.crowdsourcedreviews.com/">Eric Mosley</a><br /><br />Published: May 8, 2013<br />Format: Hardcover, 272 pages<br />ISBN-10: 0071817980<br />ISBN-13: 978-0071817981<br />Publisher: <a href="http://www.mcgrawhill.ca/">McGraw-Hill</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />"The traditional performance review is frozen in time. Its design is outdated and its implementation is typically mediocre", writes social recognition thought leader and CEO of Globoforce, Eric Mosley, in his innovative and transformational book <a href="http://www.mcgrawhill.ca/professional/products/9780071817981/"><i>The Crowdsourced Performance Review: How to Use the Power of Social Recognition to Transform Employee Performance</i></a>. The author describes the flawed and counterproductive approach taken with utilizing the traditional performance review, and offers an alternative strategy of gathering and assessing the opinions and perspectives of many people to establish a more accurate appraisal of an employee's contribution.<br /><br />Eric Mosley understands that the standard form of performance reviews is not only deeply flawed, but also produces the exact opposite outcomes from those expected from the appraisal. Instead of building employee morale and improving overall productivity, the traditional review creates a culture of fear, mistrust, and lowered staff morale. <br /><br />To overcome these glaring weaknesses in the employee review process, Eric Mosley recommends a completely different approach to evaluating employee performance and contribution to the organization. Instead of simply utilizing an annual, one on one meeting between manager and employee, the author proposes widening the scope of the review including the entire organization on an ongoing basis.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NxoRiNNS_tg/UiuB15X_8aI/AAAAAAAALDw/HKyH_DFHbnw/s1600/Eric+Mosley.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NxoRiNNS_tg/UiuB15X_8aI/AAAAAAAALDw/HKyH_DFHbnw/s320/Eric+Mosley.png" /></a></div><br />Eric Mosley (photo left) recognizes that the traditional performance review is so deeply flawed in its design and execution, that no amount of incremental improvement can salvage it from the trash bin of history. While the author realizes that the standard appraisal format is formal and structured, he proposes an entirely different formality and structure within the crowdsourced approach. The fundamental difference resides in the real time assessment, the ongoing nature of the review, and the crowdsourced input and information comprising the evaluation.<br /><br />Eric Mosley presents an alternative methodology that overcomes the problems inherent within the traditional performance review. This fresh approach also takes advantage of the advances in technology, the power of social media, newer business thought regarding the value of company culture, and the collective wisdom of the entire organization. The author divides the book into three overarching sections as follows:<br /><br />* Improving performance with the wisdom of crowds<br />* Putting the crowdsourced performance review into practice <br />* The future of performance management<br /><br />For me, the power of the book is how Eric Mosley combines a strong theoretical framework and reasoning for using a crowdsourced performance review, with the practical steps for the successful implementation of this new evaluation process. The author establishes the reasoning for replacing the outmoded traditional review process with a completely different methodology. The standard review process has never achieved its stated goals at the best of times. The process is adversarial and fails to guide or coach employees to higher levels of performance. Indeed, the opposite effect is more likely outcome, making the entire event an exercise in futility.<br /><br />Eric Mosley embraces the reasoning that the established process is not repairable, and needs replacement. The advances in technology enable managers and entire organizations to evaluate and assess performance on an ongoing basis, and in real time. The entire wisdom stored in the entire organization is also called upon in the evaluation process, providing more insights, ideas, and perspectives that a single manager may miss. <br /><br />The author also recognizes that the older process did real harm to employee morale, resulting in a mistrusting company culture. The proposed new performance review transforms the culture into one of engagement and collaboration in the process, offering the competitive advantage of a strong company culture.<br /><br />I highly recommend the revolutionary and must read book <a href="http://www.mcgrawhill.ca/professional/products/9780071817981/"><i>The Crowdsourced Performance Review: How to Use the Power of Social Recognition to Transform Employee Performance</i></a> by Eric Mosley, to any business leaders, executives, and managers who are seeking a fresh and effective approach to the age old problem of creating effective employee performance reviews. With the current practice of reviews being completely outdated, this book offers an alternative that is effective for the employee, the manager, and the entire company culture.akewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16615418381849514057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658397530757508862.post-14495028518810049942013-09-06T09:41:00.000-07:002013-09-10T08:26:33.224-07:00Feed the Startup Beast by Drew Wiliams & Jonathan Verney - Book review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MvY4MtmIqmw/UipOgVLVmJI/AAAAAAAALDg/EWcvl4Rjwf0/s1600/Feed+the+Startup+Beast.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MvY4MtmIqmw/UipOgVLVmJI/AAAAAAAALDg/EWcvl4Rjwf0/s400/Feed+the+Startup+Beast.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mcgrawhill.ca/professional/products/9780071809054/feed+the+startup+beast:+a+7-step+guide+to+big,+hairy,+outrageous+sales+growth/"><i>Feed the Startup Beast<br /><br />A 7-Step Guide to Big, Hairy, Outrageous Sales Growth</i> </a><br /><br />By: <a href="http://www.feedthebeast.biz/blog/">Drew Williams, Jonathan Verney</a><br /><br />Published: June 25, 2013<br />Format: Paperback, 304 pages<br />ISBN-10: 0071809058<br />ISBN-13: 978-0071809054<br />Publisher: <a href="http://www.mcgrawhill.ca/">McGraw-Hill</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />"Thanks to the web, there's never been a better time to be a growth-oriented entrepreneur - - provided you're willing to embrace the digital world in innovative new ways. The truth is, the Internet has leveled the playing field", write managing partner at nuRevenue Partners, Drew Williams; and president of the Corporate Storyteller Inc., Jonathan Verney in their very hands on and real world tested program based book <a href="http://www.mcgrawhill.ca/professional/products/9780071809054/feed+the+startup+beast:+a+7-step+guide+to+big,+hairy,+outrageous+sales+growth/"><i>Feed the Startup Beast: A 7-Step Guide to Big, Hairy, Outrageous Sales Growth</i> </a>. The authors describe their proven and repeatable seven-step technique for achieving huge growth and success in any entrepreneurial venture.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LxouioLpdrs/UipORPnHp1I/AAAAAAAALDY/ooNOqN6H_Js/s1600/Drew+Williams.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LxouioLpdrs/UipORPnHp1I/AAAAAAAALDY/ooNOqN6H_Js/s320/Drew+Williams.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Drew Williams (photo left) and Jonathan Verney understand the critical importance of listening to others, before starting a business, and after its launch as well. Listening draws the entrepreneur's attention to great ideas, problems that require solutions, and the pain felt from challenges faced by customers. Instead of providing pages of theory about entrepreneurship, and about building an explosive growth business, the authors dive right into the program for developing a high sales growth company. <br /><br />The book provides advice and tested strategies and techniques for a company at any level of its development as a business. The authors begin their description of their process by having entrepreneurs listen to the signals flowing from the business itself. The lessons from those internal sounds may surprise the entrepreneur, and lead the company in an entirely different direction. That is the power of listening and learning.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TWj8RCkrCY0/UipOFnL7o8I/AAAAAAAALDQ/sk13XYo7C-Q/s1600/Jonathan+Verney.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TWj8RCkrCY0/UipOFnL7o8I/AAAAAAAALDQ/sk13XYo7C-Q/s400/Jonathan+Verney.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><br />Jonathan Verney (photo left) and Drew Williams recognize that that understanding the groans and rumbles from the business are important. To better comprehend and act upon the sounds arising the business, the authors divide the book into two main sections. <br /><br />The first part of the book is designed to better focus the entrepreneur on the overall strategy needed for identifying the true direction, products and services, and customers for the business. The second part of the book provides the methodology for growing the company that transforms an ordinary business into hard charging and hungry beast. <br /><br />The authors present a workable and repeatable system that is effective regardless of the size of the company marketing budget. The book is based on longer cycle, complex sales as the driver of company revenue, but the seven-step process is also effective for other types of business models. The seven steps to building a successful growth based venture are as follows:<br /><br />* Ask: How a single question can reveal your future<br />* Listen: And let your customers drive the bus<br />* Focus: Organizing your resources for the engagement<br />* Attract: The secret to being found by prospects<br />* Pursue: The secret of finding prospects<br />* Nurture: Nurture, convert, and grow big<br />* Grow: Measure your growth and track your success<br /><br />For me, the power of the book is how Drew Williams and Jonathan Verney take a direct, no nonsense approach to providing their seven-step business growth process. The book has a sales and marketing orientation designed to build customers, and keep those customers returning over the long term. The key to this customer loyalty factor is the constant focus on and attention to listening to the needs, problems, and concerns of the customers themselves. <br /><br />From the initial searching for prospects, to the their first contact with the company, to their initial purchase, to their long term relationship with with business, the authors stress a customer focus. By harnessing the immense global power and reach of the internet, a business is able to compete effectively with companies many times their size. The methodology offered in the book is tested and proven to work with companies of all types, regardless of industry. The key to rapid growth is listening and learning more about the customers, and delivering solutions to their challenges and easing their pain.