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Women's professional development mastermind...

The new breed of professional business woman
1291_ 10/9/12 - Have you heard about the new breed of professional business woman? Well, we're talking with Wendy Bohling of Boulder/Denver Moxie. Wendy has partnered with Melodie Reagan as MoxieExecs in the 20th chapter of the nationwide Moxie Exchange Movement. "Moxie is a leadership and professional development program designed to meet the needs and accelerate the learning and growth of highly talented women." Wendy and Melodie have each had successful, hard won careers. They've been isolated in a male dominated world, where it took tenacity, developing confidence in your own abilities and Wendy says, you come into that situation as a woman, wanting to be valued and that you are seen for what you bring to the situation, not always what you look like. Today women are looking for culture as much as they're looking for interesting work, and they're having a hard time finding it. Moxie was started a few years ago by Maureen Boyt who has started lots of businesses, but she also was really good at developing mastermind groups that helped businesses get to the next level. She saw the lack, the void of doing that for women. Moxie is that intentional organization to grow the next set of women leaders. Both those that exist today and, to grow the next set of women leaders that are now 10-18 years old, it's called the Go Girl Initiative. Moxie is all about building a community or tribe of successful women. Men have done this over time, in fact you hear men talking all the time; 'How'd you get that job?' Well you know Joe, I worked with him there and he...Listen for more details...
RELATED LINKS: Moxie Exchange Denver/Boulder North || Moxie Exchange || Crazy Good Marketing || In the News || Blog || KEYWORDS: Wendy Bohling, Melodie Reagan, Boulder Denver Moxie, Moxie Exchange Movement, Mastermind, CrazyGoodMarketing, i2iWorkforce, Colorado Companies to Watch, Talent Strategy, Recruiting, Jobs, Training, bytes=6910435
LISTEN TO: Wendy Bohling, MoxieExec, Denver/Boulder Moxie

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Mastering Change in the Midst of Chaos

The Contradiction of Focus When Building a Business
1275_ 9/14/12 [Orig Pub. 12/2009]- When you ask successful entrepreneurs, What are the keys to building a successful, sustaining business? Among other words, they'll say, Passion, A+ Team, Commitment, Innovation, Focus. While all have substance, the successful entrepreneurs have fascinating stories that support those descriptions, I would like to point out that 'Focus' is a double-edged sword. Let’s be clear, focus is a critical element for building a successful business. It's true that if you don't know where you are going any road will take you there. Then again, if you are so focused on where you are going, you could get side-swiped because you didn't see 'it' coming. So what does this all mean? In Larry’s book, Mastering Change in the Midst of Chaos, Chapter 12, Ground Swells of Change - Prepare, capitalize or fall victim, he discusses five different examples of landscapes and their ground swells of change. He also writes about trends of both the past and the future. Trends have an impact on the landscape; however it's the groundswell that will often determine the success or failure of an endeavor, personal or professional. "The greatest difficulties lie where we are not looking for them" said Johann Wolfgang Goethe. A ‘ground swell of change’ is never a solo effort; it takes many active forces to build up a head of steam. Examples include: innovations, inventions, laws, events, in/out of favor fads, something that is displaced or replaced, cultural changes, local events, controversy, fiscal changes, mergers, movements, etc. There's more....
Related Links: Amazon || Entrepreneurs Channel || w3w3.com Home || Mastering Change Blog || Beyond the Trends || Keywords: Mastering Change, Chaos, Larry Nelson, Entrepreneurs, Focus, Ground Swells of Change, Landscape, Trends, Channel: Change bytes=4014776
LISTEN TO: Larry Nelson, Mastering Change in the Midst of Chaos

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Difficult People...

