Announcing Leadership DNA

Leadership DNA

Leaders are people.  People have DNA.  So therefore, leaders have DNA. 

All DNA is not the same.

Announcing the Leadership DNA Workshop Series from Solstice Group.

I am happy to announce this 5-part series that will give you a new perspective on your leadership - how you lead, who you lead, why you lead and more.

Making this 1/2 day per month time investment will help you to build highly engaged teams, drive increased revenue and attract clients like never before.

The 5 Workshops are:

1. the Visionary Leader
2. High Performance Leader
3. A Leader's Influence
4. YOU: the Leader-preneur
5. Leaders Connect

You have the option to take one or two of the workshop series or take all five.

Currently all workshops are scheduled for in-person events in Windsor, Ontario.  Please let me know if you would like to participate online - I would be happy to share this with you by webinar series.

Click here to see all the details.

Grow Rich #10

Your mind can reach beyond itself.

It is stregthened by peace and harmony.

Eventually all the pages in  Grow Rich! connect and images start to form.  I see a large tree with many branches all sprouting from the same trunk - similar to the photo above.  Hill makes it very obvious that all the lines in the mind connect - removing toxins (or toxic things/people) from our lives gives us peace and harmony, leading to the ability for our mind to stretch and grow, further than we ever imagined.

This peace and harmony is also a way for minds to connect and form a Mastermind, creating an environment for growth and development, collaboration and innovation that could never have existed with a single mind.

Click to learn more about the Mastermind experience & Mastermind Flashpoint.

Free Teleseminar - click to sign up!

Leadership 2011

2010 Leadercast Event Logo

Is it already time to start thinking about next year?  Well, planning life in cycles, the kids are going back to school shortly so it's time to start planning what is coming up in the next 6 - 12 months.

One of my favourite events is called "Leadercast" - put on by Giant Impact out of Atlanta, Georgia.  The 2011 event will take place on May 6th - and it can be picked up by simulcast around the globe.  Last year there were over 65,000 participants due to technology and like-minded individuals finding a place to connect and grow as leaders - for themselves, their businesses and their communities.

Stay tuned here (read as 'subscribe to this blog or follow me on Twitter @linxcoach) to be kept up to date on who will be speaking and inspiring the world next May.

The theme for the new year will be 'Voices of Change'.

TIME OUT

If you have children, you may have put them on 'time out' to have them settle down, or give them time to think.  As adults, we could actually use a 'time out' every once in  a while to actually breathe, relax, refocus and reconnect.  We run so quickly in so many directions, attached to all kinds of gadgets with time slipping away from us.


Look back at your calendar.  When was the last time you took a day (or a weekend) for yourself?  Perhaps went away and relaxed with your partner/spouse/bunch of friends?  Perhaps read a book, front to back in one weekend?  Sat in the park and watched the world go by?


Life moves very quickly and we can easily forget to be who we are because we are so wrapped up in just doing. 


I am heading out to Niagara on the Lake, Ontario Canada this weekend with my husband and 4 other couples. We are going to tour vineyards, see plays at the Shaw Festival, golf and spa (just a bit!). I have been looking forward to this re-connect time all summer!  I wish you the best this weekend....take may advice and take a TIME OUT!

Easy Steps to Networking

Networking easy? For some, sure, it is as easy as getting out of bed in the morning. For others, not at all, they may as well be asked to walk over hot coals. The challenge of networking is two-fold: making time to do it, and then getting out there. With the following steps, networking can be a great way to start building relationships that could lead to big business. 

Remember - networking is about connect - in a meaningful way.  You aren't out there looking for another coffee-buddy, you are looking for business contacts and business!

1: always have clean business cards with you. Do not hand out cards that have been straggling at the bottom of your briefcase or in the glove compartment of your car all bent and covered in coffee stains. Have cards on you in a carrying case – not very expensive and it looks professional when you take your cards out of it. Remember, the impression you are presenting at this time is how much you care for your marketing material. That could easily translate to how much you care for and prepare for your clients.


2: Listen. Ask questions about the person. Focus attention on them and genuinely listen to the responses. Maintain eye contact and respond to the feedback in the conversation. Ask for a business card and provide one of yours.  Asking a creative question can help you remember the person if you are not good at remembering names.  For example...ask about a pet, or favourite restaurant - it gives you an opening for a future conversation or follow up call.


3: Give yourself reminders. Write a note or two on the business cards you are given. This will provide you with something to say or write in follow up communication and help you remember who the card came from and the business associated with the card and person. A reminder could include passing along this new person’s information to someone who you know could use it if you cannot at the moment.


4: Follow up. Have a system in place for follow up. A database with all relevant information for contacting the business owners and a plan to communicate with them over the next few days by phone or email will get the relationship started. Future follow up on news and events can happen both by phone and email or even newsletter offer to continue to build the relationship.


With the ever-changing and ever-challenging business environment that exists today, we need to capitalize on every opportunity to make a contact and start building a relationship. Relationships develop and build trust, you will then get the sale or client signed up. Networking is the perfect way to do this but it will only work if you work the network – meet, ask questions, follow up, be out there!