<br /><br />I highly recommend the indispensable and positive results focused book <a href="http://www.mcgrawhill.ca/professional/products/9780071809054/feed+the+startup+beast:+a+7-step+guide+to+big,+hairy,+outrageous+sales+growth/"><i>Feed the Startup Beast: A 7-Step Guide to Big, Hairy, Outrageous Sales Growth</i> </a> by Drew Williams and Jonathan Verney, to any current or would be entrepreneurs seeking a clear and concise road map to establishing a business based on strong sales and marketing strategies. The advice offered in this book is extensive, and using even a part of what is provided, will result in a massive explosion in your sales numbers.<br /><br />akewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16615418381849514057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658397530757508862.post-77723365749594314182013-09-05T02:08:00.000-07:002013-09-10T08:26:33.315-07:00X-Events by John Casti - Book review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xihvT9PIJLM/UiY1Rw09piI/AAAAAAAALDA/UCC81FHTCKI/s1600/X-Events.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xihvT9PIJLM/UiY1Rw09piI/AAAAAAAALDA/UCC81FHTCKI/s400/X-Events.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.harpercollins.com/books/X-Events-John-L-Casti?isbn=9780062088291&HCHP=TB_X-Events"><i>X-Events<br /><br />Complexity Overload and the Collapse of Everything</i></a> <br /><br />By: <a href="http://xeventsunlimited.com/">John L. Casti, Ph.D.</a><br /><br />Published: March 12, 2012<br />Format: Paperback, 336 pages<br />ISBN-10: 0062088297<br />ISBN-13: 978-0062088291<br />Publisher: <a href="http://www.harpercollins.com/">William Morrow Paperbacks</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />"X-events of the human - rather than nature-caused - variety are the result of too little understanding chasing too much complexity in our human systems", writes pioneer of complexity science and systems theory, Senior Research Scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, John L. Casti, Ph.D.,in his provocative and thought provoking book <a href="http://www.harpercollins.com/books/X-Events-John-L-Casti?isbn=9780062088291&HCHP=TB_X-Events"><i>X-Events: Complexity Overload and the Collapse of Everything</i></a>. The author describes the challenge of understanding and evaluating extremes risks to human society due to the increasingly unsustainable complexity of the systems.<br /><br />John Casti recognizes the inherent fragility of our exponentially growing ever more complex society. For the author, this growing complexity is not only unsustainable, but that the various systems are interlinked and interdependent upon one another. The dependence on ever more technology to maintain the many intertwined systems multiplies their vulnerability to collapse due to some random and unexpected event. <br /><br />John Casti presents these unexpected and outlier events as very real possibilities that would have a profound effect on civilization and on humanity itself. The author also points out that these unusual extreme events, that he calls X-events, are not well studied or examined. As a result, John Casti proposes the establishment and development of a the theory or this risk and potential disastrous shock to the systems.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hjwSA1E5XJM/UiY1FDPTLaI/AAAAAAAALC4/a5tcNwBNeLo/s1600/John+Casti.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hjwSA1E5XJM/UiY1FDPTLaI/AAAAAAAALC4/a5tcNwBNeLo/s320/John+Casti.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><br />John Casti (photo left) understands that as systems grow in size and complexity, they also become more fragile and vulnerable to collapse. While most people don't consider the possibility of catastrophic disasters, and usually consider technology to be the best solution, John Casti posits that complex technological systems are the problem. Indeed, the author is not describing a localized and readily containable disaster of the type with which people are familiar. <br /><br />John Casti is providing risk analysis of calamities affecting civilization on a global scale. While each of the potential catastrophic events seems remote in isolation, when taken together and considered as interlinked components of an overall system, the risk factor grows exponentially. The author points out that to compensate for systemic flaws and weaknesses, the usual prescription is to apply more technological solutions, and increasing the susceptibility to planet wide disaster even more. <br /><br />John Casti proposes the following catastrophic disaster scenarios which could set back human civilization by centuries or even by millennia. None of the possibilities are impossible or flights of fancy. All are very real possibilities, with the only difference being in their level of probability. The disaster scenarios are as follows:<br /><br />* A long-term, widespread failure of the internet<br />* Breakdown of the global food supply system<br />* Continent-wide electromagnetic pulse destroys electronics<br />* A collapse of globalization <br />* Destruction of Earth through the creation of exotic particles<br />* Destabilization of the nuclear landscape<br />* Drying up of world oil supplies<br />* A global disease pandemic<br />* Failure of the electrical power grid and clean water supply<br />* Intelligent robots overthrow humanity<br />* Global deflation and collapse of world financial markets<br /><br />For me, the power of the book is how John Casti combines a complete overview of the susceptibility of the many global systems, with a series of very credible scenarios that could set back human civilization for at least many decades. The author provides a powerful wake up call for those who believe that our complex and interconnected worldwide systems are safe from catastrophe. In fact, the author provides compelling evidence that this very complexity, that was designed and created to avoid system wide failure, is what makes the systems vulnerable in the first place.<br /><br />John Casti doesn't go the doom and gloom route, that many other books do in the apocalyptic genre, despite his warnings of potential systemic failure. The author is not trying to scare people. He is seeking ideas and solutions to the challenges faced by an ever more complex set of systems. The primary goal of the book is to discover new ways of assessing and evaluating risk in areas where statistical analysis and probability theory are inadequate. By examining these possibilities, in a realistic and systems based format, the author creates a new field of study in the form of X-events theory.<br /><br />I highly recommend the real world focused and systems analysis based book <a href="http://www.harpercollins.com/books/X-Events-John-L-Casti?isbn=9780062088291&HCHP=TB_X-Events"><i>X-Events: Complexity Overload and the Collapse of Everything</i></a> by John Casti, to any business leaders, global theorists, political leaders, public policy makers, engineers, scientists, academics, environmentalists, and anyone else seeking a clear and concise assessment of the risks inherent in the complexity of modern systems. This book will guide you toward realistic analyses of risk and risk management, and some real solutions to those challenges as well.<br />akewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16615418381849514057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658397530757508862.post-5164943965350103712013-09-04T20:27:00.000-07:002013-09-10T08:26:33.323-07:00Karen Phelan: Games For Leadership Development - Blog Business Success Radio<a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/WayneHurlbert" style="background: url(http://www.blogtalkradio.com/WayneHurlbert/LivePlayerButton.gif) no-repeat 0 0 !important; color: #333333; display: block !important; font-family: arial, sans-serif !important; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold !important; height: 80px !important; margin: 3px 3px !important; padding: 17px 8px 8px 8px !important; text-decoration: none !important; width: 144px !important;" target="_blank" title="Listen to Wayne Hurlbert on Blog Talk Radio">Listen to Wayne Hurlbert<span style="background: url(http://www.blogtalkradio.com/WayneHurlbert/LivePlayerButton.gif) no-repeat -8px -40px !important; display: block; filter: alpha(opacity=0) !important; font-size: 8px !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0 0 0 0 !important; opacity: 0.0 !important; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0 0 0 0 !important; position: fixed !important; width: 150px !important;"> on Blog Talk Radio</span></a><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EEcMv3aKP38/UW8OPUXI5VI/AAAAAAAAKAY/6wDNToMxNFQ/s1600/Im+Sorry+I+Broke+Your+Company.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EEcMv3aKP38/UW8OPUXI5VI/AAAAAAAAKAY/6wDNToMxNFQ/s400/Im+Sorry+I+Broke+Your+Company.jpg" width="265" /></a><br /><br />Consultant, former engineer, co-founder of <a href="http://operatingprincipals.com/"><i>Operating Principals</i></a>, and co-creator of Leadership Development Cards, <a href="http://imsorryibrokeyourcompany.com/">Karen Phelan</a> describes how games can be used effectively to develop leadership skills and build teams. Karen Phelan provides the background to using pretend style games to learn new leadership skills. The skills are based on pretending to be a famous leader of the past or present, from many different fields and accomplishments. Karen offers ideas for using the cards and games for building effective teams, and for working successfully toward the team's goals and objectives. Karen also shares how to use the games to draw out depersonalized feedback about yourself, as well as of other leaders and team members. Learn how to use games as a productive and insightful format to learn and develop leadership and teamwork building skills.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/waynehurlbert/2013/09/06/karen-phelan-games-for-leadership-development">Karen Phelan is my internet radio show guest</a> on <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/WayneHurlbert"><i>Blog Business Success</i></a>; hosted live on <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/"><i>BlogTalkRadio</i></a>.<br /><br />The show airs live on <span style="font-weight: bold;">Thursday, September 5</span>, at 8:00 pm Eastern Time; 5:00 pm Pacific Time.<br /><br />Consultant, former engineer, co-founder of <a href="http://operatingprincipals.com/"><i>Operating Principals</i></a>, and co-creator of Leadership Development Cards, <a href="http://imsorryibrokeyourcompany.com/">Karen Phelan</a> describes how games can be used effectively to develop leadership skills and build teams. You will learn:<br /><br />* Why games are so effective for developing leadership skills<br /><br />* How games can help with building effective teams that achieve their goals<br /><br />* How cards of famous people, with you taking their role, are effective teachers<br /><br />* Why feedback from the impersonal aspect of the pretend game works better <br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dBJWDURYVZA/UW8OEgHr29I/AAAAAAAAKAQ/emaG1cRL2LY/s1600/Karen+Phelan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dBJWDURYVZA/UW8OEgHr29I/AAAAAAAAKAQ/emaG1cRL2LY/s320/Karen+Phelan.