I’ll be in Turkey
For the next few weeks, I’ll be in Ankara, Turkey, mixing business with pleasure, and falling in love again with this crazy, wonderful place. As time permits, I’ll blog about my trip, but if you’re interested in seeing lots of pictures (Vote YES for lots of pictures!!) be sure to Like me Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MarianneSpeaks. That’s where the majority of the …
How’s your intuition?
I created this meme for my Facebook wall, but wanted to share it with all my readers. You can visit my page at www.facebook.com/MarianneSpeaks. It seems that successful leaders in every industry and in every size and type of organization share several traits that has been a contributing factor to their success. Today, this quote has me thinking about that one …
The first thing to change
I created this meme for my Facebook wall, but wanted to share it with all my readers. You can visit my page at www.facebook.com/MarianneSpeaks. “Stop thinking about change as something that happens to you. Success comes when you can see change as something that happens because of you.”
A new Chapter for West, Texas
I created this meme for my Facebook wall, but wanted to share it with all my readers. You can visit my page at www.facebook.com/MarianneSpeaks. For the people of West, Texas, a new chapter begins today. We can help to write that chapter. Our compassion and support will make it a happier ending.
You can predict the future!
You don’t need a crystal ball to see the future – you just need to spend some time thinking about it. There are countless trends that we all know are shaping our future, and if you will spend some time thinking about those trends, you can begin to see how those trends will affect your life and your business. Here’s …
Baaaa-aaaa-aaaah!
I need to get something off my chest. Inhale… Exhale… OK, here goes. WE ARE MORONS! OK, maybe that’s a little harsh. But honestly, why are so many people so willing to blindly trust whatever they hear, whatever they see on TV, and whatever they read… even when they read it on Facebook? If you’ve spent any time at all …
My 4 simple truths
Change is tough. No one likes it, and some people really, really hate it. I used to be one of those people. But over the course of my life, I’ve had a few life experiences that have helped me learn to cope with change, even when it’s not something I’m especially thrilled about. One of those experiences was a little …
Leaders and Managers
The thesis expressed in the box on the left is a load of crap. In recent years, the Leadership Development industry has worked hard to convince us that what the world needs now is fewer Managers and more Leaders. Maybe that’s because true leadership is harder to learn than true management. Or maybe it’s because Leadership Development gurus need to …
Develop a System for Change
If you’re implementing a significant change in your company this year, you’re going to need to carefully track and monitor the progress of the change project. You can’t afford to let the timelines slip any more, because the world is just changing too damn fast. If your change initiative is related to IT, your service provider may have systems already developed to serve that purpose. You …
It happens in a vacuum cleaner
Now there’s some food for thought. This is a great analogy, once you get the full gist of it. So picture the typical change initiative. Someone decides that change needs to happen, so he (the leader/manager) commands from above to start the process in motion. (He turns on the vacuum cleaner.) Then all kinds of hell breaks loose inside the …
