Gain Energy & Release Your Potential

Topic                            How to do it


Choose Attitude            Make your day a great day

Play                              Make work fun – builds energy

Engage Customers        Include your customers in the fun

Be Present                    Pay Attention & Be attentive

Never Give Up

Some of us give up on life. We move from day to day, with no plan, no goals and ultimately no rewards. We fail to understand that if life is work, the better we do it, the better it will pay us. When we perform our tasks to the very best of our ability we receive just rewards for what we do. When we are thorough in our work and put our best into it, we become better at it. When we become too good for where we are, we will be advanced to our rightful place. The thing we must realize about life is; it can’t be better until we are better. We can’t get more until we are more. So never give up.

Difference between Leadership & Management

Leadership	Management
People	Things
Spontaneity, serendipity	Structure
Release, Empowerment	Control
Effectiveness	Efficiency
Programmer	Program
Investment	Expense
Principles	Techniques
Transformation	Transaction
Principled-centered Power	Utility
Discernment	Measurement
Doing the right thing	Doing things Right
Direction	Speed
Top Line	Bottom Line
Purposes	Methods
Principles	Practices
On the Systems	In the Systems
“Is the ladder against the right wall?”	Climbing the Ladder Faster

Four Meeting Types

Meeting Type	Time Required	Purpose	Keys to Success
Daily Check-in	5 Minutes	Share Daily Schedule & Activities	1.      Stand Up 2.      Keep it Administrative 3.      If someone can’t make-it continue with meeting
Weekly Tactical	45-90 Minutes	Review Ø  Weekly Activities Ø  Resolve Obstacles & Issues	1.      Set agenda after initial reports 2.      Postpone strategic issues
Monthly Strategic	2-4 hours	Discuss, Analyze, Brainstorm  & Decide critical issues affecting long-term success	1.      Limit to 1 or 2 topics 2.      Prepare & Research 3.      Engage in good conflict
Quarterly Off-Site Review	1-2 days	Review Ø  Strategy Ø  Industry Trends Ø  Competition Ø  Key Personnel Ø  Team Development	1.      Get out of office 2.      Focus on work: Limit Social Activities 3.      Avoid over structure

Seven Principles to Power Extraordinary Results

1. Specific Issues
2. Leadership
3. Development
4. Marketing
5. Volunteer
6. HR
7. Technology

Improve Your Interview Skills

The biggest mistake in interviewing is not being fully prepared. Although your resume lands you the interview, it is ultimately the interview that will get you the job. Here’s how you can effectively handle the interview process:

1. Conduct Research – It’s important to be confident and prepared. Conduct research on companies of interest before applying to a job or showing up for an interview.
2. Practice Interviewing - Prepare for an interview by running through commonly asked interview questions.
3. Dress Professionally –When you are on an interview, you are marketing yourself as the best candidate for the job, so it’s important to dress professionally.
4. Make a Positive First Impression – First impressions are critical. Arrive early, give a firm handshake and make eye contact throughout the interview.
5. Go Beyond the Canned Response – Behavioral interviewing is an ever-growing interview technique. Rather than merely telling the interviewer what you would do in a situation, demonstrate your knowledge, skills, and abilities by giving specific examples from past work experiences.
6. Ask Questions – Express interest and willingness to learn about the company by asking questions and listening to details about the organization.
7. Follow Up - Reinforce to the employer that you bring value to their organization by developing a well-written thank you note..

Be Prepared
Regardless of the position, you should always dress appropriately to show the employer that you take pride in yourself and as a result you take pride in your work.

Once you have refined your personal image; make sure that your Internet appearance is just as professional. So it is important to create a professional online presence.

Where do we go from here

Let's start leaning forward; and planning ahead. Now that we know the outcome of the Zimmerman Case; we’ve got to decide where should we go from here. We have a divided country with an eroded middle-class. Poverty is bursting around us, yet we are focused on a single case. No doubt Trayvon's Death was a senseless tragedy; but our next move must be to improve conditions for a New America. An America where individuals learn from their past so mistakes won't be repeated. Build on the future: where the young can take their place as leaders. I urge you to learn how with: “Why Not Me”- here’s another excerpt from my book:  “Once you have a goal that requires more than your participation, you have to get others involved. To do so, you must strike a chord with them.  You must believe in what you do and your ability to get it done. You must display a confidence in the project, and a strong desire to see it through.” Get your book today @: http://bookstore.authorhouse.com/Products/SKU-000475782/WHY-NOT-ME.aspx