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Karen Phelan (photo left) has over twenty years of experience in IT, operations, and organizational learning and development. She has held management roles in Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson and different consulting roles at Deloitte & Touche, Gemini Consulting and her own consulting firms. Conversant in IT, NPD, and Supply Chain, she prefers to work in the people side of a company. <br /><br />Karen holds both a BS and MS from MIT and likes to write books in her spare time. She's written a humorous look at business in <i>Who Moved My Holy Hand Grenade?</i> and her most recent book is <a href="http://www.bkconnection.com/ProdDetails.asp?ID=9781609947392"><i>I'm Sorry I Broke Your Company: When Management Consultants Are the Problem, Not the Solution</i></a>. She's also got a skewed sense of humor.<br /><br />My book review of <a href="http://blogbusinessworld.blogspot.ca/2013/04/im-sorry-i-broke-your-company-by-karen.html"><i>I'm Sorry I Broke Your Company: When Management Consultants Are the Problem, Not the Solution</i></a> by Karen Phelan.<br /><br />Listen live on Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern, 5:00 pm Pacific time.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/WayneHurlbert"><img alt="BlogTalkRadio.com" border="0" id="BTRButton" src="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/img/180x60_wht.gif" /></a><br /><br />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 <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/WayneHurlbert"><i>Blog Business Success</i> host page</a> 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 <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/feeds/WayneHurlbert">subscribe to the show feed</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=250422019"><img alt="Add to iTunes" border="0" id="iTunes" src="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/images/add_to_itunes.gif" /></a><br /><br />To call in questions for my guest, the number is: <span style="font-weight: bold;">(347) 996-5832</span><br /><br />Let's talk with consultant, former engineer, co-founder of <a href="http://operatingprincipals.com/"><i>Operating Principals</i></a>, and co-creator of Leadership Development Cards, <a href="http://imsorryibrokeyourcompany.com/">Karen Phelan</a>, as she describes how games can be used effectively to develop leadership skills and build teams. Karen Phelan provides the background to using pretend style games to learn new leadership skills. The skills are based on pretending to be a famous leader of the past or present, from many different fields and accomplishments. Karen offers ideas for using the cards and games for building effective teams, and for working successfully toward the team's goals and objectives. Karen also shares how to use the games to draw out depersonalized feedback about yourself, as well as of other leaders and team members. Learn how to use games as a productive and insightful format to learn and develop leadership and teamwork building skills on <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/WayneHurlbert"><i>Blog Business Success Radio</i></a>.<br />akewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16615418381849514057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658397530757508862.post-44831445085462656612013-09-02T22:01:00.000-07:002013-09-10T08:26:33.331-07:00Dana Manciagli: Cut The Crap, Get A Job - Blog Business Success Radio<a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/WayneHurlbert" style="background: url(http://www.blogtalkradio.com/WayneHurlbert/LivePlayerButton.gif) no-repeat 0 0 !important; color: #333333; display: block !important; font-family: arial, sans-serif !important; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold !important; height: 80px !important; margin: 3px 3px !important; padding: 17px 8px 8px 8px !important; text-decoration: none !important; width: 144px !important;" target="_blank" title="Listen to Wayne Hurlbert on Blog Talk Radio">Listen to Wayne Hurlbert<span style="background: url(http://www.blogtalkradio.com/WayneHurlbert/LivePlayerButton.gif) no-repeat -8px -40px !important; display: block; filter: alpha(opacity=0) !important; font-size: 8px !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0 0 0 0 !important; opacity: 0.0 !important; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0 0 0 0 !important; position: fixed !important; width: 150px !important;"> on Blog Talk Radio</span></a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UItV4FSvecM/UiPTYlISoLI/AAAAAAAALCI/6GQ998V9Uj4/s1600/Cut+The+Crap+Get+A+Job.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UItV4FSvecM/UiPTYlISoLI/AAAAAAAALCI/6GQ998V9Uj4/s400/Cut+The+Crap+Get+A+Job.JPG" width="258" /></a></div><br />Long time corporate executive and hiring manager, career coach, keynote speaker, and author of the straight talking and positive results oriented book <a href="http://www.danamanciagli.com/book/"><i>Cut the Crap, Get a Job! A New Job Search Process for a New Era</i></a>, <a href="http://www.danamanciagli.com/">Dana Manciagli</a> describes the new and challenging job search landscape. Dana Manciagli provides the proven strategies, techniques, and tools needed to land a job in today's highly competitive job market. Dana offers insights into what hiring managers are really looking for in applicants, and shares insider secrets for being the ideal candidate for the job. Dana presents innovative ideas for using the internet and social media effectively for search, research, and networking. Dana also offers some important advice for creating a better resume, using cover letters more effectively, and for giving a job clinching interview. Learn how to compete and win that great job even in today's difficult and challenging job market.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/waynehurlbert/2013/09/04/dana-manciagli-cut-the-crap-get-a-job">Dana Manciagli is my internet radio show guest</a> on <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/WayneHurlbert"><i>Blog Business Success</i></a>; hosted live on <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/"><i>BlogTalkRadio</i></a>.<br /><br />The show airs live on <span style="font-weight: bold;">Tuesday, September 3</span>, at 8:00 pm Eastern Time; 5:00 pm Pacific Time.<br /><br />Long time corporate executive and hiring manager, career coach, keynote speaker, and author of the straight talking and positive results oriented book <a href="http://www.danamanciagli.com/book/"><i>Cut the Crap, Get a Job! A New Job Search Process for a New Era</i></a>, <a href="http://www.danamanciagli.com/">Dana Manciagli</a> describes the new and challenging job search landscape. You will learn:<br /><br />* Why today's job market needs new skills and strategies<br /><br />* How to prepare for the highly competitive job search<br /><br />* How to find leads through the internet, social media, and networking<br /><br />* How to create a good resume, cover letter, and ace your job interview<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-s5VZgA3IAWg/UiPhNuKt1fI/AAAAAAAALCY/ey_W0L-9o-U/s1600/Dana+Manciagli.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-s5VZgA3IAWg/UiPhNuKt1fI/AAAAAAAALCY/ey_W0L-9o-U/s400/Dana+Manciagli.jpg" width="286" /></a></div><br />Dana Mancialgi (photo left) called "a combination of Jillian Michaels and Suze Orman for careers," has been a corporate executive for more than 30 years and has leveraged her employee hiring and management experience into that of author, blogger, keynote speaker, career coach, and global career expert.<br /><br />Dana has had a remarkable career in global sales and marketing roles in Fortune 500 corporations. Recently retired from a decade's tenure at Microsoft as worldwide sales general manager, Dana previously worked for Kodak as VP of worldwide marketing and climbed the corporate career ladder through Sea-Land, Avery Dennison, and IBM. She also helped grow a fast-growing technology start-up from early stage to IPO and sale of the company.<br /><br />Dana has coached, interviewed, and hired thousands of job seekers. As a result, she has developed a proprietary job search and networking process. Her ideas and techniques are proven to be as effective for college graduates as for senior executives. Dana has presented her concept at hundreds of career-centric and corporate events and is a prolific writer on the subject. She is a sought-after speaker and a regular contributor to print and online publications.<br /><br />Named a top "Women of Influence" in Seattle, Dana lives and works in Puget Sound where she serves on the Worldwide Board of Junior Achievement. She is also a breast cancer survivor, received her MBA at the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Arizona, and speaks fluent Spanish. Dana shares here life with Mathis, is immensely proud of her two grown sons, Shane and Chad, and loves to golf and travel the world.<br /><br />My book review of <a href="http://blogbusinessworld.blogspot.ca/2013/09/cut-crap-get-job-by-dana-manciagli-book.html"><i>Cut the Crap, Get a Job! A New Job Search Process for a New Era</i></a> by Dana Manciagli.<br /><br />Listen live on Tuesday at 8:00 pm Eastern, 5:00 pm Pacific time.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/WayneHurlbert"><img alt="BlogTalkRadio.com" border="0" id="BTRButton" src="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/img/180x60_wht.gif" /></a><br /><br />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 <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/WayneHurlbert"><i>Blog Business Success</i> host page</a> 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 <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/feeds/WayneHurlbert">subscribe to the show feed</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=250422019"><img alt="Add to iTunes" border="0" id="iTunes" src="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/images/add_to_itunes.gif" /></a><br /><br />To call in questions for my guest, the number is: <span style="font-weight: bold;">(347) 996-5832</span><br /><br />Let's talk with long time corporate executive and hiring manager, career coach, keynote speaker, and author of the straight talking and positive results oriented book <a href="http://www.danamanciagli.com/book/"><i>Cut the Crap, Get a Job! A New Job Search Process for a New Era</i></a>, <a href="http://www.danamanciagli.com/">Dana Manciagli</a>, as she describes the new and challenging job search landscape. Dana Manciagli provides the proven strategies, techniques, and tools needed to land a job in today's highly competitive job market. Dana offers insights into what hiring managers are really looking for in applicants, and shares insider secrets for being the ideal candidate for the job. Dana presents innovative ideas for using the internet and social media effectively for search, research, and networking. Dana also offers some important advice for creating a better resume, using cover letters more effectively, and for giving a job clinching interview. Learn how to compete and win that great job even in today's difficult and challenging job market on <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/WayneHurlbert"><i>Blog Business Success Radio</i></a>.