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The One Minute Mangler
The One Minute Manager spends one minute on goals in the morning, one minute praising people, and one minute on reprimands (or re-directs as changed in The New One Minute Manager). The One Minute Mangler can throw people under the train in less than a minute. Listen to the podcast here: “The One Minute Mangler” Karla Nelson: And welcome to The People Catalyst Podcast Allen Fahden. Allen Fahden: Hello Karla. I’m excited about today. Karla Nelson: Today is going to be a fun day as ...
Read more7 Habits of Highly Defective People
Stephen Covey shared the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People in 1989. Karla Nelson and Allen Fahden add a little to his great discourse, looking at what are the habits of Highly Defective people. They answer questions like “How do you not put the sin in synergy?” “Are you being broactive instead of proactive?” and “Do you put the worst or first things first?” Listen to the podcast here: 7 Habits of Highly Defective People Karla Nelson: Welcome to the People Catalyst Podcast, my ...
Read moreSigning the Declaration of Independence: The First Dysfunctional Meeting
Here’s a trivia question: If Christmas is celebrated on December 25, and Valentine’s Day on February 14, when should we celebrate the Fourth of July? Duh, right? Well, not so fast. Maybe it should be July 2nd. Congress voted for independence from England on July 2nd. 12 of the 13 colonies voted yes, while the New York delegation had to go home and get permission. Or maybe it should be August 2nd, the date of ...
Read moreStart With WTF
Simon Sinek’s Start with Why book is brilliant, and so is his Ted talk with 40 million+ views. But if you’re doing something other than marketing messages, something is missing. The book and the Ted talk about how great leaders inspire people to take action. We agree, but it’s often not action that sustains itself. More on that in 30 seconds. Why it’s a goodBook. His insight, that the why comes before the what and the how ...
Read moreIt Doesn’t Matter What Color Is Your Parachute If It Doesn’t Open
When 70% of the people hate their jobs and 90% of CEOs fail because they can’t implement new ideas in their own company it’s time to take a new look at the way we do our work. It doesn’t matter what color your parachute is if it doesn’t open. The real title, What Color is Your Parachute?, by Richard Nelson Bolles has sold more than 10 million copies since its introduction in 1975. Unlike so many business books, they update it every year. ...
Read more“Built To Lapse”
18 companies were listed in “Built to Last”, but were they really “Built to LAPSE”? https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-happened-worlds-greatest-companies-chris-bradley/ Listen to the podcast here: “BUILT TO LAPSE” Karla Nelson: And welcome to The People Catalysts Podcast, Allen Fahden Allen Fahden: Good afternoon. Karla Nelson: Good afternoon, sir, how are you today? Allen Fahden: Beautiful afternoon, because afternoon follows morning, and morning is always great. Karla Nelson: So the book we’re going to talk about today is Jim Collins ...
Read moreME WE US ALL (7 OF 8): TASKS vs. ROLES
What can a day look like when you are task-focused instead of role-focusted? The 7th of an 8-part series exploring how to be a People Catalyst. In the series we focus on “ME”, your individual core nature; “WE”, two people with different strengths interacting; “US”, a team working together; and “ALL”, how to work as an entire organization. This episode focuses on “All”; making something happen as an entire organization. Listen to the podcast here: ME ...
Read moreME WE US ALL (6 OF 8): THE TEAM
The 6th of an 8-part series exploring how to be a People Catalyst. In the series we focus on “ME”, your individual core nature; “WE”, two people with different strengths interacting; “US”, a team working together; and “ALL”, how to work as an entire organization. This episode focuses on “US”. How we function as a balanced team, and what can go wrong when you are missing key strengths. Listen to the podcast here: ME WE ...
Read moreME WE US ALL (5 OF 8): RED LIGHT GREEN LIGHT
The 5th of an 8-part series exploring how to be a People Catalyst. In the series we focus on “ME”, your individual core nature; “WE”, two people with different strengths interacting; “US”, a team working together; and “ALL”, how to work as an entire organization. This episode focuses on “WE”. How each of our core natures create either a red light (STOP!), green light (GO!) or yellow light (Caution!). Listen to the podcast here: ME ...
Read moreME WE US ALL (2 OF 8): THE SHAKER
This is the second of an 8-part series exploring how to be a People Catalysts. In the series we focus on “ME”, or on your individual core nature; “WE” being two people with different strengths interacting; “US” which is a team working together; and “ALL” which is how to work as an entire organization. This episode focuses on being a Shaker: what your strengths are, what is your peak work, what motivates you, and what ...
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