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Effective Change – A Step-By-Step Plan

Interview by Jon Wetzel of Lean for Everyone Michelle Ray, a Certified Speaking Professional and the CEO of Walkabout Seminars International and an expert in Personal Leadership and Workplace Relationships, joins Jon Wetzel from Lean for Everyone to discuss steps to encourage positive change and engagement, the role of leadership attitude and intercompany relationships in […]

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Queenslanders…You are legends!

The Australian Spirit is alive and well in the Queensland Floods, Australia In Australia, the saying “you’re a legend” generally applies to an outstanding individual. What the world has witnessed in the past few weeks is the stuff of ordinary people doing extraordinary things….The entire State of Queenslanders are legends; displaying an unshakeable determination to […]

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Letting go and staying relevant in 2011

I am not into New Year’s resolutions. Most of us know that we can have the best intentions; often setting ourselves up with unrealistic expectations. Instead, I prefer to look at letting go, have no regrets and establish realistic goals that I can break down into manageable, bite-size pieces. However, as we approach the end […]

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Being the leader of your life

Earlier this week I had the pleasure of speaking at the Ignite Excellence Conference in Toronto.  Suzanne F. Stevens, the founder of the Ignite Excellence Foundation, inspired 150 people to attend the event and support her vision of raising funds for African Leaders of Tomorrow. With an incredible line-up of speakers, entertainers and suppliers who […]

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The Power of Leading YOURSELF

“Who” a leader and “what” is leadership? There are many business books on the theory of leadership and the various models that evolved over the past fifty years regarding leadership in the traditional sense; i.e. being a leader meaning “the title”, generally associated with being in charge of others. A title on a business card […]

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Service with no smile

What is your experience of customer service? Why are we so surprised when we have a transformational customer service experience? Unfortunately, we usually experience transactional customer service to the point where it has become expected. Here is what happened to me on the way to a customer service speaking engagement earlier this week. At precisely […]

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At the crossroads…Living life with no regrets

The border of New South Wales and Queensland, Australia I recently celebrated my 50th birthday. If you had asked me at the age of 40 where I would be at 50, I would not have had a clue that life would look this good today. Nor would I have known that my 40’s were going […]

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Motivational Speaker or “Infotainment”?

What you need to know when booking a keynote conference speaker Making the decision to hire a professional speaker has become far more complex with the advent of the internet. For speakers, the notion of running their businesses without a website would be foolhardy to say the least. The #1 resource for finding a speaker […]

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Taking care of your ageing parents….Baby boomers in role reversal

I’ve just returned from five weeks visiting family in Australia. When I told my Canadian friends I was going to be away, most were excited for me spending time in the Southern Hemisphere i.e. Summer “downunder”. They thought I was going to have a wonderful vacation. Being self-employed, I certainly felt fortunate to have the […]

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The value of attitude in the external service equation

How many times have you said to yourself “I will never do business with that company again”?  The reason you feel disgruntled has virtually nothing to do with the company. It has everything to do with the person you encounter at that moment. Client satisfaction levels are directly impacted by the attitude of the person […]

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