All too often, companies unintentionally create their own worst crises. With a little awareness of your organizational DNA, you can avoid that fate. Eric Kronenberg from Business Strategy explains why.

Read Eric Kronenberg’s commentary here:  http://www.intellimodus.com/uncategorized/business-disasters-and-you/ 

 

Limiting beliefs cause people to get stuck, to stop and start a lot, it tends to hold people back the most.

 

Do you want to change your beliefs from ordinary to extraordinary? Check out www.mickeyobrien.com

One of the most mysterious elements involved in helping change a company’s culture is the strong influence that people’s emotions have in the workplace.

Everybody brings their emotions to work. You bring your brain to work…. you bring your emotions to work. Feelings drive performance. They drive behavior and other people’s feelings. And as much as we don’t want to believe it, all people can act as emotion conductors. In other words, the emotional charge that they deliver in the working environment, either positive or negative, can move in a viral manner throughout the organization. This is why it’s so important for leaders to understand the basic emotional strengths and weaknesses that are present in their team members.

One of the best commentators on this phenomenon that I’ve read recently is Sigal Barsade, a Wharton management professor who studies the influence of emotions on the workplace. Take a look at this recent review of his paper titled “Why Does Affect Matter in Organizations?” (The word “affect” is used here to describe emotion in organizational behavior.)

I hope this quick read helps you “Up Your Emotional Intelligence” as a leader today.

“Why Does Affect Matter in Organizations?”

for more on Emotional Intelligence, go to www.intellimodus.com

Live with passion,

Mickey O'Brien - Managing Partner

 

Ever since I was tutored by my first mentor in sales about the power of body language with people, I’ve been an advocate for leaders to learn how their presence impacts others. I don’t care what personality type you might claim to have, what natural blocks you might experience regarding people, or what kind of disappointing history you’ve had with others in team settings; there are certain powerful basics any leader with any behavior set can learn that will give them a positive beginning in their encounters with others.

Here’s why my favorite blog stops, the business pundit, On Ten Body Language Techniques To Make You Succeed in Business

It’s basic but beautiful stuff.

 

Live your passion,

Mickey O'Brien - Managing Partner, Intellimodus.com

Emotional Quotient^TM looks at a person's emotional intelligence, which is the

ability to sense, understand and effectively apply the power and acumen of emotions to

facilitate higher levels of collaboration and productivity. Listen to this free webinar as Business Coach

Mickey O'Brien provides insight into two broad areas: Intrapersonal and Interpersonal emotional intelligence.

Research shows that successful leaders and superior performers have well developed

emotional intelligence skills. This makes it possible for them to work well with a wide variety

of people and to respond effectively to the rapidly changing conditions in the business world.

In fact, a person's (EQ) emotional intelligence may be a better predictor of success

performance than intelligence (IQ).

 

Here is the link to the EQ webinar

To learn more about EQ and creating superior performance in your team, email mickey@mickeyobrien.com and ask for a FREE EQ profile report.

Feel free to invite any management or staff to the webinar using your invite email.

 

To your Success,

Mickey O'Brien

Resources for this webinar comes from Mickey O'Brien CPBA, CPVA, TriMetrix and Dr. Izzy Justice & TTi

Listen to Eiji and Mickey talk about how to build a vision and dominate your competition.

Creating Your Vision:

http://www.screencast.com/users/MickeyOBrien/folders/Default/media/7f585a64-772b-4159-8ca6-e562cdf7efe8

Enjoy,

Mickey

www.mickeyobrien.com

Listen to this quick video with Passion Experts Gary Zelesky and Mickey O'Brien on how to turn your passion into profit...enjoy :)

The Passion Centered Life radio show..w/Gary Z & Mickey O from Mickey O'Brien on Vimeo.

For more about turning your passion into profits and discovering your strengths, go to www.mickeyobrien.com

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.  ~John Fitzgerald Kennedy

   Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!

Warmly,

Mickey

www.mickeyobrien.com

Ok, whether or not you plan to leave your lover is up to you, but if you want to learn about how to use one of the best marketing strategies out there and connect deeper with people and your clients this these easy to follow blogging tips will work for you..

Over the last 2 years I've been doing research on how to make a blog, tweet or facebook post go viral and this is what I've learned and it has brought me clients and made me internet famous.

The very first thing he told me to do is to listen for two weeks to what others are saying in and about my industry, that was where it started and here's the my Top 50 Strategies I learned to get the attention of hundreds, thousands, and if you're lucky millions!

Target Your Market
1. What are you blogging about? (your niche).
2. Determine who is your audience?
3. Determine what are your goals?
4. Determine what are your readers interested in?