<br /><br />akewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16615418381849514057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658397530757508862.post-50718793864220846242013-09-02T06:22:00.000-07:002013-09-10T08:26:33.340-07:00Cut the Crap, Get a Job! by Dana Manciagli - Book review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UItV4FSvecM/UiPTYlISoLI/AAAAAAAALCI/6GQ998V9Uj4/s1600/Cut+The+Crap+Get+A+Job.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UItV4FSvecM/UiPTYlISoLI/AAAAAAAALCI/6GQ998V9Uj4/s400/Cut+The+Crap+Get+A+Job.JPG" width="258" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.danamanciagli.com/book/"><i>Cut the Crap, Get a Job! <br /><br />A New Job Search Process for a New Era</i></a><br /><br />By: <a href="http://www.danamanciagli.com/">Dana Manciagli</a><br /><br />Published: April 15, 2013<br />Format: Paperback, 206 pages<br />ISBN-10: 1935953478<br />ISBN-13: 978-1935953470<br />Publisher: <a href="http://authoritypublishing.com/">Authority Publishing</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />"If you haven't studied and practiced job search skills recently, you should assume you are terrible at job search", writes global career guide, keynote speaker, and career coach Dana Manciagli, in her straight talking and positive results oriented book <a href="http://www.danamanciagli.com/book/"><i>Cut the Crap, Get a Job! A New Job Search Process for a New Era</i></a>. The author describes proven, real world strategies and techniques for preparing for a winning job search, uncovering that great job, and interviewing for it successfully to land the position.<br /><br />Dana Manciagli understands that the rules and strategies for finding a job have changed drastically over the past few years. Not only has the job market undergone dramatic upheavals, but the hiring process has been altered entirely as well. The author also reminds employment seekers that these changes in the hiring environment have also increased the level and quality of competition vying for those available jobs. Dana Manciagli stresses the competitive aspect of the job seeking process, and demonstrates how to win that great position. <br /><br />The author also points out that hiring managers are looking for people who have the skills for the role, but they also want someone who will be a success at that job. As a result, the author emphasizes that standard employment seeking methods are precisely the wrong approach to finding a job.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-s5VZgA3IAWg/UiPhNuKt1fI/AAAAAAAALCY/ey_W0L-9o-U/s1600/Dana+Manciagli.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-s5VZgA3IAWg/UiPhNuKt1fI/AAAAAAAALCY/ey_W0L-9o-U/s400/Dana+Manciagli.jpg" width="286" /></a></div><br />Dana Mancialgi (photo left) recognizes that in the new employment landscape that new barriers to getting hired are part of challenge. The author writes that job seekers face obstacles in both preparation and in application. Clearing one hurdle is not enough if a person gets tripped up in the other hurdle. To overcome these difficult and unexpected challenges, Dana Mancialgi offers fresh and creative methods for breaking through the barriers and for landing the job.<br /><br />Dana Mancialgi presents a no nonsense approach to the new world of job hunting. The author makes clear to the employment hunter that the task facing them is not an easy one. The author promises no short cuts in today's highly competitive job market. Dana Mancialgi presents her straight talking advice for job seekers in three major sections as follows:<br /><br />* Attitude, commitment, and goal-setting<br />* Preparing to win a job<br />* Apply, interview, follow up<br /><br />For me, the power of the book is how Dana Mancialgi combines a realistic appraisal of the contemporary job market, with the practical and hands on strategies for preparing for and conducting an effective job search. The author doesn't pull any punches as she shares her overview of very real obstacles in the path of today's job seeker. She points out that the techniques and advice, that may have worked effectively even a few years a ago, result in failure to get the job today. This seemingly harsh advice is essential for job seekers to know and understand as they face the challenge of landing a great job. <br /><br />Dana Mancialgi presents the job search as one of being a tough competition. With this viewpoint in hand, the job hunter is made fully aware of the real work they must put in to preparation, search, and application. As Dana Mancialgi says herself, this book is not for those people looking for an easy path to a job. The days of simple searches are over.<br /><br />I highly recommend the clear and concise book <a href="http://www.danamanciagli.com/book/"><i>Cut the Crap, Get a Job! a New Job Search Process for a New Era</i></a> by Dana Mancialgi, to any current or potential employment hunters who are seeking an honest, straight forward, and real world based book on landing a job in the tough job market of today. This book contains innovative solutions, some tough love if needed, and the essential tools for getting that great job.akewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16615418381849514057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658397530757508862.post-88637928176066654712013-09-01T15:36:00.000-07:002013-09-10T08:26:33.347-07:00Supply Shock by Brian Czech - Book review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lwQUKBa0dCc/UiN2zd1YVSI/AAAAAAAALBw/8z_gelfFUVk/s1600/Supply+Shock.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lwQUKBa0dCc/UiN2zd1YVSI/AAAAAAAALBw/8z_gelfFUVk/s400/Supply+Shock.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.newsociety.com/Books/S/Supply-Shock"><i>Supply Shock<br /><br />Economic Growth at the Crossroads and the Steady State Solution</i></a><br /><br />By: <a href="http://supplyshock.org/">Brian Czech, Ph.D.</a><br /><br />Format: May 28, 2013<br />Format: Paperback, 384 pages<br />ISBN-10: 0865717443<br />ISBN-13: 978-0865717442<br />Publisher: <a href="http://www.newsociety.com/">New Society Publishers</a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />"Could it be that something is wrong with the sheer immensity of our national and global economies? Of course it could, and the sooner we recognize it the better", writes founding President of CASSE and a Visiting Professor at Virginia Tech University, Brian Czech in his landmark and thought provoking book <a href="http://www.newsociety.com/Books/S/Supply-Shock"><i>Supply Shock: Economic Growth at the Crossroads and the Steady State Solution</i></a>. The author describes a sustainable alternative to the constant growth economy in the form of the steady state economy.<br /><br />Brian Czech recognizes that politicians and economists who advocate constant economic growth have what they perceive as the best interest of the people at heart. The author points out that those same politicians and economists all too often lack any background or understanding of science. For the politicians, Brian Czech states as well that election campaign funding depends upon support for unlimited growth policies. The author provides evidence that people are sensing that the growth above all policy is not working as well as stated by the experts. Brian Czech describes the very real conflict that exists between unlimited economic growth and the degradation of the environment.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CB07N1uQBo8/UiN2o72BBbI/AAAAAAAALBo/S4r2RdPmwNU/s1600/Brian+Czech.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CB07N1uQBo8/UiN2o72BBbI/AAAAAAAALBo/S4r2RdPmwNU/s320/Brian+Czech.jpg" width="233" /></a></div><br />Brian Czech (photo left) understands that the future of the planet, as well as the economic welfare of future generations, depends on protecting the environment. While economic growth may have been the central theme of twentieth century economic thinking, it has become the central problem for the twenty-first century. To meet the challenge of sustaining the environment, along with meeting the economic needs of current and future generations, Brian Czech offers the alternative approach of the steady state economy.<br /><br />Brian Czech outlines the crucial economic and environmental reasons for the establishment of the steady state economic principles. The author also advocates that people press politicians to implement the concept of the steady state economy as well. The book is divided into the following overarching sections that outline the principles of the steady state economy, as well as the reasons why it is so critical to put into action immediately:<br /><br />* Economic growth at the crossroads<br />* The dismal science becomes unhitched<br />* Economics for a full world<br />* Politics and policy: The horse before the cart<br /><br />For me, the power of the book is how Brian Czech combines a comprehensive overview of current growth oriented economic thought and its inherent problems, with a complete description of solid state economics and the reasoning for its implementation. The author offers a convincing counter argument to the standard view that there is no direct conflict between the health of the environment and unlimited growth. Brian Czech demonstrates that the doctrine of unlimited growth not only has severe consequences for the environment, but will also jeopardize the economic opportunities for future generations. <br /><br />Brian Czech acknowledges that the change over to a steady state economy won't be possible immediately. Instead of this reality being an indictment of the entire concept of the steady state economy, it is an opportunity for adjustment even as a halt is put on the now outdated infinite growth economic model. Indeed, Brian Czech accepts the reality that the economy may actually shrink as the adjustment period to the steady state economy takes place. He also points out that finding the exact steady state position for the economy will take some time to locate, but that search for equilibrium will offer time for a complete change in thinking as well.<br /><br />I highly recommend the visionary and must read book <a href="http://www.newsociety.com/Books/S/Supply-Shock"><i>Supply Shock: Economic Growth at the Crossroads and the Steady State Solution</i></a> by Brian Czech, to any business leaders, economists, environmental activists, academics, politicians at all levels, government policy makers, and anyone with an interest in achieving a sustainable economy that works for everyone, while conserving the environment for future generations. This book will change your mind about the idea that only unlimited growth will boost the economy.akewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16615418381849514057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658397530757508862.post-32613303228882868472013-08-30T23:34:00.000-07:002013-09-10T08:26:33.355-07:00Antonia Mantonakis, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Marketing, Brock University Goodman School of Business: Perception of Wine Taste Due To Celebrity Athlete Endorsement - Interview<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jdL9A0meNVY/UiYBSwMA2mI/AAAAAAAALCo/ORxfDIwQTVU/s1600/Goodman+School+Of+Business+Brock+University.