Calendar: Personal Branding Summit - Free Nov. 8 2007

Got a phone?
Get registered for an incredible Personal Branding teleconference happening Thursday (two days from when I am writing this) and includes an incredible lineup of speakers from all over the world.
This conference is FREE, but you must register, and then get on the phone during the section you want to learn.
From the website:
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Bozofication Alive and Well: Utah Companies Will Pay for Stupidity

UPDATE: Please leave comments about BOZO things you have experienced at your or other companies! Anonymous submissions OK
I hate to say it, but I am seeing some of the most foolish and downright stupid things coming from Utah companies these days. These things may not be approaching the Yee-Haw ‘Bozofication’ problems that Guy [...]

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FYI: Your Compensation Model Sucks

Nobody questions that most businesses exist to serve the business owners, and to generate profits. Hopefully, they’ll do some great stuff for their customers and communities along the way. But, it’s my loud-mouthed opinion that most companies do a really lousy job of really compensating their key employees, and simultaneously “helping” poor-performers move [...]

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Prediction: University.net — Subscription Model for Colleges and Universities

Revised: 4/4/07 @ 1:34pm MST
I saw a bumper-sticker the other day that said:
“Education is what’s left over when you forgot everything you learned in school.”
I have a problem with that.
There’s no question that, in the flat world, education is becoming as much a commodity as cheap groceries, ipods, tax return services, and even jobs.
Yet, while [...]

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Interview Tip from Wikipedia: Avoid Weasel Words

Wikipedia, the massive, free online encyclopedia, which is famously editable by anybody, has tightened its belt in the last few years, working hard to allow the Wisdom of Crowds without losing credibility.
To get there, Wikipedia added a section to their Manual of Style that cautions article editors to avoid so called Weasel Words, and this [...]

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Happiness Can Make You Rich?

Listening to the Power of Full Engagement this morning, I jotted down the following concerning developing a deep sense of purpose, and deriving happiness from it.

“Income… doesn’t noticeably influence satisfaction with marriage, family, friendship or ourselves, all of which do predict a sense of well-being.
In turn, happiness has been clearly associates with higher productivity.
In short, [...]

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Utah’s Top Employers Tout Their Talent

Utah Business Magazine just released their list of the best companies to work for in Utah:
This year, Utah Business scoured the state looking for companies that were… succeeding at making sure their employees love their jobs. From monthly parties to competitive salaries, the 2006 Best Companies to Work For are implementing the policies that keep [...]

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Do Not Neglect…

We are so wired tofocus onexceptions in our lives, that we often miss the solutions to problems that are right in front of us.
I think this is, in part, thanks to our twentyfourseveninformationoverload lives. We become focused on the exceptions, not the rules; the bottom-line, not the conversation.
One thing I have been focusing on lately [...]

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Constant Nourishment

The best part of my work is that I get to interact with amazing people. But, my life hasn’t always been this blessed. At the beginning of this decade, I was literally broke, in my wallet and in my soul.
From that time until this time, I am absolutely amazed that most of the changes that [...]

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Key to Retention

A few notes from training I received from my company’s VP of Human Resources:

Our focus is not on hiring. It starts way before that. The cycle is to attract, retain, and grow talent within our organization. It must regenerate itself.
The KEY to retention–of getting people to want to work for you–is to catch people in [...]

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