http://www.ideasforleaders.org From Leaders Tue, 15 May 2012 20:18:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en An original post by Mitch Joel What moves people to take action? I was watching America's Got Talent last night. They are in the preliminary/audition rounds where the show travels to cities across America to source who will make it to the big stage in Las Vegas. Beyond the hackneyed TV production ... http://www.ideasforleaders.org/2012/05/make-em-smile/ Well over 6 million people have viewed this VIDEO, so if you haven’t – enjoy and if you have – it’s a great reminder. Suggested by Gary MacDonald’s* friend Julio Garreaud*.  They use this video when discussing team building and also customer service. I think that it applies to all leaders. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbk980jV7Ao _______________________________________________________ Culture ... http://www.ideasforleaders.org/2012/05/validation/ An original post by Bryan Eisenberg On my way to writing about pricing tables, Jeffrey (my brother and business partner) shared with a client his thoughts on the use of “free.” I insisted that before discussing pricing in this column he should help me cover the phenomenon of free. After all, ... http://www.ideasforleaders.org/2012/05/oh-goody-it%e2%80%99s-free/ An original post by Chris Brogan I’m in Latvia, and I try to stay connected to my family while I’m on the road. Recently, my 5 year old, Harold, has taken to texting using Kat’s phone. In person, Harold likes to tell me about video games and YouTube clips and his ... http://www.ideasforleaders.org/2012/04/talk-in-their-language/ A must see VIDEO for leaders to think about for themselves and their organizations. Thanks to Julio Garreaud and Gary MacDonald http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXy__kBVq1M __________________________________________________________________________ Organizations often don’t recognize the value of their strengths in gaining competitive advantage. Let the Organization Optimizer identify them for you. http://www.ideasforleaders.org/2012/04/from-unicorns-to-happiness-to-success/ An original post by Seth Godin Loyalty is what we call it when someone refuses a momentarily better option. If your offering is always better, you don't have loyal customers, you have smart ones. Don't brag about how loyal your customers are when you're the cheapest or you have clearly dominated some ... http://www.ideasforleaders.org/2012/04/loyalty/ An original post from Mark Hurst "Have you watched someone trying to install the app?" This was my question recently to the startup company asking for my take on their mobile product. Good product, with good functionality once it was up and running, but a bear of an install. I actually couldn't ... http://www.ideasforleaders.org/2012/04/you-cant-outsource-obsession/ An original post from Alan Webber I'm not a big fan of war. But I'm a huge fan of the lessons in leadership that they teach at our military academies. Over the last few years I've had the benefit of getting to know Tom Kolditz from West Point, and to hear Tom ... http://www.ideasforleaders.org/2012/03/west-point-wisdom/ An original post from Chris Brogan Giving up is easy. Anyone can do that. People do it all the time. I do it. All of us do. We surrender. We throw out the next possible opportunity sometimes, simply because we fell down in some way or another, or because someone else ... http://www.ideasforleaders.org/2012/03/persistence/ Leadership learning from commercial advertising A VIDEO ad that pays homage to creativity http://www.ted.com/initiatives/aws/xylophone.html With thanks to Mitch Joel ____________________________________________________ Demonstrating the value of any product or service or differentiating it is always challenging. This post is brought to you by the people who created the innovative Organization Optimizer. http://www.ideasforleaders.org/2012/03/xylophone/