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jdL9A0meNVY/UiYBSwMA2mI/AAAAAAAALCo/ORxfDIwQTVU/s320/Goodman+School+Of+Business+Brock+University.jpg" /></a></div><br /><a href="http://www.brocku.ca/ccovi/research/researchers-and-research-topics/antonia-mantonakis">Antonia Mantonakis, Ph.D.</a>, Associate Professor of Marketing at <a href="http://www.brocku.ca/business/"><i>Brock University Goodman School of Business</i></a>, was kind enough to take the time to answer a few questions about a recent study she and her colleagues conducted, about how consumers perceive the quality and taste of a wine. The study of consumer perceptions was based on the impact of having celebrity athletes, from various sports, endorse a wine.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.brocku.ca/ccovi/research/researchers-and-research-topics/antonia-mantonakis">Antonia Mantonakis</a> described the background to the study, its methodology, and shared some of the findings from that study.<br /><br />Thanks to Antonia Mantonakis for her time, and for her responses to the questions. They are greatly appreciated.<br /><br /><b>What was the background to creating this study of the perceived relationship between customer behaviour and consumer decision making; and who were the participants?</b><br /><br /><b>Antonia Mantonakis: </b>My co-authors (Sarah Clemente, Eric Dolansky, and Katherine White) and I have been studying consumer decision making ever since we were graduate students. I’ve always found the topic fascinating given my background in Psychology.<br /><br />Participants are usually community members, including students at the University. We kept track of their wine knowledge, and were able to split the respondents into high vs. low knowledge participants.<br /><br /><b>The study examines the relationship between wines and celebrity athlete endorsements in various sports. How did you determine if there are real and quantifiable relationships between customer behaviour and the endorsements?</b><br /><br /><b>Antonia Mantonakis: </b>Well we first did a pre-test, where we gave participants a list of athletes such as David Beckham and Christine Sinclair, and had them rank order the degree of “fit” to the product of wine. It was interesting to see how respondents rated the golfer Vijay Singh as a “good” fit, whereas “The Rock” (wrestler) was a poor fit, and Jeremy Wotherspoon (speed skater) was perceived to be a moderate fit.<br /><br /><b>When you examined different sports, how did the choice of sport athlete make a difference?</b><br /><br /><b>Antonia Mantonakis: </b>In the actual tasting study, we paired each of these athletes with wines, to taste. What was interesting was that, for high knowledge respondents, taste ratings were higher for the “moderate” fit. In addition, these respondents reported a higher willingness to pay for the wine with a moderate fit.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2GfpjpJUt_k/T2bSmyHGZfI/AAAAAAAAFEo/m-fl1fBNTyI/s1600/Antonia%2BMantonakis%2B2"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721491940349208050" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2GfpjpJUt_k/T2bSmyHGZfI/AAAAAAAAFEo/m-fl1fBNTyI/s400/Antonia%2BMantonakis%2B2" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 267px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><br />Antonia Mantonakis, Ph.D. (photo left) <br /><br /><b>You discovered that there was a different fit between consumers and the athletes and sports selected. Why is this concept of fit an important consideration for marketers?</b><br /><br /><b>Antonia Mantonakis: </b>This is actually a topic that’s been studied extensive in marketing, especially for co-branding efforts. Ours is the first to examine “fit” in the context of taste.<br /><br /><b>When consumers were rated on different knowledge levels regarding wine, what did that knowledge level mean for the amount of the endorsement fit?</b><br /><br /><b>Antonia Mantonakis: </b>This is interesting, actually, because our results (that consumers preferred the wine with the “moderate” fitting celebrity endorsement) appeared only for the high knowledge consumers, not for the low knowledge consumers.<br /><br /><b>Were the more knowledgeable consumers more swayed by the taste of the wine or the fit of the endorsement?</b><br /><br /><b>Antonia Mantonakis: </b>Here’s the other trick in our study: all wines (for all 3 celebrity athletes) were the same. They only thought that they were different. So, they were more swayed by the fit of the endorsement, yes.<br /><br /><b>For marketers how is the level of knowledge held by consumer to be considered when finding endorsements for either high, medium, or low knowledge level consumers?</b><br /><br /><b>Antonia Mantonakis: </b>This is a good question because we know that consumers of different knowledge levels approach and evaluate products differently. For instance, lower knowledge consumers may look more at price, whereas high knowledge consumers look more at other features of the product, like what’s written on the label in the case of wine.<br /><br /><b>What conclusions and marketing lessons were uncovered from this study?</b><br /><br /><b>Antonia Mantonakis: </b>The take away message in this study is that consumers (even those who know a lot about the product they are evaluating) can be swayed by who is endorsing the product, to the point that it actually tastes different (even though it should taste no different).<br /><br /><b>What is next for Antonia Mantonakis?</b><br /><br /><b>Antonia Mantonakis: </b>Hmmm always more studies to be done on how consumers make decisions! Right now, my colleague Keri Kettle and I are working on consumer perceptions of wine that simply has the wine maker’s signature on it. Such a simple addition to the printed label, but, so far, we are finding that seeing a signature on a label makes a huge difference in perceptions, and willingness to buy the wine! Isn’t that interesting?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />akewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16615418381849514057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658397530757508862.post-52521130759855794662013-08-29T23:43:00.000-07:002013-09-10T08:26:33.451-07:00Peter Witham, Director & Retail Lead: UNIT4 Business Software - Interview<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vMu9F-Nfpzk/UiC9gL_WwdI/AAAAAAAALBY/n4khR-xW3IY/s1600/UNIT4+Business+Software+Logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="108" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vMu9F-Nfpzk/UiC9gL_WwdI/AAAAAAAALBY/n4khR-xW3IY/s320/UNIT4+Business+Software+Logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Thanks to <a href="http://blog.unit4software.com/tag/retail-management/">Peter Witham</a>, Director and Retail Lead, <a href="http://www.unit4software.com/"><i>UNIT4 Business Software</i></a> for taking the time to answer a few questions about the current state of the retail market, technology based solutions to help retailers, and about the use of the cloud.<br /><br />Thanks to Peter Witham for his time, and for his very comprehensive responses. They are greatly appreciated.<br /><br /><b>What does the retail market like right now?</b><br /><br /><b>Peter Witham: </b>The back-to-school season signals the start of push to the year-end and important holiday buying. The National Retail Federation anticipates U.S. families spending about seven percent less than they did last year on back-to-school purchases; so retailers are deploying a variety of sales strategies to lure shoppers and their dollars into their stores as well as online. Customer-facing technology and apps – both social and mobile – are being used to attract and keep buyers. It is a time of constant change, continued optimism and strategies to stay top of mind with customers.<br /><br /><b>Social and mobile are indeed good strategies to get shoppers in early and often, but what else could a retailer do from a technology standpoint to be successful?</b><br /><br /><b>Peter Witham: </b>Understandably, retailers most often focus on the front end of their technology and their operational systems, because that is where the customers are. Increasingly, astute retailers are learning new ways to get the most mileage out of their back office systems, and using them in innovative ways. <br /><br />For example, an average finance system helps by running day, month and quarter reports. Good systems can be equipped with some basic analysis tools that can help decipher more data and run more reports. Best-of-class financial systems, such as UNIT4 Coda, can help retailers do drill down analyses based on real-time data resident in both the front-end and back-end, because they integrate seamlessly and are based on a single ledger system. They work the way the retailers work today: flexible, nimble and scalable. <br /><br />No longer does a retailer have to build its market strategy around its technology’s limitations; rather, the finance system strategically supports whatever the retailer needs to do to grow the business. <br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tOHVfeiyyMA/Uh-Lwr7VsjI/AAAAAAAALBA/lP05uLK3YH8/s1600/Peter+Witham.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tOHVfeiyyMA/Uh-Lwr7VsjI/AAAAAAAALBA/lP05uLK3YH8/s320/Peter+Witham.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Peter Witham (photo left)<br /><br /><b>We hear a lot about cloud computing these days. What is the state of cloud in the retail industry?</b><br /><br /><b>Peter Witham: </b>One of the hottest topics right now in retail is cloud computing as it is transforming the technology landscape. According to IDC, by 2016 cloud services will become “an everyday sourcing option for the CIO and LOB manager alike, forcing change on both the infrastructure vendors, the owners of business IP and the consumers of cloud services and technologies.”<br /><br />Scalability, speed and data availability are three of the main advantages of cloud computing – all important to a retailer. Scalability allows a retailer to allocate IT resources to priorities quickly and easily, and the retailer’s software remains current and full of the latest features. The cloud can grow as a retailer’s needs grow, allowing the retailer to maximize limited resources and dollars. <br /><br />By speed I mean the ability to get set up and in use by employees faster than a more traditional deployment option. Who doesn’t want to give their employees the tools they need as quickly as possible? Data availability means your information is available in real-time to your employees, wherever they are. <br /><br /><b>How can cloud computing be deployed?</b><br /><br /><b>Peter Witham: </b>Cloud is being used at the front-end as well as the back-end but in different ways. For example, some of the larger retailers keep the majority of their IT on premise. For others, the cloud is a way for them to bring their technology current quickly and get back to business. Still others are in between – a hybrid approach consisting of part-on-premise and part-cloud. We recommend that retailers look for cloud options that put them in the driver’s seat, allowing them to decide and change their ratio of on-premise/ cloud deployments as often as internal and external conditions indicate. <br /><br />Additionally, we recommend they kick the tires of their proposed cloud solutions, to ensure they are getting full-featured versions of the software, not merely lighter versions that do only the basic tasks. Finally, we urge them to choose vendors that go beyond integration with basic apps such as HR and billing and instead offer open APIs that allow retailers to integrate with whatever apps they have today as well as those they may have tomorrow.