Reserve Your Seat! Influencer Training in San Francisco, August 25-28‏

    We're excited to bring our award-winning Influencer Training program to San Francisco on August 25-28. Time is running out to reserve your seat! Based on the New York Times bestselling book, Influencer: The New Science of Leading Change, this course teaches proven strategies for leaders to uproot entrenched habits and execute change initiatives in teams and entire organizations. Influencer Training participants will learn how to: Successfully lead change initiat...
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Bluesmart: World’s First Smart, Connected Carry-On Luggage

What is Bluesmart? Bluesmart is a high-quality carry-on suitcase that you can control from your phone, like a boss. From the app you can lock and unlock it, weigh it, track its location, be notified if you are leaving it behind and find out more about your travel habits. You can also charge your phone 6 times over with a built-in battery. Isn’t that awesome? After decades of no innovation in the luggage industry, we re-imagined the suitcase to solve all the problems of the modern traveler. N...
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Learn to Be a Conciliator

Conciliators make the world go around. Or at least function more smoothly. Conciliators have the ability to get people to get along with one another not merely as compromisers but as collaborators. Conciliation also works when things are broken. Then they become those who can reconcile aggrieved parties. “The main object of conciliation,” said Confucius, “lies in reaching a solution to a case based upon morals and with a warm heart.” Morality underscores the principle to getting people to ...
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5 Ways To Delight Your Customers

By: JJ Ramberg - Host, MSNBC June 08, 2015 ~ Top notch customer service is worth the investment especially if you can wow your clients. The better news is that there are plenty of creative ways to do it without spending too much money. Here are a few tips for regularly impressing your customers from Entrepreneur.com.    
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Leaders, Give Yourself This Mirror Test

We hope that you find this article from one of America's most revered leaders as useful as we did. Please leave a comment if you are so inclined...  Jack Welch - Influencer Executive Chairman, The Jack Welch Management Institute What’s the number one quality a leader, at any level, can’t live without? Intelligence? Charisma? The ability to see around corners? The possible answers are myriad. But above all, I would argue, in good times, and especially in bad, it’s positive ener...
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The Power of the “AND” Philosophy

Guy Kawasaki: Influencer -- Chief evangelist, Canva ~ Like many entrepreneurs, Daniel Lubetzky’s path has been a series of ups and downs that alternately made him deliriously excited and desperately worried. Lubetzky is the CEO of KIND, founder of PeaceWorks and OneVoice, cofounder of the apparel company Maiyet, and author of the New York Times bestseller Do the KIND Thing. According to Lubetzky, people often let circumstances force them into choosing between two seemingly incompatible opt...
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Better Together

Better Together Coming to Palo Alto, CA— April 28 Join us for breakfast and discover the two crucial skill sets that have the most profound effect on both personal and organizational success, and when combined create a real “dynamic duo.” Register today to attend the Better Together Tour in Palo Alto April 28 from 8:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. or visit our site to find a training course in a city near you.
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What Product Creation Is REALLY About

Home › Business Strategy ›  What Product Creation Is REALLY About by Pam Hendrickson & Mike Koenigs  When you create a product, it’s not about you—not really. It’s not about your expertise, your education or even your strategies and systems. It’s about them—the people who you want to help. It’s about what you can provide this group of people to help them become wildly successful at what they do. So many people came to us during our recent launch of Make Market Launch IT Acade...
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Crucial Skills: Crucial Conversations

                  Crucial Conversations Coming to San Jose, CA— April 21–22 Join us for a two-day Crucial Conversations Training to learn skills for creating alignment and agreement by fostering open dialogue around high-stakes, emotional, or risky topics. For trainer certification options, contact Tara McCabe at tmccabe@vitalsmarts.com. Register today to attend Crucial Conversations in San Jose April 21–22...
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