I just read this tweet from @tim_hurson:  “Develop a vivid image of your goal. If you don’t know what Waldo looks like, how will you know you’ve found him?” You’ve surely seen the Where’s Waldo? posters, books and more (if not, here is the official site).  The goal of each is to find Waldo amongst

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Yesterday I read an article in the online New York Times, titled Digital Device Deprive Brain of Needed Downtime.   While I encourage you to read the article, the title gives you the message.  I couldn’t have cited the research included, but nothing in the piece surprised me at all. Then, last night on the NBC

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This week’s Resource Recommendation: Making Vision Stick by Andy Stanley Andy Stanley is an author and the founding senior pastor of a large church in Atlanta. He speaks about leadership from personal experience which is perhaps the most striking part of this book. In this great book, Andy talks about the ultra important topic of

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What images, thoughts and feelings come to mind when you think of or hear the word “salesperson”? Stereotypical, slick-talking, used car sales people Well-spoken financial manager The guy everyone loves who sells his wares on the golf course Whether you have positive thoughts and feelings about salespeople or decidedly un-positive, the purpose of this article

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On September 27-28, we will be conducting a Bud to Boss Training workshop in Anaheim, California.  All of the details can be found in this video,  or you can go directly to this page. If you, a colleague or members of your team need to build their leadership and supervisory skills, this is the place

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Achievers can always learn from other achievers, regardless of their area of skill or achievement. You can talk to high achievers personally, read their biographies or autobiographies and watch them in action. The world had a chance to watch several high achievers in recent days. Last weekend, seven men were inducted into the Professional Football

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By now you’ve read or heard something about Steven Slater, the JetBlue flight attendant who, after an altercation with a passenger, left the plane on an emergency slide at JFK airport on Monday.  (If you haven’t heard anything, or want to read and see more, check out this page.) If you have seen or heard

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Leadership development is important at all levels, but perhaps the greatest leverage comes in developing current and future executive leaders.  In our work with Clients around the world we are asked to help executives develop their skills and develop the other executives in their organizations. While any executive leadership development program is complex, and can’t

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This week’s Resource Recommendation:  The Next Hundred Million – America in 2050 By Joel Kotkin It is said we should be interested in the future for that is where we will be living. Because I am interested in the future, I was drawn to this book. What will the United States look like with 400

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