<br /><br /><b>Can cloud financial systems accommodate both retail accounting and cost accounting methods?</b><br /><br /><b>Peter Witham: </b>Systems such as CODA Financials can. That’s a particularly important option when a retailer acquires a new brand in the U.S. or elsewhere in the world that may use different accounting methods, for example. Retailers need to speedily report data in multiple formats very easily – according to the way the parent company, the U.S. government, or individual countries require it. <br /><br />Additionally, retailers will want to analyze details, such as profitability, no matter which accounting method is used, so that they can better understand the true cost of running a particular line or going through a particular channel in a certain state, region or country. This is important data for decision-making around such marketing strategies as dynamic pricing, supply and demand and profitability. All these things gathered in real-time can give the retailer key insight to determine how to counter or pre-empt a competitor’s actions. <br /><br /><b>What’s next for UNIT4 Business Software in retail?</b><br /><br /><b>Peter Witham: </b>With a 30-year history of working with some of the world’s leading retail brands, UNIT4 Business Software “gets” retail. We have found that best-in-class retailers want best-in-class technology solutions that enable them to make changes quickly, provide a single view of the truth and work the way they work. <br /><br />Cloud enables that vision quickly and equips them to adapt to whatever lies ahead, not only in the upcoming shopping season but also well beyond into the future. We will be there to help them navigate change, wherever it takes them. You can learn more about UNIT4 Business Software in the retail industry as well as download a free brochure about the company’s approach to cloud computing here: http://bit.ly/11z1uSc.<br /><br /><b>What’s next for Peter Witham in retail?</b><br /><br /><b>Peter Witham: </b>We have a great group of retail customers and many more coming our way, so I am more than happy to team with them to help them realize their bottom-line goals as quickly as possible.<br /><br />************<br /><br />Peter Witham is Director and Retail Lead for <a href="http://www.unit4software.com/"><i>UNIT4 Business Software</i></a>, the North American subsidiary of UNIT4, a $624 million global business software and services company that creates, provides and supports software for Businesses Living IN Change – delivered via the cloud and on-premise. UNIT4 Coda Financials cloud deployment for retailers is offered on UNIT4’s own robust and proven infrastructure from several locations throughout the world, as well as through the company’s new membership in the Amazon Web Services' (AWS) Partner Network (APN). For more information, please contact: author@unit4software.com.<br /><br /><br />akewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16615418381849514057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658397530757508862.post-46120947011888742662013-08-28T23:19:00.000-07:002013-09-10T08:26:33.543-07:00Sharon Birkman Fink: The Birkman Method: Your Personality At Work - Blog Business Success Radio<a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/WayneHurlbert" style="background: url(http://www.blogtalkradio.com/WayneHurlbert/LivePlayerButton.gif) no-repeat 0 0 !important; color: #333333; display: block !important; font-family: arial, sans-serif !important; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold !important; height: 80px !important; margin: 3px 3px !important; padding: 17px 8px 8px 8px !important; text-decoration: none !important; width: 144px !important;" target="_blank" title="Listen to Wayne Hurlbert on Blog Talk Radio">Listen to Wayne Hurlbert<span style="background: url(http://www.blogtalkradio.com/WayneHurlbert/LivePlayerButton.gif) no-repeat -8px -40px !important; display: block; filter: alpha(opacity=0) !important; font-size: 8px !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0 0 0 0 !important; opacity: 0.0 !important; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0 0 0 0 !important; position: fixed !important; width: 150px !important;"> on Blog Talk Radio</span></a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MbDZUfXnD0I/Uh3hCGIlLqI/AAAAAAAALAw/cfSGsXmgJYA/s1600/The+Birkman+Method.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MbDZUfXnD0I/Uh3hCGIlLqI/AAAAAAAALAw/cfSGsXmgJYA/s400/The+Birkman+Method.jpg" width="262" /></a></div><br />Leadership trainer, President and CEO Of <a href="http://www.birkman.com/about/"><i>Birkman International, Inc.</i></a>, and co-author of the very hands on, and career and organizational transforming book <a href="http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118207017.html"><i>The Birkman Method: Your Personality at Work</i></a>, <a href="http://www.birkman.com/">Sharon Birkman Fink</a> describes the Birkman Method of personality assessment and how to discover the underlying drives and inspirations to achieve your own success. Sharon Birkman Fink presents a personality assessment tool that goes far beyond the usual tools that help you discover basic truths about yourself, and how to leverage those strengths and behaviors in your career. Sharon offers the Method as one that is inclusive, rather than one that screens out diversity. Sharon also dispenses with the myth that certain jobs and industries should seek only one type of personality. Sharon demonstrates how the Birkman Method helps build teams, and how to match people to specific roles within that team. Learn how to utilize personality traits and strengths to build leadership, boost careers, and improve overall organizational performance.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/waynehurlbert/2013/08/30/sharon-birkman-fink-the-birkman-method-personality-at-work">Sharon Birkman Fink is my internet radio show guest</a> on <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/WayneHurlbert"><i>Blog Business Success</i></a>; hosted live on <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/"><i>BlogTalkRadio</i></a><br /><br />The show airs live on <span style="font-weight: bold;">Thursday, August 29</span>, at 8:00 pm Eastern Time; 5:00 pm Pacific Time.<br /><br />Leadership trainer, President and CEO Of <a href="http://www.birkman.com/about/"><i>Birkman International</i></a>, and co-author of the very hands on, and career and organizational transforming book <a href="http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118207017.html"><i>The Birkman Method: Your Personality at Work</i></a>, <a href="http://www.birkman.com/">Sharon Birkman Fink</a> describes the Birkman Method of personality assessment and how to discover the underlying drives and inspirations to achieve your own success. You will learn:<br /><br />* How the Birkman Method uncovers hidden truths about your personality<br /><br />* How to apply the Birkman Method to the hiring process to find great people<br /><br />* Why many personality tests simply screen out people and don't utilize their strengths<br /> <br />* How to use the Birkman to build strong teams with the right people in each role<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yBB0Bp6If6M/Uh3gzs62fXI/AAAAAAAALAo/tZ45buAibck/s1600/Sharon+Birkman+Fink.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yBB0Bp6If6M/Uh3gzs62fXI/AAAAAAAALAo/tZ45buAibck/s320/Sharon+Birkman+Fink.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br />Sharon Birkman Fink (photo left) has served as <a href="http://www.birkman.com/"><i>Birkman International, Inc.</i></a> President and CEO since 2002. Originally trained as a singer/musician, Sharon was a National Merit Scholar and Woodrow Wilson Fellow who completed a Master's degree in Music at the University of Texas. She asserts that "any child raised in a family business is always a part of the business" and this makes her Birkman tenure very long indeed.<br /><br />Throughout the 1990's, Sharon assisted with Birkman training and feedbacks, working in the firm part-time until 2001. In 2005 - 2007, she attended the Owner/President Management program at Harvard Business School. Under her leadership, Birkman has had successive years of growth, profitability and new product development.<br /><br />She is married to international opera performer and 2012 Grammy award winner, Richard Paul Fink, a dramatic baritone who sings regularly at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and has three daughters. Sharon is involved with several charitable and civic organizations in the Houston area and is member of the Board of Directors of the Escape Foundation. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of Goodwill Industries of Houston.<br /><br />My book review of <a href="http://blogbusinessworld.blogspot.ca/2013/08/the-birkman-method-your-personality-at.html"><i>The Birkman Method: Your Personality at Work</i></a> by Sharon Birkman Fink and Stephanie Capparell.<br /><br />Listen live on Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern, 5:00 pm Pacific time.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/WayneHurlbert"><img alt="BlogTalkRadio.com" border="0" id="BTRButton" src="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/img/180x60_wht.gif" /></a><br /><br />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 <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/WayneHurlbert"><i>Blog Business Success</i> host page</a> 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 <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/feeds/WayneHurlbert">subscribe to the show feed</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=250422019"><img alt="Add to iTunes" border="0" id="iTunes" src="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/images/add_to_itunes.gif" /></a><br /><br />To call in questions for my guest, the number is: <span style="font-weight: bold;">(347) 996-5832</span><br /><br />Let's talk with leadership trainer, President and CEO Of <a href="http://www.birkman.com/about/"><i>Birkman International</i></a>, and co-author of the very hands on, and career and organizational transforming book <a href="http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118207017.html"><i>The Birkman Method: Your Personality at Work</i></a>, <a href="http://www.birkman.com/">Sharon Birkman Fink</a>, as she describes the Birkman Method of personality assessment and how to discover the underlying drives and inspirations to achieve your own success. Sharon Birkman Fink presents a personality assessment tool that goes far beyond the usual tools that help you discover basic truths about yourself, and how to leverage those strengths and behaviors in your career. Sharon offers the Method as one that is inclusive, rather than one that screens out diversity. Sharon also dispenses with the myth that certain jobs and industries should seek only one type of personality. Sharon demonstrates how the Birkman Method helps build teams, and how to match people to specific roles within that team. Learn how to utilize personality traits and strengths to build leadership, boost careers, and improve overall organizational performance on <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/WayneHurlbert"><i>Blog Business Success Radio</i></a>.