Monthly Archives: March 2009

Being Accountable Part 2

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Todd Chandler
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Being Accountable — Courtney Paris vs. AIG

Posted on March 29, 2009 by Todd Chandler

Court­ney Paris, the senior start­ing cen­ter on the Uni­ver­sity of Okla­homa women’s bas­ket­ball team, has com­mit­ted to win the NCAA Cham­pi­onship with strong per­sonal account­abil­ity by pledg­ing: If we don’t, which is not even an option, just to put some­thing … Con­tinue read­ing →

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When You Pay a Compliment

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Todd Chandler
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I Like Those Shoes! How to Give Free Compliments

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Todd Chandler

These guys know how to make oth­ers Smile! Brett West­cott and Cameron Brown, The Com­pli­ment Guys, stand out­side on a busy walk­way every Wednes­day at Pur­due Uni­ver­sity and shout out com­pli­ments to peo­ple pass­ing by. I heard about them on … Con­tinue read­ing →

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5 Ways to Use Twitter During a Presentation

Posted on March 21, 2009 by Todd Chandler

I par­tic­i­pated in last week’s Pre­sen­ta­tion Reboot work­shop at Duarte Design with Nancy Duarte and Garr Reynolds. I found the day to be ener­giz­ing and full of spe­cific, usable ideas. If you are famil­iar with their work, Chris Spag­n­uolo wrote … Con­tinue read­ing →

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A.I.G.‘s Decision Criteria

Posted on March 18, 2009 by Todd Chandler

A.I.G. made plenty of head­lines this past week­end with the report­ing of their $165 mil­lion pay­out in bonuses. That’s after the com­pany received $173 bil­lion of tax­payer funded bailout. A.I.G. argues that the bonuses were needed to keep top tal­ent. … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Life is a Series of Moments

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Todd Chandler

Gina and I were just rewatch­ing the last episode of BBC’s “The Office.” What a great way to end a seri­ous. Tim had two obser­va­tions that really jumped out at me tonight. What he had to say about: Work The peo­ple … Con­tinue read­ing →

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I’ll Give it 110%

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Todd Chandler

Yes­ter­day, I heard some­one pledge, “You can count on me to give it 110%.” That phrase both­ers me on a cou­ple of lev­els. It’s an exag­ger­a­tion that bor­ders on over promis­ing. I had a friend who loved to inten­sify every­thing … Con­tinue read­ing →

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When we’re all Online

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Todd Chandler
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Do Your Rules Incent Bad Behavior?

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Todd Chandler

This week on The Amaz­ing Race, teams had the oppor­tu­nity to use a U-turn.  The team that decides to use it picks another team they want to penal­ize by hav­ing them com­plete an extra chal­lenge.  Depend­ing on the team’s place … Con­tinue read­ing →

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