The Engaging Brand

Carnival of Anecdotes

As a leader you need an array of stories and anecdotes to share with people, to improve your communication skills, to help translate the company's vision and objectives to your team. I normally host this carnival at MabelandHarry but a change is as good as a rest (!) and so I thought I would host it here today.

Alvaro Fernandez presents Take the Senses Challenge posted at SharpBrains, saying, "some fun puzzles you can incorporate as a fun element in your presentations"

wilson ng presents Deep Understanding posted at Reflections of a BizDrivenLife, saying, "In todays world, the person who knows how will earn good money, but a person that TRULY knows why is the one who will be sought after! Dont’ be content with just skin deep understanding. Go for depth and true mastery!  The difference in a small improvement in excellence will translate into big differences for your business and for your career."

Editor - Dave Prouhet presents Business Failure posted at Business Advice Daily, saying, "There is truth to the statement that we learn from our mistakes. As small-business owners who have experienced a degree of success, we have profited from our mistakes, our failures. The following are some of our mistakes, our failures, to spare you from experiencing the same."

travis simpson presents Personification of the Corporation posted at Symbolscape.

Gustav S presents The Cake Analogy posted at success-is-in-you.com, saying, "Baking a Cake is analogous to success, find out why! :D"

Craig Harper presents Creating Something (spectacular) from Nothing posted at Renovate your life with Craig, saying, "In 1988 I had the idea of setting up a Personal Training centre in Melbourne. There were no commercial PT facilities in this country at the time. It would be Australia's first appointment-only gym. I was young, had no business experience, no tertiary qualification and not much money. Clearly, a perfect plan."

Becky McCray presents What I learned from failure posted at Small Biz Survival, saying, "Each of my failures has led me to a positive opportunity."

That concludes this edition.  Submit your blog article to the next edition of anecdotes and stories for presentations using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

Carnival of Leadership Development

Wow, I have had so many entries for this carnival - sorry about the length of the post but there are some great articles and I wanted to share as many as possible.

Billy Smith presents The Power of Vulnerability « The Organic Leadership Blog posted at The Organic Leadership Blog.

Alvaro Fernandez presents "Tis better to give than receive": oxytocin and dopamine posted at SharpBrains

Charles H. Green presents Working and Feeling Good posted at Trust Matters, saying, "Being happy at work turns out to have to do with being engaged, and being engaged with being praised.

Jack Yoest presents Managing Management Time: Harvard's Monkey Paper by Oncken posted at Reasoned Audacity

Priya Jestin presents 101 Bonehead Mistakes Every Manager Should Avoid posted at Business Intelligence Lowdown.

Marcy Nala presents Believe and Succeed posted at The Abundant Life.

wilson ng presents Choose your Battles posted at Reflections of a BizDrivenLife

Stephanie West Allen presents Decrease snake consent: Soon those workplace jerks will look kind of silly posted at idealawg.

Sagar Satapathy presents Top 25 Gadgets and Gizmos Every Manager Needs posted at Project Management Source.

Debra Moorhead presents My Simply Successful Secrets posted at Debra Moorhead.com.

Wanda Grindstaff presents Limiting Beliefs - The Greatest Enemy of Success posted at Creating Abundant Lifestyles Begin With Abundance Mindset

Erek Ostrowski presents Creating a Culture of Productivity and Success posted at Verve Coaching.

almomento presents 9 Ways To Incorporate Win-Win Philosophy Into Your Business posted at BurstCreativity.

Aaron Kassover presents It’s Time to Address the Glass Ceiling posted at Leader's Notebook, Our Leadership Blog

Alvaro Fernandez presents Brain Exercise FAQs posted at SharpBrains

Shama Hyder presents What is your Brand? posted at SHAMA HYDER. com.

Charles H. Green presents Quantum Emotive Therapy posted at Trust Matters, saying, "The best way to lead and influence someone, it turns out, is to care about them.  Imagine that."

Sagar Satapathy presents Leadership 101: How to Command Respect through Body Language posted at CRM Lowdown.