The Dirty Dozen – Disastrous, Dumb and Deceitful by w3w3.com
1267_ 8/30/12 - Is everyone crazy out there, or is it just me? We all know some difficult people. Whether they are customers, co-workers of even those in your personal life. Listen to this discussion with Larry Nelson about his directory of the “Dirty Dozen” and their characteristics. They range from Saboteurs to Wonderful Ones, from Saints to Emotional Misfits, from Connivers to Bullies, and a few others that will surprise you or get you. What you’ll appreciate the most is understanding what makes you vulnerable and what you can do about it.
Related Links: Training Trends || 3-Filters || TRTR Channel || Beyond the Trends || Keywords: Difficult People, Dirty Dozen, Larry Nelson, Institute for Change Research, Training Trends, 3-Filters > - bytes=6843353
LISTEN to Larry Nelson, Institute for Change Research

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Northern Colorado SBDC Network, "The Launch"

Great news for entrepreneurs in northern Colorado
1268_ 8/29/12 - Great news for entrepreneurs in northern Colorado, specifically in the aero space sector - SBDC Network is partnering with a new organization, The Estes Institute; this group is doing some amazing things in Estes Park; the Colorado SBDC Network with enthusiastic business support from the likes of the Stanley Hotel and others. The Colorado SBDC is working diligently to assist any businesses that have been adversely affected by these tragic events. They are working with their Centers and many resource partners building a network of solutions to help get. In addition they put on special events and Kelly Manning, State Director, is here to talk about the Estes Institute. "So SBDC is partnering with this new organization, Estes Institute, and it's going to be hubbed out of Estes Park, and in particular out of the Stanley Hotel. The first event that we're putting on up there is called 'The Launch' - kind of a cool name considering that the event is for the aerospace and aviation industry. It's going to be an investor conference, a three day program, October 30th thru November 1st, at the Stanley Hotel. Keynote speaker is Norm Augustine retired chairman of Lockheed Martin, and he will be a huge draw for Colorado. There will be training programs, pitches, investors, to help Colorado small businesses and mid-size businesses who want to do business or get deals done in the aviation / aerospace industry. Attendees will be there obviously to look for investors, so we're inviting investors not only nationally, but internationally. It will be an 'invite only' event. So it's going to be a smaller event that businesses will actually apply to attend this conference. What we want to do is make sure we show these investors that we have solid companies that they'll want to do deals with. Aside from those deals...get the details...
Related Links: Colorado SBDC || SBDC Business Recovery Intake Form || In the News Archives || Stanley Hotel || Keywords: Kelly Manning, Colorado, SBDC, Small Business Development Center Network, Stanley Hotel, SBA, Estes Institute, Financial Support - bytes=4754184
LISTEN TO: Kelly Manning, State Director, SBDC Network

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Blue Ocean Strategy BizCon

Chris Coughlin, Business Conference Focused on Revenue Growth
1211_ 5/22/12 - Meet Chris Coughlin. Chris has a fantastic, interesting background. He is an entrepreneur and while this isn't the subject of our discussion today, Chris is involved in football coaching. His most successful business actually trains 35,000 football coaches each year in conferences across the country. Chris also does a little high school coaching in Colorado Springs. With that as a background, we're talking to Chris about his conference business, Revenue North - they have a conference coming up here in Denver on June 27th. Chris has a high interest in the "Blue Ocean Strategy" taken from the book of the same title (written by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne). What it did for Chris was to give a word picture to the way he's approached business his whole life. The word picture is, a red ocean, full of blood, representing a market with a lot of competitors fighting each other over the same ground. It's everyone competing along the same dynamic. If you can break into a blue ocean (the name of the book and a great word picture), out of the red ocean to the great blue sea, where there is unbounded opportunity to travel and cover as much ground as you want. Now we all have competition, but if you can develop your product or your pricing strategy - ideally both - you can make it so really you don't have competitors. Then, you're in the blue ocean. A great example is Apple / iTunes - they didn't approach the market in the same way as the people operating in the standard red ocean. Larry asked, "How does that strategy translate into value for your customers today?" Chris replied, using the Revenue North Conference here in Denver as an example. Chris was going to take his staff to a marketing conference about 18 months ago. The cost was staggering, a conference fee of $895 per person, plus air fare and hotel. It was going to be a $10 - $15K operation, plus a lot of coordination and a lot of headaches. "So" Chris said, "there are tons of business training options, the w3w3® website is one - it's great." Chris had to find a blue ocean strategy. How could he train business people including his own staff - but do it at a spectacular price, get a much better product than they could get anywhere else and make it local. He created Revenue North. "We've got 42 different sessions a person can hit in a day, seven concurrent sessions. Compared to $895 we can do it for $99."
Related Links: Revenue North Biz Conference || Blue Ocean Strategy || Training Trends || Podcasting Directory || Keywords: Chris Coughlin, Revenue North, Conference, Blue Ocean Strategy, W. Chan Kim, Renée Mauborgne, Glazier Clinic, Apple, iTunes, Denver, Colorado, Training - bytes=6237939
LISTEN TO: Chris Coughlin, Founder, Revenue North

