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PERFORMANCE Previous Issues

	Volume 16, Issue 1 Download the PDF
	Come On People, Victim or Victor It Is Your Choice! - Bill Cosby Performance Question One: How do people become victims instead of victors? [more]
	Dreams Fulfilled - Arnold Schwarzenegger “President Reagan spoke of America as “the shining city on the hill.” I see California as the Golden... [more]
	Is Business Success a Natural Talent? - Donald Trump A lot of people think I’m a natural at business. In some ways they might be right, but it’s also an... [more]
	Living in the Shallow Water or in the Deep Waters of Life: - Mitt Romney I don’t remember when it was exactly that I finally went past the sandbar. My family had a summer... [more]

	Volume 15, Issue 4 Download the PDF
	Blueprint for Success - Donald Trump I’ve recently encountered a situation that brought me back to something I had learned a long time ago—that... [more]
	Politics of Performance - Bernie Dohrmann Abraham Lincoln said that a government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish... [more]
	Who Is the Person Responsible For Your Success? - Jack Canfield It’s time to meet the person who has been responsible for the life you live right now. This person has... [more]
	Your People Talent Advantage - Lenora Billings Harris I have had the good fortune of being in the diversity consulting and speaking business for over twenty... [more]

	Volume 15, Issue 3 Download the PDF
	Building Relationships is the Key to Retention - Mike Biviano Management and hourly employee turnover is a critical metric used to measure performance in the restaurant industry. Most... [more]
	Get Connected - John Maxwell When I was growing up, I was pretty good at getting into trouble. I wasn't a bad kid. But I did have a high... [more]
	How To Soar Through Life Like An Eagle - Al Cecere 1. Dare to Fail (or to Succeed) Four out of every ten eaglets won’t survive... [more]
	Increase the Likeability Factor to Make Your Message Matter - Dianna Booher To be heard, you have to make people like you. You need to create chemistry—with your staff as a manager, with... [more]
	Mobilizing Minds: Creating Wealth From Talent in the 21st Century Organization - Lowell Bryan and Claudia Joyce By studying the top 30 market value companies over a ten year period and comparing them to those who have fallen behind,... [more]
	Side-Tracked or Serious? - Debra Jones One of the primary ingredients for generating success in sales is focus. How would you rate yourself on a daily... [more]
	Ten Championship Level Sales Behaviors of a Performance Driven Sales Leader Today! - Dr: Jeffrey Magee, PDM, CSP, CMC Successful sales people do one simple thing that others do not - They do the things others avoid doing. From every aspect... [more]
	The Test of a Leader - Lee Iacocca “I have never been Commande rin Chief, but I’ve been a CEO! I understand a few things about leadership at the... [more]

	Volume 15, Issue 2 Download the PDF
	Accelerate Your Business to Success - Warren Buffet Performance at all levels of business, comes down to fundamentals and patience, two ingredients many forget in today’s... [more]
	Building Relationships is the Key to Retention - Mike Biviano
	Get Connected - John Maxwell
	How To Live & Fly Like An Eagle - Al Cecere
	Increase the Likeability Factor to Make Your Message Matter - Dianna Booher
	Learn to Make Decisions - Zig Ziglar If you find it difficult to make decisions, or you worry that your decisions are not good decisions, or you lack the... [more]
	Mobilizing Minds: Creating Wealth From Talent in the 21st Century Organization - Lowell Bryan and Claudia Joyce
	Side-Tracked or Serious? - Debra Jones
	Ten Championship Level Sales Behaviors of a Performance Driven Sales Leader Today! - Dr: Jeffrey Magee, PDM, CSP, CMC
	The Test Of A Leader - Lee Iacocca
	The Biggest Driver of Performance is Recognition - Bob Nelson Effective employee recognition is no longer an option in today’s organizations. In my research 88.7 percent of... [more]
	The Global War on Talent - Dr: Jeffrey Magee, PDM, CSP, CMC According to a recent gallup organization study 56 percent of current employees actively report that they are... [more]
	The Most Important Asset on your Balance Sheet - Dianna Booher “There’s just no communication around here!” You hear this frequent complaint after foul-ups... [more]
	The Secret to Establishing Trust in the Workplace - Robert Funk As retention and recruiting issues continue to weigh on the minds of employers everywhere, more and more are looking for... [more]
	Unleash Your Human Potential - Tony Robbins Like most people, I’ve had as many, if not more, failures than successes. I’ve made mistakes in virtually... [more]

