What would Greg Swann do? Integrity, transparency and Web 2.0

Hey, y’all! Are you in the mood for a truly incredible offer? You’ve seen the kind of single-property web sites we do at BloodhoundRealty.com ... to promote and protect your brand identity. That’s actually not a bad business, and I already ... the ones you can buy from sleazy vendors. I’ve been wanting to write a post about leadership [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 06:07:00

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The Sunday papers round-up

Israel’s invasion of Gaza leads the broadsheets Last night’s entry of Israeli ground forces into Gaza leads most of the Sunday newspapers, ... , the domestic political angle is explored too, with the Telegraph examining the Israeli leadership’s “gamble ... of a three-day tour of recession blackspots and a jobs crisis summit with union bosses and business [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 03:43:23

For Us There Is Only the Trying

Yesterday at the annual Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Life Robert George delivered a speech now posted on Public Discourse ... business and stay out of other people’s affairs. Less vitriolic critics said that he was unrealistic ... to be activists or exercise leadership in the social and political [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 15:52:53

RIP - Trammell Crow Dead at 94 - Real Estate Legend

If you live in the southeast United States, the name Trammell Crow is lodged in your self-conscious. The develops signs seem to be everywhere, his name part of the lexicon of business and commercial ... . in a statement about Crow’s death. His remarkable life stands as a testament to hard work, visionary leadership [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 13:47:41

General R.J. Hillier Officially Joins Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP

Previous Chief of the Defence Staff to Provide Strategic Insight to the FirmMarketwireOTTAWA, ONTARIO --Editors Note: ... , business development and related strategic matters.Prior to stepping down from his post as Chief ... me to exercise the lessons of leadership that I have cultivated in my 35 year tenure with the Canadian Military [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 23:51:00

Fiscal Responsibility: You’ve Got to Know When to Hold’em and Know When to Fold’em

More Comments Regarding Boscov’s Bailouts, Bank Bailouts, and More! Could It Get Any Worse?Written by Roberta Biros (David Biros, Contributor) ... Stamp Leadership: The Same Mistakes . . . Over and Over Again!” that discussed the current ... in Harrisburg titled “Boscov’s Bailout is Bad for Business”. In my post I asked the simple question, “ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 18:38:00

Maybe the Feds Can Diagnose What Ails Apple and Steve Jobs (and Whether It Matters or Not)

Early this morning, Bloomberg reported that regulators are looking into Apple’s disclosures about the health–or lack thereof–of its iconic CEO ... of its business is the most important thing–sales of iPods and iPhones, new products and what Apple ... about the health of their leadership and whether the relative fame and brand-critical nature of that [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 10:36:27

Roundup: Inaugurating Change with President Obama 2009

Ladies and Gentleman...the President Barack H. Obama. It's President Obama's first day and he's holding a tremendous agenda in his hands ... and HIV work; invigorated leadership from faith-based practitioners; and a dampening on moral sex panics ... Policy? President Obama's first order of business [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 19:18:33

3 Ways to Motivate Employees During Times of Change

Post by Liz Cullen, contributing Women On Business writer This is a time of transition for many people ... back to business as usual after the past few months of inauguration mania. We had our own boom and bust ... are seeing a change in leadership across different agencies which may mean a new boss along with new systems [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 11:29:51

Technology Camps For Kids Develop Tomorrow's Leaders Today

At our Cub Scout meeting last night, we spent a bit of time discussing what camp we would be attending this summer, ... materials such as a company logo, business cards, a Web site and a presentation to share. 13 to 17 year-olds ... dedication to building self-esteem, and leadership and technology skills. It doesn’t hurt [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 18:30:06

Thoughts from Zosterma!

Thoughts from Zosterma! January 23rd, 2009 by Jeremy Rosenthal-women's basketball beat writer Senior and current men’s basketball columnist ... to see them take care of business on the road against teams they should beat – Michigan, Wisconsin ... . With their balance of inside-outside scoring and solid senior leadership, the Hoosiers should have [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 19:58:16

Don’t cry ’sexism!’ for Caroline Kennedy

I consider myself a feminist. Before a few years ago I never even considered that a man could be a feminist, ... to the Senate who have absolutely no business being there. And by business, I mean that they have earned ... . I think their image lends a certain je ne sais quoi to our country’s politics and leadership [more...]

