Anese Cavanaugh

APRIL 18, 2009

I was on a flight from NYC to Chicago a couple of weeks ago and sat next to a gentleman who’d worked for a large financial firm on Wall Street. He was now without a job and exploring options. As I spoke with this guy, what struck me was his attitude. He was looking at this “horrible” situation, one that was stressful and would have a large impact on his family (including a possible relocation), as an opportunity to re-assess and “start over.” He said, “I’

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Women's Leadership Exchange

APRIL 3, 2009

I'm working on WLE's newest soon-to-be launched leadership program and in so doing, I'm reading everything relevant I can get my eyes on.Knowing my thirst for leadership material, WLE Cofounder Andrea March gave me a copy of a summer '08 Leader to Leader Institute publication. I was totally engaged by an article written by the brilliant Rosabeth Moss Kanter, prolific writer and Harvard leadership professor.

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Managing Communities

APRIL 19, 2009

During the second week of March, I headed to Austin, Texas for South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) 2009. The conference itself ran from March 13 through March 17 and I arrived on March 12 and left on March 18. Since it is still fresh in my mind, as I did last year, I wanted to [.]. Tags: Managing Online Forums (Book) Off Topic Press.

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Steve Farber

APRIL 2, 2009

I had a nice, long chat with Zane Safrit on BlogTalkRadio. In case you missed it, here it is in full: Technorati Tags: blogtalkradio , coaching , greater than yourself , leadership , mentoring , zane safrit.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

APRIL 12, 2009

You’re Not the Boss of Me Skip to content Home About Me About This Blog ← The Power of the Talking Stick Making Change Happen When You’re Not The Boss → April 13, 2009 · 1:00 am ↓ Jump to Comments Are You Really A Team Player? The word “team&# is a perfectly good word that is in great danger of crossing the line that divides meaningful language from jargon.

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Chartered Management Institute

APRIL 16, 2009

Subsidies offered by the government to employers for hiring and training have been taken up by 142 companies, the Department for Work and Pensions has announced. Related Content: The new term begins for job hunters Job hunting - the single most effective thing to do What's in a personal value and what are mine? What would I do? An exercise in Finding-Your-Passion I'd expected more headhunters to call.

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Women's Leadership Exchange

APRIL 21, 2009

After a hard day's work, I like nothing better than unwinding with a glass of wine and watching "American Idol" I love see non-celebs get their chance to courageously sing their hearts out to 10 million people on live TV, with the possibility of becoming a big star. Since it's one of the top shows, obviously others share my passion. What do I love about American Idol?

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Managing Communities

APRIL 26, 2009

At Blog World & New Media Expo 2008, I was lucky enough to be on a pair of panels, sharing the stage with some great people. My friend Chrispian Burks was kind enough to record the panels for me and, in November, I posted the video from the “Avoiding Disaster: How Not to Use Social [.]. Tags: Dealing with Users Managing Online Forums (Book) Managing Staff Managing the Community Press.

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Steve Farber

APRIL 20, 2009

The epilogue at the end of Greater Than Yourself is a case study of a GTY challenge I issued to the students and staff of Up with People. (There’s a little film snippet of the experience over at greaterthanyourself.com ). If you look in the book, you’ll notice that the byline on the piece is not yours truly, but Andrew Lanham, who was a staff member at the time.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

APRIL 26, 2009

You’re Not the Boss of Me Skip to content Home About Me About This Blog ← Making Change Happen When You’re Not The Boss Lack of Communication You Say? → April 27, 2009 · 2:24 am ↓ Jump to Comments Change & The Credibility Factor I’ve been thinking about change lately, mostly about what it is that separates a person who seems to be able to influence change in a positive direction, from a person who might have the authority and the technical skill to do

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Chartered Management Institute

APRIL 16, 2009

'The CMI commentary on episode 4 of The Apprentice, which saw Paula fired for her team''s defeat in the beauty product task. Related Content: The Apprentice – You’re Hired!… But For How Long? The Apprentice: Episode 10 | Howard's End The Apprentice: Episode 8 | The Road to Margate Pier. You are not watching this post, click to start watching read more.

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Anese Cavanaugh

APRIL 28, 2009

Make a plan. Nothing breeds greater clarity and a sigh of relief like actually making a plan. Whatever your current situation is – what’s your plan? Doesn’t have to be perfect – just jot down some next steps, get into action, and be awake in the process so you know when you need to make a left turn or switch gears.

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Anese Cavanaugh

APRIL 26, 2009

Acknowledge. A close cousin to gratitude. What’s your team going through right now? How are they showing up? Who are they “being” in the face of challenge and unknown outcomes? How can you be more helpful to them?

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Anese Cavanaugh

APRIL 24, 2009

We talk a lot about avoiding burnout these days: “the economy”, “work/life balance”, and all sorts of topics provide us with lots to discuss and lots to “work harder” on. In my experience, the quickest way I know to prevent burnout is not to “avoid it” (after all, we create what we think about, and even more so what we avoid), but rather to make sure we’re doing stuff that has meaning and purpose for us – EVERY SINGLE DAY.

