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Marketing and the WHO-DO™

Marketing and the WHO-DO™ 95% of businesses don’t have a marketing strategy…do you? Know your audience.  Does your process start at step 1 or step 5?  Listen in and find out how to start at step 1. Listen to the podcast here: Listen in as Karla and Allen discuss the WHO-DO™ method Karla Nelson:  And welcome to the People Catalysts Podcast, my good friend, Allen Fahden. Allen Fahden:  Hello Karla. Pretty good welcome. Karla Nelson:  ...

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Your Scrum Play Book: It’s Poker, Not Chess

Your Scrum Play Book: It’s Poker, Not Chess 90% of corporations know they need to become agile in today’s environment.  Only 10% are.  Fabian Schwartz is a leading author and speaker on Agile and Scrum.  Listen in as Karla and Fabian talk about Scrum and how it’s not just for tech anymore.   Fabian Schwartz is passionate about helping his clients achieve their goals and improve performance through leveraging agile approaches.  He has more than ...

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Getting Things Dumb

“Getting Things Done” is a method for organizing your to-do list, this allows you to focus on actually accomplishing the tasks.  The method has some great techniques, but they may not work for everyone.  Join in as Karla and Allen discuss how their techniques apply to Movers, Shakers, Provers, and Makers.    Want to know if you are a Mover, Shaker, Prover, or Maker?  For a limited time, we are offering a free assessment!   Take the assessment here! ...

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F-This Revisited

Michael Gerber wrote the E-Myth. 9 years later he Revisited the E-Myth. He immediately set the tone of the book by saying: “If your business depends on you, you don’t own a business, you own a job. And it’s the worst job in the world because you’re working for a lunatic.”   “F-This Revisited” is all about the FRUSTRATION you feel trying to get things done, and how to overcome that frustration.   A huge advantage in overcoming ...

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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 ...

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7 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 ...

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Signing 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 ...

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Who Cheesed My Move?

“Who Moved My Cheese,” by Dr. Spencer Johnson, sold over 26 million copies.  It’s an incredible best-selling book.  Join us on this episode of The People Catalyst Podcast where Allen Fahden and Karla Nelson discuss how you can remove the frustration of bottlenecks within your business when dealing with change. Listen to the podcast here: “WHO CHEESED MY MOVE?” Karla Nelson:  Welcome to the People Catalysts Podcast, Allen Fahden. Allen Fahden:  Yeah, Karla, I’m looking ...

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ME WE US ALL (8 OF 8):  CLIENTS AND PROMOTERS

Are people different? Of course they are! So how do you approach your clients and promoters based on what THEIR strength is? The 8th 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 Clients and Promoters, who you ...

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ME 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 ...

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