A New Way to See Change
This week (11/30/09 to 12/06/09) on Work Matters we explore the different processes that are involved in change.
How do you view change? Do you have a sense of adventure about the future? Learn how to do this better by listening to our expert guest this week.
Dr. Jeff Salz, cultural anthropologist, adventurer, TV personality and author of The Way of Adventure explains how business and societal cultures can successfully embrace change by valuing important relationships and sharing life's adventure.
Then, in our regular segment of Uncommon Sense, my friend and colleague Beth Pelkofsky joins me to field listener questions.
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Posted by Nan Russell at 11:04 AM
November 23, 2009Customer-Based Business Strategies
This week (11/23/09 to 11/29/09) on Work Matters we explore the topic of customer-based business.
How do you determine the value of your company's customers? Learn more by listening to our expert guest this week.
Martha Rogers, co-author of the best-selling Rules to Break & Laws to Follow . She explains the valuation of your customer base. She also talks about cultural differences between successful and failing businesses.
Next up my friend and colleague Beth Pelkofsky joins me for a regular segment of Uncommon Sense.
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Employee Morale Low (Careerbuilder Survey)
Employers Turn to Temporary Help
Today's 10 Worst Phrases to Use in Business
Let me know your thoughts on the show. Please call my new toll-free number (1-866-944-8195) and tell me what's on your mind. Or if you prefer, contact me with any questions or comments at workmatters@nanrussell.com
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Have you read my new book? Take a look at "Hitting Your Stride" on Amazon.com. Or, you might like my book "Nibble Your Way to Success"
Posted by Nan Russell at 09:12 AM
November 16, 2009Personal and Professional Growth
This week (11/16 to 11/22) on Work Matters we take a look at how relationships can spur us in our personal and professional growth.
I think we all recognize that we need to do all we can to keep growing in our lives. Our guests this week offer their expertise on this subject.
Our first expert is Dr. Ellen Ensher, professor of management at Loyola Marymount University and co-author of Power Mentoring: How Successful Mentors and Proteges Get the Most Out of Their Relationships. Then I interview Suzanne Kyra, co-author of Welcome Home to Yourself and we discuss how to take steps for personal growth.
Then, Beth Pelkofsky joins me for our segment of Uncommon Sense.
Let me know your thoughts on the show. Please call my new toll-free number (1-866-944-8195) and tell me what's on your mind. Or if you prefer, contact me with any questions or comments at workmatters@nanrussell.com
I invite you to follow me on Twitter: @nan_russell
Have you read my new book? Take a look at "Hitting Your Stride" on Amazon.com. Or, you might like my book "Nibble Your Way to Success"
Posted by Nan Russell at 12:04 PM
November 09, 2009High Stakes at Work
This week (11/8/09 to 11/15/09) on Work Matters we take a look at the issue of tough communication at the workplace.
Are you perplexed that some of your conversations start out fine but then go awry? Maybe our work future is defined by just these types of crucial conversations! To find out how to do this hard thing well, join me as we visit with our guest this week.
Our guest expert is Ron McMillan, co-author of the best-selling Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High. He explains the three conditions that are present in crucial conversations and how to react to them without negative emotion.
Then my friend and colleague Beth Pelkofsky joins me for a regular segment of Uncommon Sense.
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One Trait Predicts Success Better
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Have you read my new book? Take a look at "Hitting Your Stride" on Amazon.com. Or, you might like my book "Nibble Your Way to Success"
Posted by Nan Russell at 11:23 AM
November 02, 2009Work and Creativity
This week (11/02 to 11/08) on Work Matters we talk about awakening our creativity at work.
Do you think that daydreaming and mind wandering don't belong at work? Think again! Our show's guest is a strong proponent of just this kind of thinking as a way of promoting creativity and complex problem solving at work.
Meet Amy Fries, senior editor at Capital Books . She's also the author of Daydreams at Work: Wake Up Your Creative Powers. In today's show, Amy explains the reasons why unfocused thinking can help bring about innovation in the work place.
Then, in our regular show segment, Uncommon Sense, my colleague Beth Pelkofsky joins me to field listener questions. I finish up this week's show with a segment of Something to Think About.
Let me know your thoughts on the show. Please call my new toll-free number (1-866-944-8195) and tell me what's on your mind. Or if you prefer, contact me with any questions or comments at workmatters@nanrussell.com
I invite you to follow me on Twitter: @nan_russell
Have you read my new book? Take a look at "Hitting Your Stride" on Amazon.com. Or, you might like my book "Nibble Your Way to Success"
Posted by Nan Russell at 09:14 AM