Do Your Research.
5. Google has a good blog search, and there are others like IceRocket, BlogPulse and more.
6. Topics you want to focus on.
7. Who are the influential bloggers in your industry?
8. Who is successful at getting in front of the readers you want to get in front of?
9. What people are talking about in blogs, twitter, facebook, etc.
10. Make a note of any posts you like or think others would like

Use Your Website To Host Your Blog
11. You can use a Wordpress template but have it show (example: www.mysite.com) (not mysite.wordpress.com)
12. Using your site promotes you and is the best for search engine optimization

Schedule Everything
13. Determine a steady schedule for how you'll post, I post twice a week
14. Allot time each week, if you plan to post on Monday's and Wednesday's, schedule it and put it on your calendar.
15. Determine what topics you'll cover on those days. I write out my top 10 topics I want to cover each month
16. Be consistent or your readers will drift away.

Be Personal.
17. Post a photo of yourself, your team, where you work, you in action
18. Create a professional bio to enhance your credibility
19. Don't blog about your personal life unless it relates somehow to your business or topics

Be First To Let The Cat Out Of The Bag
20. Post breaking news about your industry or business. You get use Google or MSNBC news feeds
21. Don't just copy the feed, give your own thoughts and opinions on it

Give FREE Resources
22. Create how-to articles or lists of helpful sites like "40 Ways To Use Twitter"
23. Give insider tips and resources that average visitor do not know about
24. Make your blogs simple and content rich, give away only your best ideas

Stay In The Conversation
25. Give your opinion to what other top bloggers are saying
26. Take what others are saying and see if you can make it mean something different
27. Ask for interaction, whether they agree or disagree, it builds a community.
28. Be different, don't repeat the same old rhetoric that others are saying

Look, Listen & Learn
29. Study the social sites to see what people like.
30. Pay attention to sites like Activerain, Mashable, Digg, StumbleUpon or del.icio.us, if you get featured it can generate thousands of visitors to your site.
31. Do searches on social networking websites for keywords to identify content that is relative

Watch Your Stats
32. Statistics from your blog are important to see what works and what doesn't.
33. New blog postings have a "hot" shelf life of about 24 hours, so tweet it, put it on facebbook, Digg, etc.

Make It Easy
34. Use RSS feeds on your blog
35. Many visitors prefer to use RSS feeds to subscribe to your content on a regular basis
36. Use FeedBurner or Google Analytics, a free analytical tool that lets you see how many people subscribe to your blog.

Be Bold, Be The Expert
37. Have your own opinions and stand by them.
38. Don't be a people pleaser, take a stand
39. Don't be needy, "Needyness is Creepyness!"

Don't Get Down
40. Never quit, never give in. It's about trial and error
41. Building a readership and going viral takes time and experience.
42. Stay focused on your audience and in time they will hear you and tell others

Contribute, Don't Spam.
43. Share with others, don't push, it's not polite
44. Communicate with your friends and network, don't just start to shout out to everyone
45. Keep it relevant.
46. Give your best content and you will gain trust, sell and you will lose respect

Join Local Networks & Groups
47. Focus your network in the city you want to target
48. Influence an existing network of like-minded people and it will help expand yours. MySpace also has groups.

Finally, Create A Call To Action
49. Ask others to Re-tweet or put on Facebook you content or blog. This gives you more credibility.
50. Make sure to say please when asking for other to retweet/post, say "please RT". You also ask to vote, help me, follow this person, or pose a question.

Remember, it's about building relationships that last, the more you give the more you will receive. Create conversations that add value and most of all listen to what others have to say and make sure to follow upi with a response.

If you would like to connect with me, here's my twitter and facebook info, twitter.com/mickeyobrien and facebook.com/coachmickeyobrien

What's your thoughts on making a blog or post go viral?

Use these 7 steps to get internet famous and cash in on your hidden strengths and passion! For more resources or questions email mailto:mickey@mickeyobrien.comor go to www.mickeyobrien.com

Have a Passion filled day!

Mickey

 

We all have things that stops us from taking action, whether it's fear of what may happen, things that we drag from the past, or just our stories and preconceptions of what we think something is or could be.

It reminds me of when I was a kid and I didn't want to eat something even if I've never tasted it or even if I tasted it and formed a emotional opinion vs. a valid opinion.

What's stopping you?

Once you have identified what you want or don't want, your mind starts organizing itself to meet those outcomes. You get what you focus on! This is especially true when your goals are clear and inspiring to you. 

However……sometimes there is a small hitch.

We have these internal “terrorists”,  rogue beliefs, that act like blockers to your progress.  Your beliefs create your internal world view.  They are the maps of your business and life and they are at the root of every action you take or don’t take. 

These saboteurs are beliefs you have, that are in opposition to your ultimate goals.  You may not be aware of them, or they may seem like they are “true” and real to you. 

If you find yourself sabotaging yourself by either not taking action, not taking effective action or taking ineffective action, you may want to take another look at the stories and perceptions you have made over the years. Albert Einstein once said "Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is the definition of insanity"..

Check out this audio I did on Reinventing Yourself to help change your mindset from Being Ordinary to Being Extraordinary: "Reinventing Yourself": http://www.box.net/shared/bfvbu1gg95