<br />akewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16615418381849514057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658397530757508862.post-61171063505191477492013-08-27T23:42:00.000-07:002013-09-10T08:26:33.636-07:00The Birkman Method: Your Personality at Work by Sharon Birkman Fink & Stephanie Capparell - Book review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MbDZUfXnD0I/Uh3hCGIlLqI/AAAAAAAALAw/cfSGsXmgJYA/s1600/The+Birkman+Method.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MbDZUfXnD0I/Uh3hCGIlLqI/AAAAAAAALAw/cfSGsXmgJYA/s400/The+Birkman+Method.jpg" width="262" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118207017.html"><i>The Birkman Method<br /><br />Your Personality at Work</i></a><br /><br />By: <a href="http://www.birkman.com/">Sharon Birkman Fink</a>, <a href="http://www.stephaniecapparell.com/">Stephanie Capparell</a><br /><br /><br />Published: April 29, 2013<br />Hardcover: 240 pages<br />ISBN-10: 1118207017<br />ISBN-13: 978-1118207017<br />Publisher: <a href="http://www.josseybass.com/">Jossey-Bass</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />"The Birkman is the only assessment tool that reaches beyond mere self-described behavior to reveal the underlying motivations that drive and inspire you", write President and CEO of Birkman International, Sharon Birkman Fink; and journalist and filmmaker, Stephanie Capparell, in their very hands on, and career and organizational transforming book <a href="http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118207017.html"><i>The Birkman Method: Your Personality at Work</i></a>. The authors describe how the Birkman Method of understanding personalities provides an objective assessment of different personalities. The Birkman provides a guide to coaching each personality type toward achieving peak performance in the individual's personal career path; as well as for their contribution to the organization as a whole.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yBB0Bp6If6M/Uh3gzs62fXI/AAAAAAAALAo/tZ45buAibck/s1600/Sharon+Birkman+Fink.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yBB0Bp6If6M/Uh3gzs62fXI/AAAAAAAALAo/tZ45buAibck/s320/Sharon+Birkman+Fink.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br />Sharon Birkman Fink (photo left) and Stephanie Capparell recognize that everyone possesses strengths, passion, and that something extra that motivates them to achieve great things. This recognition that everyone has value is a core principle of the Birkman Method. The Birkman assessment tool helps the individual and the organization to better understand their personalities to transition those internal abilities into a stronger and better balanced workplace environment. <br /><br />At the same time, the authors overturn the myth that only certain types of personalities fit into specific workplace. The Birkman establishes an objective and inclusive self-awareness that provides a role for any personality type in all types of firms.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PfZbiw3WfOc/Uh3glY8znsI/AAAAAAAALAg/ivhVJKIwnvo/s1600/Stephanie+Capparell.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PfZbiw3WfOc/Uh3glY8znsI/AAAAAAAALAg/ivhVJKIwnvo/s320/Stephanie+Capparell.jpg" /></a></div><br />Stephanie Capparell (photo left) Sharon Birkman Fink understand that any assessment that only examines skill levels, character, and experience is only considering a very small part of the person. Instead, the authors demonstrate how the Birkman offers the means to teach and enrich people with various attributes, and to make best use of those personality traits for the benefit of everyone. Instead of selecting only the most obvious candidates, the Birkman provides a guide to selecting a widely diverse workforce, who bring complementary skills, personality traits, and behaviors to the organization.<br /><br />Sharon Birkman Fink and Stephanie Capparell present the Birkman Method, designed by workplace psychology pioneer Roger W. Birkman, as an assessment guide with no right or wrong answers, and no profile traits or work preference that are detrimental to success in the workplace or in one's personal life. Indeed the Birkman Method, as offered by the authors provides a large number of uses and applications in any work environment. The authors cover the following aspects of the Birkman Method:<br /><br />* He we are: Taking the Birkman<br />* Identifying your strengths<br />* The components: Eleven personality markers<br />* Your communication comfort zone: Esteem and acceptance<br />* The power of process: Structure<br />* Are you a boss of just bossy: Authority<br />* Are you in it to win it: Advantage and activity<br />* How your emotions can help or hurt a decision: Empathy and thought<br />* Are you a frustrated maverick in the workplace: Freedom and change<br />* The wide angle view: Challenge<br /><br />For me, the power of the book is how Sharon Birkman Fink and Stephanie Capparel combine a comprehensive examination and understanding of the Birkman Method, with the practical skills and techniques for putting the individual personality assessments into practice. The authors not only provide insights into the use and application of the Birkman Method, but they also offer techniques that organizations can utilize to transition the personality profiled individuals into successful members of the team. <br /><br />The methodology uncovers hidden strengths and talents that will benefit the company, while also bringing to the surface those traits that need change to prevent them from causing damaging behavior. Part of the overall value of the Birkman Method is its very inclusiveness in that it creates a format where everyone becomes a candidate for the organization's various needs. <br /><br />In place of being presented as a tool to screen out applicants, as so many assessment tools have become in practice, the Birkman proposes the opposite role of increasing and enhancing diversity within the workplace. Instead of the popular misconception that certain jobs and industries require only special types of people, the authors demonstrate how a wider diversity of personalities and behaviors creates an even more productive work environment. Instead of weeding people out, the Birkman helps companies utilize individual strengths, while modifying their personal weaknesses.<br /><br />I highly recommend the very clear and concise book <a href="http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118207017.html"><i>The Birkman Method: Your Personality at Work</i></a> by Sharon Birkman Fink and Stephanie Capparel, to anyone seeking a practical and very useful personality assessment tool that goes beyond the standard assessment tools, and provides real insights into coaching, career management, and peak performance abilities. This book will guide you and your organization away from personality assessment as a screening out tool, and toward this highly inclusive and diversity development tool.<br />akewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16615418381849514057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658397530757508862.post-87223906003373874652013-08-26T23:56:00.000-07:002013-09-10T08:26:33.730-07:00Bill Treasurer: Leaders Open Doors - Blog Business Success Radio<a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/WayneHurlbert" style="background: url(http://www.blogtalkradio.com/WayneHurlbert/LivePlayerButton.gif) no-repeat 0 0 !important; color: #333333; display: block !important; font-family: arial, sans-serif !important; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold !important; height: 80px !important; margin: 3px 3px !important; padding: 17px 8px 8px 8px !important; text-decoration: none !important; width: 144px !important;" target="_blank" title="Listen to Wayne Hurlbert on Blog Talk Radio">Listen to Wayne Hurlbert<span style="background: url(http://www.blogtalkradio.com/WayneHurlbert/LivePlayerButton.gif) no-repeat -8px -40px !important; display: block; filter: alpha(opacity=0) !important; font-size: 8px !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0 0 0 0 !important; opacity: 0.0 !important; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0 0 0 0 !important; position: fixed !important; width: 150px !important;"> on Blog Talk Radio</span></a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UuRDm7ZCs34/UhttNuV-TKI/AAAAAAAALAQ/sBrEwQPbbr4/s1600/Leaders+Open+Doors.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UuRDm7ZCs34/UhttNuV-TKI/AAAAAAAALAQ/sBrEwQPbbr4/s400/Leaders+Open+Doors.jpg" width="260" /></a></div><br />Leadership guide, humanitarian, Chief Encouragement Officer at <a href="http://www.giantleapconsulting.com/"><i>Giant Leap Consulting</i></a>, and author of the transformational and refreshingly straightforward book <a href="http://leadersopendoors.com/"><i>Leaders Open Doors: A Radically Simple Leadership Approach to Lift People, Profits, and Performance</i></a>, <a href="http://leadersopendoors.com/">Bill Treasurer</a> describes how open door leadership creates opportunities and growth for followers to achieve their goals. Bill Treasures provides insights into how the very concept of leadership has become overly complicated, and has done real harm to overall leadership development. To counter that leadership regression, Bull Treasurer offers the six principles of open door leadership that develops leaders through opportunity and growth. Fat from being an open door policy, the principles of open door leadership open doors for people to develop and grow, creating a much more empowering personal dynamic. Learn how to utilize these simple to understand principles, that take you on a lifelong journey to leadership excellence, and guide your followers to become great leaders themselves. As an added benefit, Bill Treasurer has donated all proceeds from this book to helping organizations for people with special needs. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/waynehurlbert/2013/08/28/bill-treasurer-leaders-open-doors">Bill Treasurer is my internet radio show guest</a> on <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/WayneHurlbert"><i>Blog Business Success</i></a>; hosted live on <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/"><i>BlogTalkRadio</i></a>.<br /><br />The show airs live on <span style="font-weight: bold;">Tuesday, August 27</span>, at 8:00 pm Eastern Time; 5:00 pm Pacific Time.