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[tweetmeme] This past Tuesday, I had the opportunity to appear as a guest on the Real Recognition Radio show, which airs every Tuesday at 1PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) on the VoiceAmerica Business channel. In this week’s episode, titled “A Better Workplace Conversation”, hosts Roy Saunderson and S. Max Brown interviewed feedback expert Sonia Di Maulo and myself on the issues of leadership, workplace interactions and fostering motivation in employees (Sonia has written a follow-up piece about our interview on her blog. I invite you to check it out and find out what key points stood out from this discussion).
For those who didn’t get a chance to hear the radio broadcast, or who’d like to hear the show again, you can listen to the interview using the audio player below. Or if you prefer, you can download a MP3 copy of the show from the Real Recognition Radio show web page.
Some of the topics discussed during this show include:
- Why giving positive feedback is critical to creating a productive workplace.
- How listening can foster opportunities for growth.
- Why the best leaders are those who focus on serving those they lead.
- The importance of praise and recognition in the workplace and how we can start implementing it today.
- How we can engage our employees in these tough economic times.
- Why leaders should encourage a more emotional workplace.
- What are the most important opportunities facing organizations today.
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I want to take this opportunity to thank Roy Saunderson and S. Max Brown for inviting me to appear on their show. It was a pleasure to share my insights on leadership and motivating employees with your listeners. And I look forward to hearing your thoughts about this conversation on leadership and motivating employees.
What ideas resonated with you and what would you add to the discussion on these issues?
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[tweetmeme] The following is a guest post by my friend and fellow blogger John Haydon. John writes about marketing strategies for social media sites on his blog at JohnHaydon.com.
Integrity, as Tanveer has talked about before, is a critical factor in attracting and retaining readers, subscribers and customers.
In the offline world, integrity is something people easily recognize. It could be demonstrated by returning something on time that you borrowed, staying true to one’s convictions, or having the courage to protect others from unfair attacks – even if they are “competitors”. In these examples, integrity and character is demonstrated through the actions of that person.
But how do you demonstrated integrity online, through the proxy we call the internet? How can people quickly get a sense of your trustworthiness and character – even though you’re not actually present?
The Trust Of Crowds
The answer is in your crowd – the hundreds or thousands of readers who, on a daily basis, give you the thumbs up.
Blogs by definition have several features that can easily demonstrate crowd-sourced quality checks, or “social proof“.
- Comments – Comments are a qualitative measurement of our character. How many comments, on average, do your blog posts receive? What is the quality and depth of these comments? Is there a diversity of people making these comments? Getting large numbers of quality comments takes years of hard work – even for people like Chris Brogan and Brian Clark.
- Comment Replies – One advantage bloggers like you and I have over people like Chris and Brian is that we are able to reply to each commenter. Two bloggers who do this very well are Grant Griffiths and Liz Strauss. They both take the time to comment back and forth with each commenter. A quick note: Make sure you have set your commenting system to support threaded comments – at least three levels deep.
- Admit When Your Wrong – Or At Least Not Completely Right – No one can know everything about a subject, and often times, it’s our commenters who help us fill in the gaps. When you acknowledge them, and amend a post in response, it says you respect your readers and can admit when you’re not completely right. Click here to continue reading »
[tweetmeme] I would like to invite all of you to listen to my interview on the Real Recognition Radio show, found on the VoiceAmerica Business Channel, which will air Tuesday, March 16th at 1 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST).
The episode, titled “A Better Workplace Conversation”, will feature myself, along with feedback expert Sonia Di Maulo, discussing some of the issues facing today’s workplace and what leaders can do to improve the performance and productivity of their workforce.
Real Recognition Radio is hosted by S. Max Brown and Roy Saunderson of the Recognition Management Institute. The show focuses on the importance of recognition and appreciation in the workplace and through their guests, offers insights and ideas on what companies can do to improve their workplace culture and with it, employee morale.
Real Recognition Radio has already hosted such renowned speakers as John Hope Bryant, author of the bestselling book “Love Leadership” and in upcoming shows will be interviewing many industry leaders and thinkers including leadership authors Jim Kouzes, Michael Stallard and Jason Pankau, Dr. Matthew J. Grawitch, Dr. David W. Ballard, and Dr. Don Schultz to name but a few.
It’s truly an honour to be included in such an incredible list of guests and I hope you will check out both my interview, which will air Tuesday, March 16th at 1PM EST on the VoiceAmerica Business Channel website, as well as these upcoming shows for the wealth of information that will be offered on leadership and the workplace.
NOTE: I’ll be posting a piece about this interview later this week which will include a streaming version of this broadcast for my readers to listen to here on my blog.
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