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5 Lessons We Can Learn from Michael Phelps
23-year-old Michael Phelps is the record-breaking Olympic Swimming Champion. He is the first person to win eight gold medals in a single Olympics; the Beijing 2008 Olympics to be precise. Overall, he currently holds 16 Olympic medals; the other eight remaining are six gold and two bronze medals at Athens in 2004. What an inspiring and incredible achievement!
The Endangered Working Male
This economic crisis is not like any we've experienced before. It will fundamentally change the makeup of the workforce for many years to come.
'Twas the Night before Christmas
The holidays are a reminder, as the year transitions, that we, too are always in transition. The Spirit of the holidays can remind us that the joy of the season arises only from within.
Three-Step Dance to Success
The third step to total success is a commitment to make life better, easier, and richer for as many people as possible. I love Zig Ziglar's quote that, "You can have anything you want in life if you find a way to help enough other people get what they want in life." What a wonderful challenge!
Do Fewer Women Have Midlife Crises?
Casual observation suggests that women have fewer difficulties transitioning through midlife than men do. For men, it requires a cultural revolution.
Become a Master in Listening
Did you know that the Chinese symbol for listening consists of 10 distinct elements? They combine meanings like “king, ear, eye, heart, sense and respect” into one symbol. What does that tell you? Obviously the entire culture of the Far East perceives listening as extremely valuable and is trained to get a lot of information beyond the spoken word: Context, emotion, cultural background or intentions. As a sharp contrast, our Western culture emphasizes verbal and written expression, powerful speaking, articles and books as part of individual development. This cultural underpinning is subconscious and might impact our readiness to listen effectively.

Seeing Perfection without Judgment
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them. Leo Tolstoy Do we hold a vision of perfection in our life? Taking in an exquisite sunset, gazing at the ocean waves, smelling pine trees in a forest, gives us a feeling or sense of perfection and beauty. We can experience perfection when we watch a child laugh and play, or as we complete an exciting project we worked on. Yet there are many times when perfection seems like a far off dream; something we can't quite grasp. We become caught up in the struggle of a situation, or frustrated because someone else doesn't seem to live up to our expectations. We may criticize our self because we are not attractive enough, funny enough, bright enough, or as resourceful as we think we should be.

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Culture and Institutional Reform
Culture is often described as "the way we do things around here." In fact it is more complex. It is also feelings, underlying beliefs, values, history, and assumptions about an organization. Those are rooted in experiences, stories, and behaviour patterns sometimes decades or centuries old. The culture tells people what is and is not okay. Culture is enduring, difficult to develop or reshape.Despite that, fundamental culture change is necessary for the reforms envisaged in Results for Canadians.
Creating a Culture
Every company no matter what size develops some type of culture. The culture can be a productive one or, the culture can be a negative one. Whether you set out to create one or not your company develops a culture. That culture is the perception of employees who see and hear how things are done. Your culture is the summary of your environment, morale and management style. This article discusses what you can do to create the kind of culture which will move your company forward.
Become a Master in Listening
Did you know that the Chinese symbol for listening consists of 10 distinct elements? They combine meanings like “king, ear, eye, heart, sense and respect” into one symbol. What does that tell you? Obviously the entire culture of the Far East perceives listening as extremely valuable and is trained to get a lot of information beyond the spoken word: Context, emotion, cultural background or intentions. As a sharp contrast, our Western culture emphasizes verbal and written expression, powerful speaking, articles and books as part of individual development. This cultural underpinning is subconscious and might impact our readiness to listen effectively.

Men Don't Know What They Don't Know
Our Western, English-speaking culture can be dangerous or deadly to men's health at midlife -- unless they can learn to listen to their own bodies.
Best Western India Franchise to add 10 more hotels by 2009 end
In a bid to expand its footprint in the Indian market, Best Western India has plans to foray into metro cities. Best Western has plans to add 10 more hotels to its Indian portfolio, which will add around 800 rooms to the existing inventory by 2009 end. At present, the company has 22 hotels under management and franchise agreements. However, 18 hotels in different locations including Goa, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Pune, Ooty, Mysore, Jalandhar and Ludhiana are in the final stages of negotiation with developers. Besides, Best Western India plans to open a hotel management institute attached to its Bhubaneswar hotel, in the next two years.
Building your Leadership Culture for Today’s Business Climate
What is your Organizational Culture? What does "Organizational Culture" have to do with leadership culture?” Do your top executives set the tempo and culture of your organization?

Assessing Your Nonprofit's Culture - Seven Questions To Ponder
Have you ever taken a careful look at the culture of your nonprofit organization? Is the culture positive or negative? Do people enjoy working there, or would they rather be somewhere else? The culture of an organization impacts staff retention, client satisfaction, and the organization's overall effectiveness and success. This article provides seven elements that need to be examined, to help your organization develop and retain a positive, healthy, and thriving culture.

Intellectual Property Rights - The Chinese Challenge
Doing business with China presents many opportunities but with that come many challenges too. Different attitudes towards knowledge and rules means that China is perhaps culturally opposed to the very notion of intellectual property. Chinese culture respects the knowledge itself and not the ownership of that knowledge and this culture has slowly developed over 5000 years. Moves are being made within China to address the issue of IP ownership, there are more courts, trials and prosecutions but Western organisations will still need to tread with caution regarding their IP rights when it comes to doing business in this exciting economy.
Managing in China Without Coaching
- Published by CONCHIUS in Shanghai Star Business Journal 31 March, 2008. In most Western countries, leaders are used to working in an environment where the employees are highly participating in meetings and contributing their opinions and experiences to the decision making process. A Western employee feels comfortable to argue for their beliefs and to share opinions in meetings with superiors. Furthermore, a manager in the West is not necessarily assumed to be an expert in his field or industry. On the contrary, he is supposed to utilize the knowledge in his team in decisions and projects. The Western managers are therefore used to lead highly interactive teams relying heavily on two-way communication. When a team achieves strong synergy, he can and will step down. The team becomes creative and manage it-self.
A simple structure in a complex world is stupid
In pondering whether Western thinking on organizational design is easily transferable to other countries and cultures I have to ask myself a core question: What influence does my own culture have on organizational design?
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