Editor - Dave Prouhet presents Poor Employee Performance posted at Business Advice Daily

Allen Galbraith presents 5 Tips on How to Manage Change in Your Life posted at Life is a Journal - Self Help For Lazy People! Now with added Life Hacks

Ririan presents Here’s a Quick Way To Overcome Procrastination posted at Ririan Project.

That concludes this edition.  Submit your blog article to the next edition of carnival of leadership development using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

How to Keep Employees

Welcome to the April 2, 2007 edition of how to keep employees.

Pawel Brodzinski presents Show Appreciation posted at Software Project Management, saying, "Showing appreciation is important not only as a way of improving people's morale, but also as a way of supporting your team when they're doing good. That's not always as obvious as it looks like."

Gabriella O'Rourke presents The trusted employer posted at The Impassioned Workforce.

Charles H. Green presents Trust in the Hotel Biz posted at Trust Matters, saying, "Employees who are actually allowed to serve the customer first - who are given the freedom and the trust to do so, tend to be happier employees."

MabelandHarry presents Coaching Talent posted at MabelandHarry

Scot Herrick presents Solving the Problem is a Problem posted at Cube Rules, saying, "Thanks for the consideration!"

Podcast Freq presents How Podcasting is helping my business

That concludes this edition.  Submit your blog article to the next edition of how to keep employees using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

Keeping Employees

Welcome to the March 28, 2007 edition of how to keep employees. Thank you to everybody who sent in ideas and here are a the "chosen ones"

The Positivity Blog presents Why some people almost always are successful posted at Henrik Edberg.

Editor - Dave Prouhet presents Employee Retention posted at Business Advice Daily, saying, "We all know this old piece of wisdom:  “It’s easier and cheaper to keep an existing customer than it is to find a new one.” Substitute the word “employee” for “customer” and it’s just as true.  In this article we discuss employee benefits, compensation, and business."

Arvind Devalia presents Leadership in the current climate of change posted at Arvind Devalia, saying, "Practice leadership based on the courage to live the change you wish to bring about."

MabelandHarry presents Inner Values posted at MabelandHarry

Jack Yoest presents Are Business Elites Capitalists? posted at Reasoned Audacity, saying, "Your Business Blogger once partnered with a former McKinsey Consultant, a brilliant mind with a Ph.D. in Math from Columbia. I once wondered aloud why McKinsey, indeed all big business seemed to be confused conservatives. If you are in business, doing business, creating wealth -- you must be a Calvin Coolidge conservative GOP'er. Right?"

Vahid Chaychi presents The First Step to Start an Online Work at Home Business posted at Internet and Search Engine Marketing, saying, "There are many who love to start an online business that can be done from home. There problem is they don't know "how" and "from where". The most important thing in starting a new business is making a serious decision. Without a serious decision, no business will be started."

Charles H. Green presents Trust Tip 35: Reciprocity, Sales and Suicide Hot Lines posted at Trust Matters, saying, "Suicide hotlines teach something very important about trust and persuasion.  When you pick up a call in a suicide hotline center, the first impulse is to try and start talking; to try and convince the caller not to kill himself. It's the exact wrong thing to do."

Lead Optimize presents Make Your Website a Tool for Everyone posted at Lead Optimize.com.

Sudhanshu presents Entrepreneurship and 300 posted at Gyaan Sutra, saying, "This post is about what I learned about entrepreneurship from the movie '300'"

Alvaro Fernandez presents "Tis better to give than receive": oxytocin and dopamine posted at SharpBrains, saying, "Being generous may help retain good employees...and improve our own mind."

Charles H. Green presents Working and Feeling Good posted at Trust Matters, saying, "Being happy at work turns out to have to do with being engaged, and being engaged with being praised.  It doesn't turn out to have much to do with incentive payments.   Why do we have to keep rediscovering "treat people well"?"

John presents OhCash.com » Building A Learning Organisation posted at OhCash.com, saying, "A learning organization is an organization that learns and encourages learning among its people. It promotes exchange of information between employees, hence creating a more knowledgeable workforce."