	Volume 15, Issue 1 Download the PDF
	A Marathon Performance - Susan Packard When we began Home and Garden Television in 1994, the key founder, Ken Lowe, told his small group of lieutenants that this... [more]
	Creating A Marketplace Without Competitors - Alan Weiss We seem to be obsessed with “the competition.” What are my prices compared to theirs? Is their technology better than mine?... [more]
	High-Net Worth Customers May Surprise You - Brian Carpenter In the hustle-and-bustle of everyday business life, it’s tempting to lump all of our customers into one convenient bag. ... [more]
	Use the EMBER Model to Help Your Company Break From the Pack - Oren Harari If you want to lead your organization to new heights of performance and competitive advantage, employ what I call the... [more]
	You Choose Your Generational Reality …. Who You Mentally Surround Yourself With, Directly Influences Who YOU Are and What You Can Achieve! - Dr: Jeffrey Magee, PDM, CSP, CMC Forget the press headlines, the fashionable psycho-babble of the day, and the latest pop book from a neo-nothing, the reality... [more]

	Volume 14, Issue 4 Download the PDF
	A Place for Everything, and Everything in Its Place - Milli Brown Someone once said, “To know where you can find something is the chief part of learning.” I’d like to thank my seventh grade... [more]
	How to be Your Best: Improving and Encouraging Performance - Robert Funk In the midst of organizational goal-setting, it is important for both employers and employees to focus on improving... [more]
	Know Where You Are Going - Zig Ziglar It’s time for some good news and the good news is that young men and women who are enrolling in Florida A&M and going on to... [more]
	Your Success May Not Be How You End, It May Be What You Do To Begin? - MAJ GEN Roger Lempke In business, failure to quickly learn from mistakes can mean dramatic loss of revenue and market position to a competitor. ... [more]

	Volume 14, Issue 3 Download the PDF
	Educational Competitiveness in the School Place, Impacts Americas Competitiveness in the Work Place! - Senator Edward “Ted” Kennedy Our nation is at a crossroads: we can continue to be buffeted by the harsh winds of the global economy or we can think anew,... [more]
	Eight Secrets of Successful CEOs and Leaders who Speak Well - Suzanne Bates Ben Jonson, the British poet and dramatist once said, “To speak and to speak well are two different things. A fool may... [more]
	Enhance Your Company’s Vision with Technology - Bob Dolan Companies are always looking for ways to provide added value to their customers. Today, many businesses are using... [more]
	Protecting Your Identity From Identity Theft – Simple Steps To Peace Of Mind! - Drew Edmondson In May, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced the theft of personal information of 26.5 million American... [more]
	The Sky is Falling? - Henry Primeaux Two businessmen were talking and one said, “Did you hear that 10,000 people were laid off in Liberal,... [more]
	Three Essential Steps to Turning Defeat into Victory - MAJ GEN Roger Lempke In late-2004 the Army experienced a military version of the market crash of 1929. Suddenly and unexpectedly recruiting... [more]
	Winning Attitude - Carla Westbrook-Spaniel Vince Westbrook is a name synonymous with The University of Tulsa tennis program, as he has served as the head men’s... [more]

	Volume 14, Issue 2 Download the PDF
	7 Ways To Boost Your Business, Simply By Asking - Mark Victor Hansen The gift called asking has been around for a long, long time. In fact, one of life's fundamental truths states, ask and you... [more]
	Four Steps To Managing Anyone: - Mimi Donaldson Managing means getting results through people. We do this in many different settings from workplace to household. If you... [more]
	Getting outside the box - Harvey Mackay One of the most frequently used phrases in business today is "thinking outside the box." I admit it's crossed my... [more]
	Million Dollar Consulting™ Performance - Alan Weiss The Value of Self-Interest If you want to... [more]
	Read this article to double your reading speed right now - Paul R. Scheele Your ability to stay ahead in your industry is critical to your success, but how can you stay ahead when swamped with... [more]
	Really Getting "it" takes Both Art & Science - Dr: Jeffrey Magee, PDM, CSP, CMC Three key aspects can turbo charge anyone’s need to persuade, influence, sale others transactionally into their... [more]
	THE CASE FOR PERSONAL STRATEGIC PLANNING - George Morrisey Why Me? * Strategic planning for me? You're kidding! * Strategic planning –... [more]
	The Do’s and Don’ts of Networking - Jill Lublin Networking is the process of building and maintaining relationships. It’s the development of a team that will... [more]
	The Secret To Great Wealth - Nido Qubein You’ve got to know and carefully control all costs... [more]
	Using Feedback as a Leadership Tool - Robert Funk One of the key components to great organizational leadership is feedback. Giving consistent feedback can help employees... [more]
	Young, Fabulous & Broke … Is This You? - Suze Orman Financial Freedom begins not in a bank or even a financial planner’s office, but in your mind. It begins with your... [more]