Date: 2009-01-24 01:49:42

Education, education, education

There has recently been much discussion at BIMA about its role at the heart of our industry ... start (and still has a fairly dire website), it now has a leadership that genuinely wants to help ... from the middle ranks of companies that have a vested interest in guiding the directions the business takes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 14:11:37

Being A "Most Admired Company" Loses Its Appeal (AAPL)(GE)(BRK)(SBUX)(FDX)(TM)

Cammonopoly_wideweb__430x3250_2 Most people who are in business put making a profit above maintaining a good image ... companies they admire most. The winners all have strong records of innovation, leadership, and financial [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 00:20:37

Economists to Obama: Get the Government out of the Banking Business

On the eve of Barack Obama's inauguration as president of the United States, Wharton finance professor Richard J ... stronger leadership at the troubled bank. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 21:32:55

Around the neighborhood: Coleman, Richardson taken powders, intel leadership still in the air?

It’s been active around the Center for Independent Media neighborhood; our sister sites are hopping ... has done business with his state as the reason for the exit. New Mexico Independent is now All Richardson [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 20:54:05

Hate or hysteria?

A CNN story recycling the increasingly tiresome "assassination watch" meme gets the ridicule it deserves from Bob Owens at Confederate Yankee: ... he's actually sworn into his first-ever leadership position on Tuesday and had time to flail and make a series ... are rational enough to realize that an assassination would be bad for business. If [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 19:35:00

We're looking for a few good aspiring online publishers

By Robert Niles: OJR readers, I'm excited about a project that OJR is launching, along with our new hosts at the Knight Digital Media Center ... and implementing revenue and advertising strategies. Successful social networking models. Selecting ... sector will provide intense instruction, coaching and mentoring on developing marketable business [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 19:12:00

Business of Craft Workshop - Speaker Bios

Cynthia Blake Sanders is an experienced intellectual property and media lawyer with a practice spanning copyright, trademark, fair use, licensing, advertising, and technology transfer issues. She represents publishers, advertisers, advertising agencies, filmmakers, record labels, producers, performing artists, visual artists, songwriters [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 16:47:00

Back from Sin City

I just returned from two days in Las Vegas. Brandon O’Brien, Leadership’s assistant editor, and I were there to interview Craig Gross ... of Leadership due out in April. Craig’s vision is essentially to create a short-term missions project ... with local churches to reach out to the tourists and business travelers, and give them an alternative [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 18:41:23

No Confidence No Leadership No Buyers

We are off to a blazing start as the man who will be treasury secretary and whose duties include being grand wizard if the IRS doesn't pay his own taxes. Is he sorry or just sorry that he got caught? True change you can count on. Another suit who feels he is Teflon and above the fray. Would we overlook a small business owner who hasn't paid [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 22:17:00

Susan Solomon: Lessons Learned from Teaching in a Distant Land

I'm back from the Fulbright in Yerevan, Armenia. And while most of my current thoughts seem to be on the increasingly intimidating task of finding a ... instrument of today's public relations professional – the business blog. I set a few parameters ... , the blog had to be about an established business or, if they could not obtain permission [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 14:57:49

Diamonds Are Often Rough

As a recruiter if I’m given the task of recruiting for a geography or business segment that is new to me, my first step is to educate myself ... when assessing a former military candidate on top of the technical skill base. We know the drill ... : Enlisted Enlisted grades E1-E4 are considered a learning and leadership development phase in most [more...]

Date: 2008-10-08 09:55:03

BUILDING BLOCK ONE (17)

Charlie may argue that his behavior’s not so bad. You give him the evidence: “Okay, I’ve got ten people here who say it is bad. Are they all wrong? ... the executive development program. It was an absolute waste of time for 50 percent of them. You need ... to do with executive development. Here the best learning comes from working on real business [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 06:57:33

Can Technology Thrive in a Bad Economy?

