Looking for a coach? Here is an article I wrote for the Philadelphia Business Journal with some important considerations about selecting a coach.
Author: mariodc@verizon.net
Want to lead? You better know what motivates people…
Here is a video featuring Daniel Pink talking about his book “Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us.” and research from Dan Ariely as featured in “The Upside of Irrationality.” Bottom line: you have to pay “enough” to make money a non-issue. After that you better be focusing on autonomy, mastery and purpose.
Take a “normal” person and add money…
This is worth viewing. The experiments are designed to look at all sides of the wealth vs empathy debate. The results say more about human behavior than class behavior and they range from identifying the behaviors of privilege to the social cost of wealth. The question is… if this is how we (all of us) are inclined to behave, what do we (all of us as a society) do to make life better?
Leadership is About Emotion
Good article on leadership. AND what the author implies but does not say explicitly is that even if you do NOT want to lead, anyone can be more effective socially and professionally by increasing their emotional intelligence.
Networking do’s
If you feel like networking events are a waste of your time… perhaps you are right. Here are 10 tips to make sure networking events do NOT waste your time…
Using LinkedIn to promote your business, your self
While this article from CIO Magazine is called “8 Ways to Use LinkedIn Groups to Boost Your Business,” I think it should be “8 ways to Use LinkedIn Groups to Boost YOU.” The tips in this article apply to anyone promoting their business or their personal brand. Contributing through LinkedIn groups (or other social media) is a great way to help others AND demonstrate your capabilities.
Advice to live better and lead better
Here is some straight forward advice based on an experience almost everyone can relate to. Amazing how the experience stayed with the author. Fantastic that he took time to reflect, find and share the lesson he took forward.