David Zinger presents Zinger?s Employee Engagement Rant (Part 1) posted at David Zinger on Employee Engagement

That concludes this edition.  Submit your blog article to the next edition of how to keep employees using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

Blog Carnival Of Leadership Development

Welcome to the March 23, 2007 edition of carnival of leadership development. I have been overwhelmed with articles but here are the ones that I thought would help you and your thinking.

Matt Hutter presents How To Work For A Bad Boss posted at MattHutter.com, saying, "Tips for employees on how to handle working for a bad boss."

MabelandHarry presents Inner Values posted at MabelandHarry

Kilroy presents Sex Drugs Rock & Roll posted at Fear And Loathing - The Gonzo Papers.

Alan presents It gets lonely at the top - How to handle rejection posted at Made to Be Great.

The Positivity Blog presents 5 lessons I have learned from John Chow posted at Henrik Edberg.

Travis Sinquefield presents ALA Loop posted at Disorganizational Behavior.

Craig Harper presents The Art of Connection posted at Renovate your life with Craig, saying, "Have you ever noticed how some people have an amazing ability to connect with people? Any person, any situation; they have a gift to be able to develop rapport almost instantly and effortlessly. Why..."

Christine Kane presents Rust Never Sleeps posted at Christine Kane.

John Wesley presents Does Being Labeled As Gifted Undermine Personal Growth? posted at Pick the Brain.

Hal Sommerschield, Ph.D. presents North Star Mental Fitness Blog: Three More Mental Fitness Tips from the Archer posted at North Star Mental Fitness Blog.

Charles H. Green presents Built to Last - Not posted at Trust Matters, saying, "For every great company that has lasted, there are plenty of mediocre ones still hanging around.  Is a company "built to last" as good as it being built to excel?"

Thom Singer presents Your Personal Vision Of Success Makes The Difference posted at SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED.

Peter Kua presents There is only ONE reason an employee stays posted at RadicalHop.com.

Sagar Satapathy presents 101 Bonehead Mistakes Every Manager Should Avoid posted at Business Intelligence Lowdown.

The Positivity Blog presents How to Make a Great First Impression posted at Henrik Edberg.

Sudhanshu presents Entrepreneurship and 300 posted at Gyaan Sutra, saying, "This post is about what I learned about entrepreneurship from the movie '300'"

BF presents How to Get More Customers by Finding Out Who You Are posted at The Marketing Adviser, saying, "This is an article about figuring out who you are to better market yourself.  Finding out what people want most from you so you can present it to them.  It is applicable to people and businesses."

Christopher J. Brunner presents The Adverse Effects of Poor Communication posted at GreatFX Business Cards, saying, "Some of the common communication mistakes that may adversely affect the success of your business."

That concludes this edition.  Submit your blog article to the next edition of carnival of leadership development using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

Blog Carnival of Employer Branding

Here is the  latest blog carnival, but I need  you to submit your best articles on how to create passion in the workplace, how to  market yourself as a great employer, how to keep talented people. Let's build a regular blog carnival that highlights the very best posts around.

MabelandHarry presents Continuous Improvement for Business Success at MabelandHarry

Christopher J. Brunner presents Help Wanted – Advertising Job Openings Online posted at The Small Business Buzz, saying, "Information on the resources and benefits of advertising job openings online."

Shamelle presents Why Do Smart People Do Stupid Things Sometimes? posted at Enhance Life.

David Maister presents Lions, Wolves, Beavers and Humans posted at Passion, People and Principles, saying, "When you understand which of these four "species" your employers are, you can better manage, motivate and engage them."

Sagar Satapathy presents 61 Time Saving Tips: Keeping you, your co-workers, and your family on-time posted at Project Management Source.

Sagar Satapathy presents How to Be a Manager that Your Employees Respect: 73 Surefire Tips posted at Business Intelligence Lowdown.

That concludes this edition.  Submit your blog article to the next edition of carnival of employer branding using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.