Optimism, a sense of urgency and a good sense of humor are essential attributes for legal technology professionals ... institutions crumbling daily, your team will look to you for leadership to keep your organization ... materials. Take advantage of lulls to enroll in long-delayed internal training programs.Offer to deliver [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 13:14:00

With all eyes on Obama, closer to home, the spending continues apace..

.. Most regular readers are probably not surprised to hear that many people I’ve come in contact with in the last couple of days have all asked me the same question: “So Doug, how do you feel about the new President?” And of course, some ask it in a truly compassionate and sympathetic way while others take great pleasure, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 18:44:48

Business as usual on Capitol Hill

Two years ago, the Democrats took control over both houses of Congress after one of the worst corruption scandals in Washington in recent memory ... that he will still do plenty of business with them.” reid.gif “And there’s nothing wrong with that,” said Reid ... business if we all would just understand that these people are “someone’s father, mother, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 15:00:16

E2 Solution for Energizing America to a Better Tomorrow

As any who come to these pages are already aware, my passion is clear … helping my/your family, my/your community, my/your nation, my/our world find a path toward a prosperous and sustainable energy future. A path that will help us (US) navigate the dangerous seas of the Perfect Storm combination of Peak Oil (and other peak natural resources) [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 01:11:13

5 Characteristics of Quality Leaders

As companies around the world struggle to stay afloat, many are turning to their managers when making the tough decisions ... not on the same scale. Quality leadership can be hard to come by, but there are some things managers can practice daily at work to ensure that they are better, more effective leaders. What follows is a brief [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 22:01:00

When a blog is not a blog

In the comments section of my recent post 5 musts of business blogging, Justin Brady asked a very interesting question ... into the world.  Mary's offerings include individual coaching, consulting, workshops for companies ... and Influencer.  All three training programs are based on New York Times bestselling books.   She works [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 05:28:35

Polly Toynbee: talking bullshit. Again.

Oh, Polly! Dearest Polly! I cannot be bothered to fisk your latest article in toto, alas, for I shall miss my paint drying show, but I do feel that a few sentences could be highlighted. You fucking moron. Leave aside Labour's moral compass - whatever happened to the party's political compass? How can it have made so crass an error? [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 18:25:43

Everyday DiscipLeaders 2-Rod Miles (Part 1)

Summary of “Profiles of Missional Disciples” SeriesI picked eight people for my initial set in this series of Profiles of Missional Disciples: Andrew and Debbie, Rod, Joshua and Kristen, Shannon, Jessica, and Dave. These are the friends who immediately came to mind when I thought and prayed about “the million dollar question” posed in Willow [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 01:55:33

Align Requests to Strategic Objectives (5)

The connection of input and output is not a rhetorical device to build a convincing argument ... . Working within a matrixed organization, she must compete with other team leaders for human resources— ... constraints. Certain minimum thresholds in resources need to be correlated to the results possible [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 07:32:49

Dean of business school returns to teaching

As of the end of this academic year, Missouri Southern will be seeing some change in leadership. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 01:27:29

Will Ferrell: BDS Addict

by Don Surber Thirty years ago, actor James Whitmore did a one-man show called “Give ‘em Hell, Harry,” about President Truman. It was a fascinating tribute to a man who left the White House unpopular over a war that everyone said was unnecessary. The vindication of Truman came as the Vietnam War wound down [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 13:15:25

Grading on the Curve

It must be very strange to be President Bush. A man of extraordinary vision and brilliance approaching to genius, he can’t get anyone to notice. He is like a great painter or musician who is ahead of his time, and who unveils one masterpiece after another to a reception that, when not bored, is hostile [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 13:47:34

The Magenta Foundation Stares into the American Sun

What a historic day! Big, bonecrushing hugs from all of us here at CH headquarters to everyone else on planet earth who is rejoicing at the departure of the Bush administration. There will never be a better time to post the following human rights essay and interview that our staffer Jeff Wengrofsky (aka Agent Double Oh No) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 22:15:56

