Unions, Human Rights & Your Leadership
Reflections after facillitating a session on Human Rights and values at the United Nations.
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Selling
Here's a replay of Frank Belzer interviewing me on his podcast show: Sales Talk Live.
We talked about:
- even though we've all been taught differently, the truth is that the more principled you are, the more profits you'll have and the healthier your physical and family life will be
- what it takes to be successful at 7 levels, i.e. full spectrum success
- how selling and marketing are part of every job in every business
- how to keep from burning out if you're in the sales profession
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Being Human: Lessons Learned from the Jungle & the Bush
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Lessons learned about being leaderful from staying with a tribe of head hunters in the Amazon and in a remote African village.
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Linking cutting edge best practices with indigenous mind insight on building a work culture that works
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Turns out the Golden Rule rules.
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Coaching tips to help you capitalize on indigenous wisdom.progressive leaders leverage cutting edge best practices with the enduring wisdom of the indigenous mind.
For photos, check out related blog post.
Quotes from this episode:
"...progressive leaders leverage cutting edge best practices with the enduring wisdom of the indigenous mind."
"Head hunting was part of warring for the Shuar but no head hunting was ever involved in keeping tribal members in line.
They do that with a hallucinogenic plant, Ayahuasca, as part of their spiritual practices. The property of the plant is to evoke a sense of Oneness. They believe that if someone is out of line, that s/he is out of alignment with the Oneness they experience with all things."
"Because it doesn't matter whether you're evolving from listening to a recording of Deepak Chopra's Top Thoughts on Success or from listening to the sound of a stream, a song, your inner compass or a child's voice. What matters is that you are constantly, consciously evolving yourself as a human being and contributing toward humanity's positive evolution - starting with where you are, here, now."
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Currency
It's no accident that money and electricity are both called currency. In just a half hour, this podcast delivers unique insight into the world of money as well as an empowering understanding of your place in the economic world. You'll discover how currency does and doesn't flow in your life and in your world. Join leadership coach, Dr. Joni Carley, to unleash the spark of your professional currency.
Sections include:
1. Currency, the yin and yang of money
2. Financial Freedom, including a reading from John Perkins' Newsletter
3. Staying Current with the Currency
4. Business & Currency, including exceprt from the Wharton School Dialogs, University of Pennsylvania
5. Cultural Currency, including excerpt from Wharton School Dialogs, University of Pennsylvania
6. Inspiration Station, with readings from "The Soul of Money" by Lynn Twist
7. Coaching Corner - exercises to help you create your best flow of currency
Music by Stephen Wise, www.wiseworldmusic.com - "Indigo Eyes" from "Love Cures" CD
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Interdependent Infrastructure: Lessons from pulling ivy
What does pulling ivy have to do with organizational infrastructure?
Ivy's a great metaphor for exploring interdependency. Every person in your organization is interdependent with everyone else. How consciously you develop those interdepencies determines your culture. Your culture determines your success.
You'll see how ivy's lattice-work growth pattern creates longevity and strength for the plant. Here's some ivy-wisdom you can use to create a more stable platform for your leadership.
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Profiting on Principles: Can you do well and do good?
Don't nice guys/gals finish last?
What does the data tell us about the role of culture in your success?
Is there a role for "Kumbaya" in the workplace?
What does dignity have to do with productivity?
What does it take to get higher stakeholder loyalty?
What can dialog do for you?
How can you capitalize on values to create a dynamic organizational culture?
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What Staying with Headhunters Taught Me about Leaders Keeping their Heads
Staying in the Amazon with the Shuar, a tribe of headhunters in the Ecuadorian jungle, taught me some valuable lessons about effective leadership. In this episode, I'm sharing about how to capitalize on what warriors have known throughout the ages and throughout many cultures.
The Shuar warriors are fierce and always ready but they're also fun and loving family men. They know how to capitalize on strengths that we don't even think about. But that special energy they've mastered is available to everyone. Listen in to hear how it works.
These secrets will not only help you build your own resources up but also help you eliminate entropy. Entropy is energy that isn't channeled toward accomplishing your mission which translates into lost resources of time, talent and money. Stop losses while you're building up and you'll naturally get ahead.
The Shuar are threatened by jaguars, literally. But all leaders have their figurative jaguars. Learn what headhunting reveals about how to not only relieve yourself of your "jaguars," but actually shift the "jaguar" energy into greater vitality for you and your employees.
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