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[9 Feb 2009 | 15 Comments | ]

What’s my role as a parent? Raise kids healthy and happy, right? That is physical and emotional side, the other side is spiritual – raising my kids with values in mind. How do I teach my kids values? How do I lead them?
by HdO ~ Helene

My take is this – you teach and lead your kids by example.
I was reading Compromise Can Be an Act of Leadership article by John Baldoni at HarvardBusiness.org. Baldoni is a leadership consultant and a coach. He offers simple recipe for Compromise …

Influence Without Authority, Parenting »

[23 Jan 2009 | 15 Comments | ]

7:00 in the morning. You are late to work but your kids make it even harder – the room is messy, the toothpaste is all over, the food is no tasty, and getting dressed is mission impossible. Sounds familiar? If you are a parent I am sure you go through it each morning. How do you “solve” it?
by sendung

How do you get your kids ready in the morning without influence by authority?
I seem to solve this one – I apply the same technique that gets me results, Kaizen’s “Straighten” rule. …

Influence Without Authority, Leadership, Parenting »

[10 Jun 2008 | 7 Comments | ]

I am selling the Most Valuable Product, the Experience. What are you selling (stop denying, we all sell something)? Does your customer get engaged easily? No? Neither mine. Then how do you engage with your customer?
You create a brand that is credible, compelling, and personally connected with the potential customer. 
 
by myuibe
This simple formula is expressed in William J. McEwen’s book Married to the Brand: Why Consumers Bond with Some Brands for Life. How do you check your brand for credibility, compelling, and connecting? This is what the author suggest:
Credibility

[Brand] …