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Negotiation Skills, what are you doing?

Major mistakes made in negotiating and the answers
1196_ 4/16/12 - We're here with a dear friend, that we have done a lot of business with over the years, Dr. Robert Rutherford and we are focused on the NO-to-GO. If you have a question about negotiating, Rob is the guy to go to. He's also a prolific author and Larry suggests you check out his books for answers. Rob tells us he is amazed at the bad rap negotiating has. Most people have an incomplete, inaccurate view of what negotiating is and what it is not. It's not, 'get the last slam dunk... get the last penny out of the person. It is not 'get all you can off the table' kind of thing. Negotiating is an effort to gain an initial agreement that otherwise couldn't be done. There are many things that are negotiable and many things that are not. Rob said, "Personally, I think most things are negotiable and my own personal opinion is, they're not worth negotiating. It's not worth the time, it's not worth the effort, no it's just not worth it. But those things that are worth negotiating - there are special things that should be done in the effort to get the right kind of agreement. Larry asked, "What are some of the most common mistakes made when people think they're negotiating?" Rob replied, "I think one of the most common mistakes made is, 'I don't have to tell the other person what I want, I'm going to hold everything in, I'm going to be secretive.... Let me ask, how in the world are we going to get a win/win, initial agreement if I don't tell you what I want out of the deal? It just totally mystifies me. That's a major mistake. I think another major mistake made in negotiating is seeing the other person as the enemy. Now in some cases it may be. But, what in the heck are you doing negotiating with them to begin with, if they're the enemy? Unless you really have to. Larry asked, "Let's say I have an appointment with an organization and I want to work out a deal. What are some things I should do in preparation?" Rob said, "Well I have a business card, I'm glad you asked. On this business card it has three different categories 1.) Preparing for Negotiation and then it goes through the steps like, Know the purpose; Understand issues thoroughly.... The 2nd part of that is the actual negotiating itself 'in the arena'. You should seek a win-win, mutual gain for an example. Expect to win, manage expectations, not only your own but the other party... After the negotiation. It's amazing to me, there are some people that are really good at negotiating but they're not good at keeping the deal...Listen for more...
Related Links: No-to-Go Home || Rob's Books || PodCasting Directory || Training Trends Channel || Keywords: Rob Rutherford, Negotiating, No-to-Go, Entrepreneur, Training, Mistakes, Purpose, Most Things are Negotiable, Preparing, Win/win - bytes=5513198
LISTEN TO: Rob Rutherford, NO to GO Programs

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Connecting with the Right People the Right Way
1145_ 1/20/12 - Pat & Larry Nelson of w3w3.com are seen everywhere. Many call them the Networker’s networkers. Larry says that the biggest and most common mistake in networking involves the omnipresent “Elevator Pitch”. That’s just what a busy executive wants to hear as they enjoy their liquid refreshments…”Get me out of here!” Pat and Larry offer some "Networking Solutions" (Identifying, Preparing & Personalizing) that are extremely effective in most every networking situation. In 4 minutes you'll know the answers.
Related Links: Beyond the Trends || 3-Filters Compliant || Entrepreneurs || Training Trends || 3-Filters || Blog || Keywords: Networking, 3-Filters, Elevator Pitch, Beyond the Trends, Training Trends, Associations, Entrepreneurs, bytes=267745
LISTEN to Larry Nelson, International Speaker, Trainer, Consultant and Super Coach. Larry & Pat are cofounders of w3w3® Media Network/w3w3.com

