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Quote of the Week - More on Idea Execution
I’m currently reading Scott Belsky’s Making Ideas Happen. It is a fascinating read that looks at the creative mindset that focuses less on idea generation and more on idea implementation and execution.
In my line of work, ideas are constantly generated. However, idea killing and more importantly, idea execution, receive less fanfare. [...]
Quote of the Week: Idea Execution
I’ve been reading and thinking a lot about idea creation vs. idea execution. It seems that more thought and energy are given, at least by senior management, to idea creation. And why is that? Is it because idea creation is more fun? Or is it that they think the idea creation is [...]
Full StoryQuote of the Week: Apple
My team and I are close to finishing our first deliverable for a new client: a comprehensive social media and website audit. This is only the beginning. The next steps are to develop an integrated, strategic marketing plan to grow and leverage their Internet presence with the goal of saving lives! Truly, a project [...]
Full StoryQuote of the Week: Sun Tzu
One fact about leadership is that you can’t lead a team if you don’t have a team to lead.
Another fact is that the team needs to be rewarded for a job done well. This doesn’t necessarily mean monetary incentives. It means providing them an opportunity to grow, learn, be heard regardless [...]
Lead and Learn
I’m a manager who not only runs a very large and visible account, but I also head up my company’s interactive communications team. Serving in these dual leadership roles, I’m always working on how to become a more effective leader. I want people to follow me not because they have to, but because they [...]
Full StoryQuote of the Week
“A leader is a visionary that energizes others. This definition of leadership has two key dimensions: (a) creating a vision of the future and (b) inspiring people to make the vision reality.” — F.A. Manske
Full StoryLeaders vs. Managers
Who are leaders? Who are managers? What are the differences? How important are these differences? These are questions I ask myself all of the time.
As I mentioned before, I love to read. And I love to read for a purpose. Currently, I’m reading F.A. Manske’s Secrets of Effective Leadership: A Practical Guide to [...]
Unplug, Clear Out, Kick In
It’s bad. Every day seems the same. I’m at the point now that I don’t even know what day of the week it is. It’s October, right? What happened to September? 2009?
Let’s face it. I’ve been working non-stop for a year now. And I mean non-stop. Vacation? I accumulate vacation [...]
