The Engaging Brand

Winner of The Engaging Brand Competition

Last month I decided to give away many of my business books as a further way of giving something back to the world. I set a question based on my 5 Thoughts for Bonfire Night post - asking What is the best quote or saying that you know?

The draw has been made, with all the names in a hat and drawn by my lovely neighbour for true independence...and the winner is Doug Fleener. Doug gave the following thoughts

• A friend/mentor of mine would always ask me, " Are you working on the man you hope to be?"
• My father told me, "If you don't take the time to enjoy the rewards of your hard work why work hard?"
• Passion trumps knowledge and skill.  Never try to cover the lack of knowledge and skill with passion.
• Ask for help when you need it.  Offer to help when you don't.

So for an early Christmas present here is your next chance to win a book from "The Engaging Brand library!" just complete this phrase based on a question I normally ask on the podcast

I want my legacy of the world to be.........

To win leave a comment or e-mail me at anna@theengagingbrand.com

Chance to win a leadership book!

Yesterday, I wrote about the party games that bad leaders might be planning for the coming holiday season. Then I was going through all the business books that I had read this year and an idea came to me...

Instead of me posting today the party games of great leaders that I was planning...if you can come up with the ideas in the comments section of this post then I will give away 6 business books to 6 lucky blog readers. Feel free to be as creative as possible :)
So either leave an idea for a party game  in the comments...or e-mail me at anna@theengagingbrand and the best 6 entries will get a book that could help them ignite their career!

News on a Fabulous E-Book

I was asked by Drew McClellan and Gavin Heaton to write a chapter of a soon (end of June) to be released e-book. I thought for one second and of course said yes when I saw that it was for such a wonderful cause.

Here are the salient facts as described by Drew.    
* 104 authors - all writing on their take/unique view of the Age of Conversation    
* Remarkable content (you're going to be delighted)
* All original content (will not be released elsewhere for at least 6 months following launch)    
* All proceeds donated to Variety, the Children's Charity (monies will be given directly to the countries that align with our authors when there's a Variety chapter there)    
* Downloadable e-book
* Dedicated to the life and spirit of CK's mom, Sandra Kerley I hope that you enjoy the book and let's raise money for charity - here is a list of the authors
Gavin Heaton
Drew McLellan
CK
Valeria Maltoni
Emily Reed
Katie Chatfield
Greg Verdino
Mack Collier
Lewis Green
Sacrum
Ann Handley
Mike Sansone
Paul McEnany
Roger von Oech
Anna Farmery
David Armano
Bob Glaza
Mark Goren
Matt Dickman
Scott Monty
Richard Huntington
Cam Beck
David Reich
Mindblob (Luc)
Sean Howard
Tim Jackson
Patrick Schaber
Roberta Rosenberg
Uwe Hook
Tony D. Clark
Todd Andrlik
Toby Bloomberg
Steve Woodruff
Steve Bannister
Steve Roesler
Stanley Johnson
Spike Jones
Nathan Snell
Simon Payn
Ryan Rasmussen
Ron Shevlin
Roger Anderson
Bob Hruzek
Rishi Desai
Phil Gerbyshak
Peter Corbett
Pete Deutschman
Nick Rice
Nick Wright
Mitch Joel
Michael Morton
Mark Earls
Mark Blair
Mario Vellandi
Lori Magno
Kristin Gorski
Kris Hoet Kofl
Annan Kimberly
Dawn Wells
Karl Long
Julie Fleischer
Jordan Behan
John La Grou
Joe Raasch
Jim Kukral
Jessica Hagy
Janet Green
Jamey Shiels
Dr. Graham Hill
Gia Facchini
Geert Desager
Gaurav Mishra
Gary Schoeniger
Gareth Kay
Faris Yakob
Emily Clasper
Ed Cotton
Dustin Jacobsen
Tom Clifford
David Pollinchock
David Koopmans
David Brazeal
David Berkowitz
Carolyn Manning
Craig Wilson
Cord Silverstein
Connie Reece
Colin McKay
Chris Newlan
Chris Corrigan
Cedric Giorgi
Brian Reich
Becky Carroll
Arun Rajagopal
Andy Nulman
Amy Jussel
AJ James
Kim Klaver
Sandy Renshaw
Susan Bird Ryan Barrett
Troy Worman
S. Neil Vineberg
C.B. Whittemore

Reading is a Success Factor

Here is a link to an article in Be Excellent that says

"A recent book seller survey of American business people indicates that the average respondent reads .7 business books every three years! In sharp contrast, respondents that are executives at Fortune 1000 companies read 6.7 books per year"

Proof I feel that to keep progressing, expanding your mind is a critical factor. Learning does not stop after school, college or university. Learning is about every day of your life. Check out the bookstore for what I believe are the books that will help your development