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Beyond the Trends, Vol 1, Issue 1 1146/RR
Five Fundamental Characteristics of Achievers
This is the first issue of "Beyond the Trends". This powerful five minute audio presentation by Larry Nelson, producer of w3w3 Talk Radio, is loaded with golden nuggets you can apply immediately. Larry Nelson has taught this material in seminars in over a dozen countries, from China to Canada, from Norway to Australia, from Germany to Japan as well as throughout the US. He shares the results of his international research about the Characteristics of an Achiever and then goes on to help you lay out your "personalized blueprint" to personal and professional success. Larry is an internationally published author, has been a consultant to many Fortune 1000 companies and is best known for his train-the-trainer programs.
Related Links: Training Trends Channel || Your Ultimate Win || Beyond the Trends History || Your Goal || Mastering Change Blog || Keywords: Achievers, Fundamental Characteristics, Beyond the Trends, Winners, Goals, Trainer, International, Seminar, Personal, Professional Success
LISTEN TO: Larry Nelson, Director, w3w3® Media Network, President, Institute for Change Research

Focusing on the area of organizational design and transformation
1134_ 12/29/11 - We're here today with a person, right here in Denver. However this person goes all over the world, from Argentina to Europe, all over the place. Laurie Fitzgerald, PhD is the founder and president of The Consultancy Inc. Larry loves her website, one of his favorite topics is chaos [author of Mastering Change in the Midst of Chaos]. Laurie has, for the past 30 years focused in the area of organizational design and transformation. That is bringing about whole system, profound change in organizations. Laurie's interest is really drawn to those organizations that see a need to bring themselves into the future by changing fundamentally who they are and what they do. Laurie in her own words, "If you recognize as do we the dire necessity of replacing the conventional wisdom with a new and more powerful lens on reality, you will certainly appreciate the fact that a profound shift in our understanding of how our organizations work has been triggered in the 20th century by an astonishing explosion of scientific discoveries culminating in what we know simply as Chaos. We invite you to join us on our mission to make the principles of this so-called "new science" both applicable to and actionable in the design and transformation of the 21st century business enterprise. Laurie goes onto explain the chaos theory, "Formal moniker - the 'Theory of Complex, Dynamical, Non-linear, Far-From-Equilibrium (FFE) Systems' - perhaps you can see why its formulators, a hodgepodge of post-grad students at the University of California at Santa Cruz representing a variety of disciplines ranging from astrophysics to mathematics, chose to speak of it by its nickname instead. In any event, suffice to say that their chaos theory stands right up there along with Einstein's Relativity and quantum mechanics as one of the most paradigm-shattering discoveries of 20th century science. Dr. Fitzgerald has partnered with executive teams in the implementation and management of large system change in a wide variety of industries including manufacturing, engineering, retail, service, healthcare, medical, pharmaceutical, banking, insurance & finance, aerospace, mining, and telecommunications, as well as with local, national and international government, and law enforcement. Laurie also shares some insights and experiences with an international client...
Related Links: The Consultancy, Inc || Chaos ThinkSite || Mastering Change Blog || In the News || Beyond the Trends || Keywords: Dr. Laurie Fitzgerald, The Consultancy Inc, Chaos, Theory of Complex, Dynamical, Non-linear, Far-From-Equilibrium (FFE) Systems, Transformation, International - Bytes: 6806363
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239 Connecting with the Right People the Right Way LISTEN [1/15/07] 8/11/11
Pat & Larry Nelson of w3w3.com are seen everywhere. Many call them the Networker’s networkers. Larry says that the biggest and most common mistake in networking involves the omnipresent “Elevator Pitch”. That’s just what a busy executive wants to hear as they enjoy their liquid refreshments…”Get me out of here!” Pat and Larry offer some "Networking Solutions" (Identifying, Preparing & Personalizing) that are extremely effective in most every networking situation. In 4 minutes you'll know the answers. Related Links: Beyond the Trends || 3-Filters Compliant || Your Website - Is it 3-Filters Compliant? || Entrepreneurs || Associations || Training Trends || Keywords: Networking, 3-Filters, Elevator Pitch, Beyond the Trends, Training Trends, Associations || Bytes: 267745