I completed the Business Professionals Course (BPC) from The Aji Network in September of 2008. 2 years of intensive study into the fundamental mechanisms and philosophy of what it means to be in business, to be human, and how to design superior offers, narratives, practices and strategies based on those distinctions, philosophies, ethics and knowledge. Working the course . . . → Read More: Continuing Education…My choice is the The Aji Network
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As we head into December, past Thanksgiving and looking towards the rest of the holiday season (and the 5-10 extra pounds I’ll be carrying into January), I hope you might be one of the lucky ones who gets to extend the holiday season by a few extra weeks by attending Code Mash in Sandusy, OH this . . . → Read More: Gearing up for CodeMash 2011 Share on FacebookI finished up the Aji Network’s Business Professional’s Course a while back, and a big part of that education was learning about Narratives, how to speak them and how to listen for them in other people. Lately I’ve been doing other training, seminars, reading, etc. and the same theme comes up often, about telling stories. I think about . . . → Read More: Story Telling Skills Share on FacebookPerception becomes reality….. Been doing a lot of interviews lately. Some good and some not so much. That has reminded me of someone, a few jobs ago, early in my management experience. I had always considered one of the team members to be one of my most dependable and top people. Their work was usually . . . → Read More: Timid at work? Perception is Reality Share on FacebookI have had some rough reminders over the past several weeks about a problem that I and I suspect a lot of consultants struggle with continuously. Keeping commitments (or some might say managing time) and having to say ”no” to some requests for help in order to avoid my own breakdowns. Sometime you are doing people a favor by . . . → Read More: The Power of “no” in keeping commitments.. Share on FacebookImage by Rob Blatt via Flickr The 3rd section of the book and principles 1-6. A continuation of what I’ve learned from Dale Carnegie and the masterpiece “How to Win Friends and Influence People”…. PART THREE – How to Win People to Your Way of Thinking 1. Avoid Arguments, You cannot win “A mind convinced against its will is of . . . → Read More: What Dale Carnegie Taught Me – Part IIIa Share on FacebookImage via Wikipedia The 2nd section of the book and what I’ve learned from Dale Carnegie and the masterpiece “How to Win Friends and Influence People”…. PART TWO – Six ways to make people like you 1. Become Genuinely Interested in Other People As Dale points out, have you seen how happy a dog is to meet you? Can you think . . . → Read More: What Dale Carnegie Taught Me… Part II. Share on FacebookCover of How to Win Friends and Influence People One of my all time favorite books (and one that I’ve probably read and/or listened to more than50 times) is Dale Carnegie’s “How to Win Friends and Influence People“. I first picked up this book in college to work on overcoming a terrible shyness and fear of meeting people. Over . . . → Read More: What Dale Carnegie Taught Me….Part I. Share on FacebookPart III of excerpts from the Field Manual of Sabotage….. (How not to be a good employee or consultant) Part 12 – General Devices for Lowering Morale and Creating Confusion (a) Give lengthy and incomprehensible explanations when questioned (or one of my favorites, don’t answer the question that was asked, answer something else…my kids do that all the time). (b) Report . . . → Read More: The “Anti-Pattern” for a good consultant (or employee) – Part III. Share on FacebookThings you should be doing if you want to be a bad consultant or employee. In other words, here a whole list of behaviors and things not to do if you want to be considered a good employee or better yet a solid and valuable consultant (who is retained over and over again and brings in the revenue). . . . → Read More: The “Anti-Pattern” for a good consultant (or employee) – Part II. Share on Facebook |
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