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TED VIDEO: Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action

Bea Fields — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:35:49 +0000

Great video with some very simple questions that can help anyone inspire action. By Simon Sinek on Ted.com.

Gaining Loyal Customer By Building a Strong Leadership Brand

Bea Fields — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:13:39 +0000

LEADERSHIP BRANDING: When you read this term, do you really know what it means? I really did not know until the year 2008, when I read the book Leadership Brand by Dave Ulrich and Norm Smallwood. Because I had not heard of the term until then, it made me scratch my head and wonder if others found the term to be something they had not yet heard about.

So, I went out and polled a few business leaders, simply asked them to fill out a form based on what they knew, and many even admitted they did not know what the term really meant…but they took a stab at the questions I asked anyway.

We talk everyday about branding our “company” and making sure that our marketing collateral matches the “company brand”. But what would be different if you branded your company through the eyes of your leadership brand? My hunch is that it would be much tougher, and here is why:

When you build a brand based on true, enduring leadership, each person in the company not only speaks about the brand and and the promises you make to your customers in your marketing strategies, but each person … Read the rest of the post

PODCAST: For Innovation to Succeed, You Must Be Willing to Be a Politician

Bea Fields — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:36:31 +0000

Many people cringe at the thought of being “political” in business. But, at the end of the day, when you are entering into a phase of innovation, you must be willing to sit down and get buy in from the political movers and shakers in your organization. During this podcast, Bea Fields addresses the topic of political savvy and its relationship to the innovation process.

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PODCAST: Is Your Perfectionism Squelching the Innovation Process?

Bea Fields — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:33:17 +0000

If you are a perfectionism, you may have a need to know 100% of the facts before you begin the innovation process. During this podcast, Bea Fields will present a different approach to help the perfectionists of the world so that they can actually get the innovation ball rolling.

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PODCAST: How to Deal With Difficult People During the Innovation Process

Bea Fields — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:31:09 +0000

During the innovation process, you will more than likely bump into a few “stoppers” and “nay-sayers”. During this podcast, Bea Fields will discuss how to handle difficult people who are on your innovation team.

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