Leaders In Charge, But Not Always In Touch

This week’s Presidential inaugural festivities have quickly morphed into the daunting reality of governing. As he contemplated his assumption of office, President Obama repeatedly vowed that he is not going to let pressures and protocol deprive him from real, unscripted interactions with the American people [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 19:43:12

zt: Move over, Goldman

Jan 13th 2009  From Economist.com It is McKinsey’s turn to try to sort out Uncle Sam BARACK OBAMA will almost certainly preside over an era of ... Mills, who has been chosen to head the Small Business Administration. Diana Farrell, head of the firm’ ... business. Every industry and municipality in America is trying to get a piece of the action, citing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 11:53:13

Small is the New Big for Interns

By Mike Figliuolo Managing Director thoughtLEADERS, LLC How incredibly glorious is it to intern at Goldman Sachs? Or Google? Microsoft? Apple? ... within their division or business unit. The project you will be assigned is likely the next ... that are much more valuable. Firstly, you’ll work directly with senior management. Why? Small companies [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 18:31:54

HEALTH IT: An Investment Worth Making

This post appears on the National Journal's Health Care Experts Blog where you can also see what other health policy analysts have to say on Health ... are formidable—doctors are reluctant to take the time to adopt HIT, we lack the ability ... . Offer time-limited incentive payments for purchasing and implementing health IT systems / software [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 18:38:14

Booming green jobs

Apologies for not being able to post yesterday as I had to line up for registration to my next class which will start on January 26 ... and it was fascinating hearing how several sustainability management officers in their own fields got ... of corporate sustainability management within the chemical industry, which seems [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 19:19:34

Ignatieff Roundup

A few different items from the Liberal leader, which I thought I would put into one post ... told an audience largely of business graduate students at HEC Montreal, a management school ... his comments by saying tar sands development must be made more sustainable – environmentally and socially [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 18:09:00

Now is the Time for Renegades - Interview with Career Renegade Author Jonathan Fields

Jonathan Fields walked away from what was supposed to be a great job as a hedge fund lawyer. Fast-forward a few years and many mistakes later, and he’s become a yoga instructor and fitness entrepreneur, and a prolific blogger and marketer. In fact, he had a hand in helping me successfully launch Remarkablogger about a year ago [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 01:37:22

The Intersection of Facebook & MySpace

Source An interesting and highly anticipated phenomenon occurred in December 2008, one that received very little fanfare. December was a particularly busy month for Mark Zuckerberg's high profile social network. According to Web metrics firm Hitwise, Facebook’s share of US Internet traffic hit an all time high on Christmas Eve 2008, earning 2 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 19:08:47

Gillibrand for Hillary's Senate Seat - What to read in?

U.S. Representative Kristen Gillibrand is Governor David Paterson's choice to fill Hillary Clinton's seat in the Senate ... is bringing in the business.  Lesson: Learn and enhance marketable skills. Secondly, being a woman ... . By time the nation emerges from our current pain, all institutions could have fresh leadership, either [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 17:33:54

News Of The Day

News Of The Day January 5, 2009 The president-elect plans to include $300 billion worth of tax cuts for workers and business in his economic ... time bomb." Political consultant Hank Morris wasn't the only one to cash in on pension fund-related management fees on ex-state Comptroller Alan Hevesi's watch. Mayor Bloomberg played down [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 12:37:07

The End of Psychotherapy

In two articles entitled “We Are Not Our Personalities” and “Eliminating The Past” I make the point that it is now possible to “dismantle” all the life experience that is stored in the human bio-field, i.e. in our consciousness , with all its ensuing consequences. Here I would like to highlight a point that perhaps I have not yet stressed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 03:40:50

Inaugural Speeches by digby Yesterday, I posted a Youtube of JFk's famous "ask not what you can do for your country" inaugural speech ... into advance. In every dark hour of our national life a leadership of frankness and vigor has met ... . I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days. In such a spirit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 19:51:45

WHAT I AM PLANNING TO READ

I actually have a huge stack of new books I want to read carefully. They are now sitting on a revolving chair just next to my work station ... :1) 'The Five Literacies of Global Leadership: What Authentic Leaders Know & You Need to Find Out', by Richard Hames;2) 'How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 10:53:00

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