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The Innovative Leader Skills and Strategies  (Part 1 of 2) *Written by:  Donna Stevenson is the owner of Boomer Match to Business (BM2B). She is an expert in leadership development and employee engagement, working effectively with all types of industries and businesses. She also designs and delivers leadership training courses. In her business, she specializes in matching business experts with business needs. Contact Donna at  http://bm2b.ca/ . Challenging circumstances and complex issues face every leader today, no matter the organization or environment. These circumstances and issues give rise to ever-increasing demands for leaders who have the capability to innovate. Leaders who innovate see the bigger picture, grasp the entire situation including all the variables that may come their way. This means they have the capacity to think differently about their organization, they have the skills which allow them to bring new ideas and energy to ...

-- Quote of the Day --    “Hope is the thing with feathers  that perches in the soul  and sings the tune with out words  and never stops, at all.” ~ Emily Dickinson  -- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio --  * Airs live @ 10-11 AM (Pacifc)  - all episodes are archived indefinitely within moments after they air live, and are available for you to listen to later on at any time of day.     Sign up via itunes for the Conscious Discussions Radio show: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id262138144   Life can dish out some nasty circumstances: we get fired, suddenly lose someone we love or get really ill. Owner of Combs and Company, blogger, author, international consultant, instructor and speaker, Deidre Combs has studied and taught cross-cultural strategies for resolving conflict and overcoming challenges for the past 18 years....

 -- Quote of the Day -- "Maintain your honour and integrity in all things."  ~ Brian Dalton -- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio --   Sign up via itunes for the Conscious Discussions Radio show: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id262138144   Suzanne & Dwight Frindt serve as facilitators of multiple groups for Vistage International – both work very hard to make a difference in the world of business, leadership and world hunger. Suzanne works both in the non-profit and for-profit business sectors to accelerate leadership development and create productive, positive environments. She is a wonderful example of how one person can be an agent for positive change. Join us live (10-11 AM Pacific) and drop in the chat room - or access the archive of today's show at your convenience:    http://www.blogtalkradio.com/consciousdiscussions/2012/10/02/be-an-agent-for-positive-change Find Dave and Lillian B...

-- Quote of the Day -- “Leadership depends on the people who report to you – the majority of the people who report to don’t enjoy their job. …75% of workers today fall into two categories: 1) being not engaged at work – and 2) actively not engaged at work. The people in the first category can be identified as clock-watchers. The other group is actively destructive at work; costing 3 billion dollars of lost revenue in the US. …25% of the people like their job, they are excited and creative at work – they have the opportunity to utilize what they love at work. …You have to care about the employee. …95% of happy executives will take a call from a recruiter today, 90% of those executives will leave their your organization in 30 days for an opportunity to contribute more. So you have to provide an environment …that will give them the opportunity to do what they love to do.” ~ Derrick Miles Today’s quote originates from the Conscious Discussions Talk Ra...

-- Quote of the Day -- “… The world has changed – When we start to become leaders in our own life – when we start to have self-leadership, we become leaders in the minds of others who want to know how we became successful. …Leading by example will bring respect from others. …no one is perfect so we have to start from where we are. …When we are great leaders but not managing people, but managing the work and the tools to allow people to grow. …Being a good leaders means you listen and learn a lot so that you know exactly what is missing, allowing you to overcome the challenges. …You need to be like a magnet so that you pull people toward you naturally, organically. There are many leaders who didn’t really have any formal education, but people naturally follow them. …We need to believe that our people can be change agents for world transformation – no matter what our business is, it is just energy; it is all about consciousness .” ~ Kamran Akbarzadeh  Today...

-- Quote of the Day -- “It is not what he has, nor even what he does, which directly expresses the worth of a man,  but what he is.”    ~ Henri Amiel -- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio --  Kamran Akbarzadeh has a passion for helping organizations achieve productivity, profit, and prosperity.  He teaches executives/leaders how to make a perfect 'SOUP' for their companies by linking purpose, passion, and people through authentic leadership! Managing a company is not just about the bottom line in the financial records – it is about leading their people to greatness, helping them achieve their dreams, and reaching for passionate living in the workplace. With this conviction, Kamran was inspired to author Leadership Soup . He believes that the world in general and organizations in particular are in desperate need of authentic leaders who lead with their hearts and who empower people to...

-- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio --  We have as our special guest today: Anthonette Klinkerman, CEO – Chief Etiquette Officer – of Colorado, USA. Anthonette has taught middle school Language Arts and at a community college, and now teaches at an alternative high school.  She entered the public speaking circuit in 2009, which she actively continues today, and since then, she authored a book: Courtesy Bootcamp – A Not-So-Gentle Reminder To Live By The Golden Rule. It is her belief that we can all learn how to revive those common courtesies that are becoming all too uncommon. She will be sharing some common courtesy reminders that will help make our lives, as well as the lives of others around us, easier.  Live: 10-11 AM (pacific) Join us live and drop in the chat room while you are there -- or access the archived discussion at your convenience later on: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/consciousdiscussion...

-- Quote of the Day -- "We find greatest joy, not in getting, but in expressing what we are...Men do not really live for honors or for pay; their gladness is not the taking and holding, but in doing, the striving, the building, the living. It is a higher joy to teach than to be taught. It is good to get justice, but better to do it; fun to have things but more to make them. The happy man is he who lives the life of love, not for the honors it may bring, but for the life itself."  ~ R. J. Baughan -- Businesses Making a Difference --  Yesterday we featured a discussion on how businesses can make a difference with their work, their purchasing habits and their actions in their community... I'd like to follow up on this by celebrating yet another business that cares about the planet and works very hard to make in-house decisions that affect us all in a positive way: Kudos to Zukes.com who has pr...