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Monthly Archives: May 2009
Social Networking and the Law of Explosive Growth
If you develop yourself, you can experience personal success. If you develop a team, your organization can experience growth. If you develop leaders, your organization can achieve explosive growth. Law #20 from John C. Maxwell’s 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Social Media
Tagged 21 Irrefutable Laws, Communications, develop, John C. Maxwell, Leadership, LinkedIn, social networking, team building
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The Accidental Corporate Brand
I’m helping to write a proposal this week for a piece of business that we’d really like to win. My first step in the proposal process is always company research to look for alignment or commonality between our organizations. Their … Continue reading
Posted in Marketing, Social Media
Tagged brand, communication, Leadership, LinkedIn, profile, Social Media, social_networking, Vision, web
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Followers are Leaders on Twitter
When Twitter first hit the social networking scene all we heard about were tweets announcing intentions to sleep in after a too-late night out or – worse yet – descriptions of the peanut butter sandwich cousin Jessie ate on her … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Social Media
Tagged @biznooze, @kevinolearytv, Amanda Lang, BNN, follow, Kevin O'Leary, Leadership, mashable.com, Social Media, social networking, Squeeze Play, tweep
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Finding Time To Release the Social Networker In You
Clients and employees love to see that their organization has online visibility and interacts with virtual communities. This is not a task that can be assigned to Marketing or HR. We need to see our executives and staff fully engaged and participating. So how … Continue reading
Virtual Leadership – Making Meetings Work
In the traditional work environment we rely on physical proximity to access the spirit and energy of teams. In contrast, the virtual team is tasked with building the same sense of community and shared purpose but from physically diverse locations. How do we do this? Continue reading
Posted in Communications, Community, Leadership
Tagged best practice, communication, engage, goal, Leadership, meetings, net conference, team, teleconference, virtual leadership
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Is Social Media Compatible with Brand Management?
Social media such as blogs, user communities, and social networks, reduce a company’s control over its image and public message. That’s a scary thought for many businesses. The April issue of Harvard Business Review contains a great example of how … Continue reading
Leadership During Tough Times
Here is a question posted on LinkedIn recently: “What do you think are now the top 6 leadership attributes needed for this economic season?” More than two dozen business people took the time to share some very well thought out … Continue reading
Posted in Getting Results, Leadership, Management
Tagged Leadership, LinkedIn, Vision
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Microblogging builds leadership
“I didn’t have time to write a short letter so I wrote a long one instead.” This quotation has been variously attributed to Mark Twain, Pascal, Winston Churchill and Pliny the Younger among others. No matter who first coined it, … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Social Media
Tagged Leadership, Social Media, social_networking, tweet, Twitter
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What Does Leadership Have To Do With Social Networking?
Social media is the perfect platform for leadership development. After all, leadership is about reaching and engaging people. What better way to do that than through the global platform of social networking? It’s immediate, it’s two-way, and it’s far reaching. It also … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Leadership, Personal Brand, Social Media
Tagged engage, Leadership, social_networking, tweet, Twitter
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