Conquer the World
Here is our future. I had the pleasure of teaching these international students a week-long course on Strategic Planning at University of California, Irvine. Bright, energetic, and eager to learn...
View ArticleFind Your Center
I recently saw Dreamworks Rise of the Guardians with my son, a holiday film about good versus evil and how belief can triumph over fear and be a powerful motivator. In one scene Santa Claus tries to...
View ArticleCommit to Commit
Here it is again…the time of year that spawns many abandoned resolutions. Ditch the laundry list of resolutions and make 2013 about committing to a “big hairy audacious” goal and keeping it. Tell...
View ArticleThe Gift of Feedback
This year give yourself the gift of gathering feedback from other people. Try this: interview two people – one you work with and one at home. These should be people who are important to you, people who...
View ArticleFirstmark Gets Creative
Firstmark Credit Union a member owned and locally controlled financial cooperative in San Antonio, Texas gathered executives, branch managers and company leaders for Wild Idea Club training with Linda...
View ArticleTake 10
What to find a way to fit more of what you want to do into your life? Take 10. You’d be amazed at what you can accomplish in 10 minutes. You can get some exercise. You can expand your mind …...
View ArticleThe Art of Caring Leadership
Listen. In every office you hear the threads of love and joy and fear and guilt, the cries for celebration and reassurance, and somehow you know that connecting those threads is what you are supposed...
View ArticleThriving in a Matrix
Jay Galbirth was the featured speaker for the HR Strategy Forum along with Rachael Lewis, Experian, Louise Keefe, Eaton and Tracy Layney, Gap discussing how different operating models leverage the...
View ArticleDo Well By Doing Right
Here’s what I’ve found to be the best business plan: Do Right. Many companies are discovering that corporate volunteer programs are a great way to increase employee engagement and retention while...
View ArticleJ9 Announces New Client: Park West
J9 Leading Solutions has been engaged by Park West, Inc. to design and implement an on-boarding program, a supervisor’s training program, a talent management process and performance metrics system....
View ArticleSocial Capital
People work best together when they know and trust each other. So an important leadership function is to build social capital or social relations that have productive results. What exactly is social...
View ArticleDo you Suffer from Infomania?
Is there a cure for the distraction from the constant stream of information via text, email, social media and phone calls? If you truly desire to be more efficient at work and in turn gain more...
View ArticleMcDonald Elected President of Alumni Association
As an alumna of Chapman’s MAOL program, Janine McDonald, the CEO/Founder of J9 Leading Solutions was elected President of the Alumni Association. Janine is a strategic change leadership expert with a...
View ArticleGet Your Strategy On
A primary role of a leader is to think strategically. The purpose of strategic thinking is to discover novel , imaginative strategies which can rewrite the rules of the competitive game and to...
View ArticleNow Hear This
Sometimes it is good for the teacher to become the student. I am taking a yoga teacher certification course and in the first part of our training we focused on observing and listening. This is a good...
View ArticleThe Community Partnership Movement
The first of its kind in the US, Better 4 Business was dynamic Nonprofit Expo featuring 200 innovative and creative nonprofits. The goal is to “Break Down the Wall” and bring together nonprofits,...
View ArticleBlank Space
I was in a meeting the other day and the person said, I’ve taken too much time and started to rush. I was able to assure her, it was alright I was getting value out of the conversation and I …...
View ArticleThe Horse Whisperer
Human Options board members and staff recently gathered at the The Shea Thereputic Riding Center for a day of team building and strategic alignment. Representing OneOC, Janine McDonald joined the team...
View ArticleLetting Go of Stress
A woman confidently walked around the room while leading and explaining stress management to an audience with a raised glass of water. Everyone knew she was going to ask the ultimate question, ‘half...
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