As with the Sound of Music song, it’s time to say goodbye – for a while at least to the moderated posts on Ideas For Leaders.

I know that at some point, I will return to content publishing, but for now I am taking a break to focus on business development.

Ideas For Leaders will remain accessible. I encourage those of you who seek the wisdom of the the content already posted and cataloged under the various essential organization capabilities in the left side column to do just that.

I have often used content from the following contributors (in no particular order), and highly recommend that you register for their posts.

Seth Godin, Mitch Joel, Gregg Thompson, Andy Nulman, Jim Clemmer, Derek Sivers, Mark Hurst, Chris Brogan, John Caswell, Brian Eisenberg, and Alan Webber.

If and when you do, you will also identify ‘golden nuggets’ of their wisdom by searching through their archives – in addition to their current and recent posts.

Jerry

BTW: Should you find what we are up to in my current business passion – CSI Diagnostics interesting -  contact me at jerryt@csidiagnostics.com. Telling a friend and spreading the word is also appreciated.

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ROME WASN’T BUILT IN A DAY – BUT TODAY A BUSINESS CAN

January 15, 2013 THE LEARNING CULTURE

With the technology available to us today there are ways to get a business of the ground very quickly and cost effectively. It is the way hundreds if not thousands of new business are being created even as you read this.
But the analogy to Rome is still very relevant.
Yes it took literally centuries for the [...]

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ARE YOU READING THIS BLOG?

December 18, 2012 Uncategorized

Some things change quickly.
Good business and management practices do not.
I started this moderated blog to expose good ideas that have been around a long time, are timeless and should always be top of mind by leaders today and tomorrow.
The wisdom contained in blogs written by such people like Seth Godin, Chris Brogan, Mitch Joel, Jim [...]

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Little Lies and Small Promises

December 11, 2012 CUSTOMER SATISFACTION

An original post from Seth Godin
“I’ll be out of bed in five minutes,” is not a true statement because it’s a promise not meant to be kept. It actually means, “go away, I’m sleeping, I’ll say what I need to get rid of you.”
“Your call is very important to us,” is not a true statement [...]

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YOUR ULTIMATE ADVANTAGE – THE POWER OF FOCUS

December 4, 2012 Competence Development

An Article by Gregg Thompson and Bruna Martinuzzi
“The successful man is the average man, focused.”
Source Unknown
It has been said that if everything is important, nothing is important. As a leader, what are the two or three things that are most important to you? What are your passions? What legacy do you wish to leave? [...]

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Quit and Stay

November 27, 2012 Competence Development

An interesting VIDEO by Mark Miller
A culture for retaining people

http://player.vimeo.com/video/40777981
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Knowledge in business is crucial for survival. Especially object knowledge about the strengths and weaknesses of your business. Let the Organization Optimizer help you out.

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A Dark and Stormy Night

November 19, 2012 THE LEARNING CULTURE

A Classic Video by Stephen Covey
A lesson for all leaders
http://www.theleadershiphub.com/videos/stephen-coveys-dark-and-stormy-night-story
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Let the Organization Optimizer steer you through those dark and stormy days.

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Everything New is Inherently Broken

November 13, 2012 Redesigning Structure

Excerpt from a post by Andy Nulman
No way around it.
No matter what your product, your business, your website, your service, your show, your TV network, your whatever, it needs to get off the ground at some point.  These days,  that “some point” is always sooner than later.  Even the most strident of pre-launch tests cannot take [...]

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A Confrontation With The Truth

November 6, 2012 THE LEARNING CULTURE

An original post by Gregg Thompson
The word “confrontation” is usually defined as a conflict between people’s beliefs and opinions. I prefer to define it as a courageous encounter with the truth – whatever that truth might be.
Telling the truth is a perilous endeavor. We tend to do so only when the degree to which we [...]

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The real lesson of Steve Job’s career

October 30, 2012 Customer Focus

An original post by Mark Hurst
A recent Wired magazine cover story (here) asks, “Do you really want to be like Steve Jobs?” In it, the author proposes two types of entrepreneurs. First are the “acolytes,” workaholics who try to emulate Jobs by being “direct” (that is, rude) to employees when their work isn’t up to [...]

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