"The Jelly Effect" by Andy Bounds

I've been reading "The Jelly Effect" by Andy Bounds this week and it has some great pearls of wisdom in it. They include:

 

* Never compare your inside to somebody else's outside. Because you'll always lose" Marie Mosely

* When networking "Be interested (in them) not interesting (about yourself)

* The grass isn't greener on the otherside. The grass is greener where you water it.

* Customers don't care what you do; they only care what they're left with AFTER you've done it

* There are only two things customers are interested in. If they know with 100% certainty that they will get the AFTERS they require, they will buy

* "Do or do not. There is no try". Yoda, The Empire Strikes Back

We're currently busy marketing our latest event. It is the Comparative Employment Law: NI, GB and ROI

Latest Seminar Event

Recently, I attended a seminar in which one of the speakers was Dr. Hugh Cormican, founder Andor Technology and he made the following very useful points:



1. The best time to eat a frog is first thing in the morning. In other words, get the difficult unenviable tasks over with first.


2.  Question: five frogs are in a log, four decided to jump. How many are left? The answer is five, just because you decided to do something it doesn't follow that you will do it.


3. Measure everything. Encourage risk taking but control it. You should worry about what your team will worry about next.


4. Realize the power within yourself.


5.Men don't multitask but they do segment very well. 


Finally and very importantly please repeat the following. To be more effective as a leader, be yourself but with more skill.


At the moment we’re all working hard on our big event coming up soon. This is the 

Discipline and Underperformance at Work

Leadership Event

Recently, I attended a leadership experience event in Belfast and picked up the following points relating to leadership:



1. Ask yourself, "Have you delivered what your followers want?". Followers want community, recognition, excitement, authenticity.


2. Work out what is it about you that excites others.


3. Display significant, real and perceived differences. Know yourself and show yourself.


4. When you reveal weaknesses you reveal yourself.


5. Effective leaders use their emotions to liberate the energy of others.


6. You need to communicate by telling stories. Great leaders are very good story tellers.


7. Great leaders choose their channels well.


8. To be effective as a leader, be yourself more and with more skill.


At the moment we’re all working hard on our big event coming up soon. This is the 

Equality Screening Guidance.

Invest NI Seminar

I attended an Invest NI seminar on 26th of June 2012 and picked up the following key points.





In relation to organizations:


1. When you don't know what you don't know an opportunity is lost. Therefore, benchmarking in organizations is critical.


2. Those organizations that export generally are better managed.


3. The higher the level of perceived competetion in an organization, the greater efficiency in that company.


4. Great organizations build leadership in as many places as possible.


5. Great organizations give people early experience of leadership.


At the moment we’re all working hard on our big event coming up soon. This is the Section 75 and the New Guidance Conference.