Today I was priviledged to have had the opportunity to meet Dr Roberta Bondar – Canada's first woman in space, before she gave the opening keynote address to the TECH 2006 conference organised by the Hamilton Training Advisory Board of which I am currently a Director. One of our table asked her what it was like to take off from earth – she described it as what it must be… Read More »Passionate Earthling
This past week saw my starting another group of soon to be Reach Personal Brand Strategists and saying congratulations to another group just finishing the certification program. This graduating group have been located all the way from the west coast of the US to South Africa and points in between and they will be a great addition to my Reach strategist colleagues who are now getting close to 100 globally.… Read More »More Strategists Globally
Whenever I travel I always take the opportunity to see if I can connect with people in my network, or look to meet with others that potentially can become part of my network. Ferrazzi talks about this in his book Never Eat Alone and its a habit that is very worth forming. This trip to Montreal has been no exception as I have been able to connect with one colleague… Read More »Making Connections
Today I am off to Montreal to deliver another personal branding workshop for a corporate client and can't wait to experience the shift that I see when people get it. Also have taken the opportunity to conect with a fellow personal brand strategist based in Montreal as well as connect with a couple of people who I have been meaning to contact and the trip is a great excuse.
Just had a great weekend celebrating my wifes birthday, family time, dinner with good friends and today our son has a PD day so she can spend some extra one on one time with him – which makes it extra special for the both of them. He came up to her first thing this morning and said – "Happy 24th Mummy! -ooops I mean sorry, I got the numbers round… Read More »Happy Birthday Darling! – 24 This Year!
After running a personal branding workshop for a corporate client yesterday, I am still excitied by the possibilities that we came out of the day with – and I trust the client is too. The feedback from the participants was positive and I will be following up with each of them in a few weeks to see if they have implemented the personal branding actions that they said they would… Read More »Still Flying High
Today saw me start to facilitate another Certified Personal Brand Strategist Program on behalf of William Arruda at Reach and in 3 months time we will have another 10 great people all the way from Seattle to Mauritius working on personal branding with clients and employees. By early 2007 we will have over 100 certified strategotst dotted about the globe – it makes for a great community and helps get… Read More »More Global Strategists
As you go about your weekend – in exactly 24 hours time, take a moment and ideally two minutes at 11 am to remember and respect those that gave. And if you have to explain to anyone why – send them to Terry Kelly's video and song – they'll get it then.
A good colleague of mine Sue Edwards of Development by Design held a 10 years in business celebration yesterday and invited many trusted clients and colleagues. It was a most enjoyable evening and she added to the event by getting us all to enter a networking game to see how many of the group we could identify by asking a few questions – we had some real fun. Sue has… Read More »Happy Birthday Sue!
Two interesting prospective client meetings today both with a similar theme. Its amazing how many times initial and early work that I do with clients revolves around getting clear on priorities and sticking to a well defined timetable. Technology was meant to be saving us time – more time for our leisure – the opposite seems to be true. Any thoughts?