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Anese Cavanaugh

APRIL 17, 2009

Want one of the quickest ways to shift your mindset, create some space and get out of your own way? Dare to get away. Joyful Productivity Via Retreat. I’ve been doing a lot of private client retreats lately. During these retreats I get my clients out of their usual element, away from day to day stuff and interruptions and into a rich space that is all about them.

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Anese Cavanaugh

APRIL 16, 2009

In the last couple of weeks I’ve had several trusted peers and clients ask me about my story, what happens for me personally with all this stuff? Why not share more of me and my behind the scenes? It was an interesting question. Honestly kind of took me aback, but when I got the same question from 3 separate people in under 72 hours – I had to look at it.

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Anese Cavanaugh

APRIL 13, 2009

This month I went a little crazy on articles (must be DTE Spring Fever), we actually have them stacked in the hopper for release so stay tuned, you’ll be receiving more over the next couple of weeks. . Why this surge of energy for writing? (As if expressing myself is a new thing? Grin.) Well, I have lots on my mind with the economy, the power of mission and mindset, and the challenges and opportunities these things provide us.

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Managing Communities

APRIL 15, 2009

There are plenty of ways to promote a community. After all, a community is a website, so most of the ways that you would promote any type of website will also apply to forums and communities. However, there is one simple promotional ideal that is probably one of the most important ones, as well. That is: [.]. Tags: Promoting Your Community.

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Managing Communities

APRIL 8, 2009

This is the video for Father MC’s 1990 single “Treat Them Like They Want to be Treated,&# featuring R&B group Jodeci and a young Sean “Diddy&# Combs dancing. The chorus goes: “treat them like they want to be treated… you should treat them right.&#. As community managers or administrators or, to break it down further, webmasters [.].

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Managing Communities

APRIL 12, 2009

At the end of March, I joined the Online Community Research Network from Forum One Networks. From their site: The Online Community Research Network (OCRN) is a collaborative effort of online community professionals to better understand the principal challenges of building and managing online communities. A number of people I already know and respect are in the [.].

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Managing Communities

APRIL 30, 2009

I wrote a guest post for SmartBlog on Social Media that was published on Monday. It’s called “4 Simple Rules for Generating Traffic from Forums.&# That title is pretty descriptive - it’s a simple, straightforward guide for those who want to participate on forums in an effort to drive traffic to their own site. The [.

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Managing Communities

APRIL 2, 2009

April Fools’ Day is always a fun time for me and that is reflected on the iFroggy Network and my communities, where I collaborate with my staff and others to brainstorm ways to have fun with our visitors on April 1. Here’s what we did this year: On KarateForums.com, all logged in members were granted admin [.]. Tags: Humor.

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Steve Farber

APRIL 26, 2009

There’s an excellent GTY conversation taking place over at HarvardBusiness.org. What follows is a question left by Julie Engel Manga and my response to it. What do you think? Julie says: “I am very happy to see this discussion. One note: The GTY project is discussed as an “action&# or project. I suggest that while clearly this kind of commitment must show up in action that it is, as importantly, an orientation toward others and the world.

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Steve Farber

APRIL 23, 2009

What do Warren Bennis, Marcus Buckingham, Pat Lencioni, Marshall Goldsmith, Dan & Chip Heath and Don Hutson all have in common? Well, aside from the fact that each is a bestselling author and leadership guru in his own right, they’re all part of a free leadership library being offered by Growing Today as an incentive to participate in a campaign for Greater Than Yourself.

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Steve Farber

APRIL 23, 2009

The Harvard Business site has posted my article on Greater Than Yourself, in which I outline these 6 steps for getting started with your GTY Project: 1. Choose Wisely. 2. Open the Door and Invite Them In. 3. Hook Them Up. 4. Sing Their Praises. 5. Practice Tough Love. 6. Demand the One Commitment. Please go on over to their blog to read the details and participate in the conversation that’s started over yonder.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

APRIL 19, 2009

You’re Not the Boss of Me Skip to content Home About Me About This Blog ← Are You Really A Team Player? Change & The Credibility Factor → April 20, 2009 · 6:50 am ↓ Jump to Comments Making Change Happen When You’re Not The Boss Some time ago I noticed that someone had googled this: “ How to make change happen when you’re not the boss&# I imagine this is something that rates very high on the frustration scale in a lot of organizations because hier

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You're Not the Boss of Me

APRIL 5, 2009

You’re Not the Boss of Me Skip to content Home About Me About This Blog ← So, We All Agree?… Really? Are You Really A Team Player? → April 6, 2009 · 1:00 am ↓ Jump to Comments The Power of the Talking Stick I once went to a meeting where there were a great many people. I can’t really remember what we were there to discuss.

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