	Volume 14, Issue 1 Download the PDF
	A World Without Walls - William Jefferson Clinton During my years as President, the countries of the world increasingly worked together as partners for economic gain and to... [more]
	Becoming More than a Manager - Robert Funk It is often assumed that all managers are great leaders. However, the truth is, managers can often be poor leaders. Simply... [more]
	Being Likable Is Not Optional - Debra Jones When you’re in the business of selling, it is always in your best interest to remember that business is not just a... [more]
	How to build great core client relationships - Mark Victor Hansen Professional salespeople, like any serious professionals, have a goal of building excellent relationships with other people... [more]
	I Don’t Like to Preach, But…. - Gary L. Paxton It was one of the first moral precepts we learned as children. It’s so simple, so seemingly obvious, we probably felt... [more]
	New Business Philosophy Creates Happy Employees and High Profits - Jack Lannom In today’s global competitive market American business leaders are learning to ask the best questions for creating... [more]
	Performance Traits of Performance Stars Today! - Dr: Jeffrey Magee, PDM, CSP, CMC Have you ever wondered what the differences are of the super performers and that of people just struggling to get by daily?... [more]
	TALENT RETENTION - Bernie Dohrmann PERFORMANCE – TALENT RETENTION Recent articles in national business press report that the key asset for any size... [more]

	Volume 13, Issue 4 Download the PDF
	Brace Yourself to be Significant - Zig Ziglar Like most parents, my wife and I believe that straight teeth are a real asset to a person, so we invested in braces for... [more]
	Developing Discipline - Dr. John C. Maxwell H.P. Liddon said, "What we do on some great occasions will probably depend upon what we already are, and what we are... [more]
	QUIET LEADERSHIP™ - Dr: Jeffrey Magee, PDM, CSP, CMC As the adage goes, actions speak louder than words. And in times such as these, with wide degrees of corporate decay in... [more]

	Volume 13, Issue 3 Download the PDF
	Lessons from a Legend - Bishop Desmond Tutu As our globe continues to shrink geographically, economically, and socially, it is more important than ever that we learn to... [more]
	Savvy Employers Steer Clear of Lawsuits - Robert Funk Job discrimination allegations and lawsuits are treacherous waters that even the most solid companies can find themselves... [more]
	Shift Happens … A Need has Arrived for a Complete Business-Operational Paradigm Shift … In Everything! - Dr: Jeffrey Magee, PDM, CSP, CMC As ancient Rome fell, so, too will America … Unless we realize, accept, learn, and take pro-active strategic and... [more]
	The Tennesse Lady Vols - The Definite Dozen - Coach Summit Respect Yourself and Others There is no such thing as self-respect without respect for... [more]

	Volume 13, Issue 2
	Becoming An Enlarger - Dr. John C. Maxwell Before the NBA ever heard of Shaquille O'Neal, Dikembe Mutombo or Tim Duncan; back before anyone knew the name Hakeem... [more]
	Steve Forbes eArticle - Steve Forbes Two clichés about the stock market still hold true: in bear markets, stocks go down the slope of hope. In bull... [more]
	Why Is Harmony An Enemy? - Dr: Jeffrey Magee, PDM, CSP, CMC Why is harmony such an enemy of performance today? It seems that when one is not directly vested to a cause,... [more]
	Zig Ziglar On Mountains - Zig Ziglar On Saturday, June 24, 1995, I was in Tampa, Florida, for a seminar. At seven o'clock I stepped out of my hotel to do my... [more]

	Volume 13, Issue 1
	40 Years of Motivation Perspective - Zig Ziglar 1. Q – “What keeps you up at night as you reflect on the state of corporate affairs and the American worker today?” A –... [more]
	Donald Trump Success Column - Donald Trump We all read a lot of articles and books about success, some of which are insightful as well as motivating. In thinking about... [more]
	Get Connected - Dr. John C. Maxwell When I was growing up, I was pretty good at getting into trouble. I wasn't a bad kid. But I did have a high energy level... [more]
	Three Ways to Build a Loyal Workforce - Robert Funk We’ve all heard the old adage “a chain is only as strong as its weakest link.” But in today’s... [more]

	Volume 12, Issue 4 Download the PDF
	An Interview with Elizabeth Dole - Senator Elizabeth Dole In this age of corporate scandal and employment uncertainty, what are the most effective ways individuals can create loyalty... [more]