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One Trait for Effective Leaders

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During interviews in preparation for next month’s It’s a Duesy II event, one common topic has been Flexibility.

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Meetings, 4 Ways to Improve

In the vast majority of cases, meetings are ineffective because their time lines aren’t adhered to; they’re unstructured; and, the agenda’s unclear. Worse, action items are undocumented and easily sloughed off after the fact. Finally, most are just too long.

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Moving an Idea Through Product Development

This high-level presentation discusses what are perhaps the most key topics important for successfully moving the Idea for a product, through development, and ensuring it survives to reach fruition. The target audience is new entrepreneurs considering business for themselves.

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Dead Pecker’s Corner

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If it weren’t for being willing to take a risk, albeit a teensy-weensy one, along with the ability to convince others to follow, a great time that was…would have never been. Being a leader isn’t just about title and position. Most often, it’s about seeing an opportunity and being open to take advantage of it.

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Confirmation That I Kick Ass

Alltop has added www.jtpedersen.net to its Leadership section. This is something of a big deal for me, personally. It shows you’re not alone in feeling there’s content here worth reading…adding value.

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It’s a Duesy II-Manufacturing Revival Conference

The world around us continues to evolve; nothing new there. But many organizations, even as they change what they look like, have largely stayed the same inside. Social, technical, global evolution has now come so far organizations simply have no choice but to finally begin changing who they are inside.

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What I’ve Read Lately: Linchpin

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Linchpin: The world has changed. Permanently. We can struggle to maintain status quo, or, at least contemplate the options Seth presents.

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Mid-Life Crisis Explained

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Mid-life crisis is the result of so many having run out the maps others laid before us…covering the first 35-40 years of American Male life. Increasingly, I suspect the problem is not so tied to just ‘males’ nor Americans, either.

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It’s Worth $1M. But, I’m Scared

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Success = Price, Product, & Partnership. It will become increasingly important to develop effective, productive, relationships with everyone around us. There is always someone who can under cut us in price, or produce a more finely tailored product, but they cannot beat us on relationship if they don’t have one.

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Why Customer Service Just Plain Sucks

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Ever wonder why customer service just plain sucks in so many cases? Ever wonder why? Perhaps you’ve been just so amazed, like ‘made your whole day’ amazed, when you actually receive good customer service?