<br /><br />Leadership guide, humanitarian, Chief Encouragement Officer at <a href="http://www.giantleapconsulting.com/"><i>Giant Leap Consulting</i></a>, and author of the transformational and refreshingly straightforward book <a href="http://leadersopendoors.com/"><i>Leaders Open Doors: A Radically Simple Leadership Approach to Lift People, Profits, and Performance</i></a>, <a href="http://leadersopendoors.com/">Bill Treasurer</a> describes how open door leadership creates opportunities and growth for followers to achieve their goals. You will learn:<br /><br />* Why the concept of leadership has become so complicated over time<br /><br />* Why a simpler and more understandable approach to leadership is needed now<br /><br />* How the principles of open door leadership provide opportunities to others<br /><br />* How to practice open door leadership effectively in your organization<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRHssJVBbvE/UhttE63WGpI/AAAAAAAALAI/fBB6d0q7F9k/s1600/Bill+Treasurer+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRHssJVBbvE/UhttE63WGpI/AAAAAAAALAI/fBB6d0q7F9k/s320/Bill+Treasurer+2.jpg" /></a></div><br />Bill Treasurer (photo left) is founder and Chief Encouragement Officer at <a href="http://www.giantleapconsulting.com/"><i>Giant Leap Consulting</i></a>. Bill is the author of <a href="http://www.bkconnection.com/ProdDetails.asp?ID=9781576759820"><em>Courage Goes to Work: How to Build Backbones, Boost Performance, and Get Results</em></a>, a book about how to inspire more courageous behavior in workplace settings. The book introduces Bill’s pioneering work in the new organizational development practice of courage-building. <br /><br />Bill’s first book, <i>Right Risk</i> is about how to take smart risks, and draws on Treasurer’s experiences as both an organizational development professional and as a daredevil athlete. Management guru Ken Blanchard calls <i>Right Risk</i> “a book for our times.”<br /><br />Bill Treasurer has also served as chief editor of Positively M.A.D. (Making A Difference), a compilation of stories from world-renowned experts that inspires readers to make a difference in their organizations. Gannett newspapers calls it “required reading for all employees contemplating putting a co-worker’s tie through the shredder — with the co-worker still attached.”<br /><br />Bill’s insights have been featured in over 100 newspapers, including The Washington Post, The NY Daily News, The Chicago Tribune, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Boston Herald, and Investor’s Business Daily. Bill’s insights have also appeared in such magazines as Leader to Leader, Entrepreneur, Woman’s Day, Redbook, Fitness, and The Harvard Management Update.<br /><br />Bill is a former member of the U.S. High Diving Team. For seven years he traveled throughout the world performing with a team of high performing athletes. During that time, Bill did over 1500 high dives from heights that scaled to over 100 feet . . . sometimes on fire!<br /><br />My book review of <a href="http://blogbusinessworld.blogspot.ca/2013/08/leaders-open-doors-by-bill-treasurer.html"><i>Leaders Open Doors: A Radically Simple Leadership Approach to Lift People, Profits, and Performance</i></a> by Bill Treasurer.<br /><br />My book review of <a href="http://blogbusinessworld.blogspot.com/2008/12/courage-goes-to-work-by-bill-treasurer.html"><em>Courage Goes to Work: How to Build Backbones, Boost Performance, and Get Results</em></a> by Bill Treasurer.<br /><br />Listen live on Tuesday at 8:00 pm Eastern, 5:00 pm Pacific time.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/WayneHurlbert"><img alt="BlogTalkRadio.com" border="0" id="BTRButton" src="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/img/180x60_wht.gif" /></a><br /><br />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 <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/WayneHurlbert"><i>Blog Business Success</i> host page</a> 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 <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/feeds/WayneHurlbert">subscribe to the show feed</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=250422019"><img alt="Add to iTunes" border="0" id="iTunes" src="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/images/add_to_itunes.gif" /></a><br /><br />To call in questions for my guest, the number is: <span style="font-weight: bold;">(347) 996-5832</span><br /><br />Let's talk with leadership guide, humanitarian, Chief Encouragement Officer at <a href="http://www.giantleapconsulting.com/"><i>Giant Leap Consulting</i></a>, and author of the transformational and refreshingly straightforward book <a href="http://leadersopendoors.com/"><i>Leaders Open Doors: A Radically Simple Leadership Approach to Lift People, Profits, and Performance</i></a>, <a href="http://leadersopendoors.com/">Bill Treasurer</a>, as he describes how open door leadership creates opportunities and growth for followers to achieve their goals. Bill Treasures provides insights into how the very concept of leadership has become overly complicated, and has done real harm to overall leadership development. To counter that leadership regression, Bull Treasurer offers the six principles of open door leadership that develops leaders through opportunity and growth. Fat from being an open door policy, the principles of open door leadership open doors for people to develop and grow, creating a much more empowering personal dynamic. Learn how to utilize these simple to understand principles, that take you on a lifelong journey to leadership excellence, and guide your followers to become great leaders themselves. As an added benefit, Bill Treasurer has donated all proceeds from this book to helping organizations for people with special needs on <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/WayneHurlbert"><i>Blog Business Success Radio</i></a>.akewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16615418381849514057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658397530757508862.post-26687317010083348772013-08-26T23:13:00.000-07:002013-09-10T08:26:33.822-07:00Leaders Open Doors by Bill Treasurer - Book review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UuRDm7ZCs34/UhttNuV-TKI/AAAAAAAALAQ/sBrEwQPbbr4/s1600/Leaders+Open+Doors.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UuRDm7ZCs34/UhttNuV-TKI/AAAAAAAALAQ/sBrEwQPbbr4/s400/Leaders+Open+Doors.jpg" width="260" /></a></div><br /><br /><a href="http://leadersopendoors.com/"><i>Leaders Open Doors<br /><br />A Radically Simple Leadership Approach to Lift People, Profits, and Performance</i></a><br /><br />By: <a href="http://www.giantleapconsulting.com/">Bill Treasurer</a><br /><br />Published: March 7, 2013<br />Format: Hardcover, 114 pages<br />ISBN-10: 1475976380<br />ISBN-13: 978-1475976380<br />Publisher: <a href="http://www.iuniverse.com/">iUniverse.com</a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />"Leaders open doors of perception, possibility,and most importantly, opportunity. This book is about how leaders help people and organizations by creating opportunities for growth", writes leadership guide, humanitarian, and Chief Encouragement Officer at Giant Leap Consulting, Bill Treasurer, in his transformational and refreshingly straightforward book <a href="http://leadersopendoors.com/"><i>Leaders Open Doors: A Radically Simple Leadership Approach to Lift People, Profits, and Performance</i></a>. The author describes how the very concept of leadership has become much too complicated, and provides a simpler philosophy and practice of leadership that is both effective and caring of people and their lives.<br /><br />Bill Treasurer recognizes that the theory and practice of leadership has become overly complex, and along with the introduction of complicated analysis and jargon, the real values of leadership were covered over with confusion. To remedy this overemphasis on formulas, technical terminology, and difficult to understand ideas, the author takes the principle of leadership back to its most basic premise. Bill Treasurers presents the leader's role as that of opening doors of opportunity for others to grow and succeed. That basic and simple concept forms the foundation of this book in what the author calls open-door leadership.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRHssJVBbvE/UhttE63WGpI/AAAAAAAALAI/fBB6d0q7F9k/s1600/Bill+Treasurer+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRHssJVBbvE/UhttE63WGpI/AAAAAAAALAI/fBB6d0q7F9k/s320/Bill+Treasurer+2.jpg" /></a></div><br />Bill Treasurer (photo left) understands that, as a leadership consultant himself, that the leadership consultancy industry has made becoming an effective leader more difficult than ever. Instead of developing effective leaders, the author points out that there are fewer good leaders than ever before. Bill Treasurer returns to the core leadership principle of helping to inspire leaders, to open those doors of opportunity for those they lead, to achieve their goals and aspirations. <br /><br />Bill Treasurer provides a complete and readily understood set of concepts that share the principle of leaders as opening doors of opportunity for their followers. In keeping with the book's theme that leadership should be simply, and not overly complicated, the author shares the following six doorways of opportunity and growth:<br /><br />* The proving-ground door<br />* The thought-shifting door<br />* The door to a second chance<br />* Opening doors for others<br />* The door to personal transformation<br />* The door to your open heart<br /><br />For me, the power of the book is how Bill Treasurer combines a strong theoretical and philosophical framework, with the practical and hands on skills to become an open door leader. The author emphasizes opportunity and growth, but not only for the benefit of the organization at the present time. The principles also fulfill that crucial role of a leader of creating more leaders for the future. <br /><br />To his credit, Bill Treasurer points out that while the open door leader principle is a simple one, it is by no means easy. As with any other effective leadership development plan, open door leadership requires constant self awareness, practice, and acting on the ideas to make them effective. Knowing that leadership is always a wonderful and challenging journey is part of the development process.<br /><br />At the same time, the author points out the important distinction that open door leadership is not the same thing as having an open door policy. Indeed, Bill Treasurer considers the much vaunted open door policy to be a weak leadership concept. Open door leadership is not about opening doors to others; but instead is about opening doors of opportunity for others.<br /><br />I highly recommend the clear and concise book <a href="http://leadersopendoors.com/"><i>Leaders Open Doors: A Radically Simple Leadership Approach to Lift People, Profits, and Performance</i></a> by Bill Treasurer, to any leaders at any stage of their career development and in any industry, who are seeking a readily applicable road map to becoming a better and more effective leader. This book will transform you from an ordinary leader, to an outstanding leader, who creates opportunities and real growth for your followers as they become great leaders as well.<br /><br />As an additional benefit of owning this book, Bill Treasurer has donated 100 percent of of the proceeds from the sale of this book to organizations that assist individuals with special needs. This generous support, opens doors of opportunities for people with special needs, to achieve their goals as well.akewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16615418381849514057noreply@blogger.com