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My Favorite author Dan Pink has written a blog post about " Why Givers (often) succeed ". It refers to a book by  Adam Grant  called " Give and Take " . Grant defines three factors that are needed in order to succeed; T alent, E ffort/Persistence/Drive and a person´s " R eciprocity style".   Research shows that  Givers  are the  least successful  in a workplace and also the  most successful. From the blog: In our professional lives, he says, we tend to be either givers, takers, or matchers. Most of us are  matchers . We’re willing to give — to help others — but we expect something in return. Matchers live in the world of reciprocity, tit-for-tat, and Even Steven. A few of us, meanwhile, are  takers . Our style is to get more than we give. (Spoiler alert: Research shows that we hate takers and root for them to fail.) And a few of us are  givers . We give more than we get — with no expectation of return . See the talk Ad...

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Yesterday I finished the book " To Sell is Human - The surprising truth about persuading, convincing, and influencing others" by Daniel H. Pink - one of my favorite authors. Dan writes specifically about the new ABC in sales - A ttunement, B uoyancy and C larity (see word cloud from his book showing adjectives/interjections people offered most frequently when prompted to think of sales/selling). Related to Attunement, Dan states that new research clearly shows that extroverts are not the best sales persons - it´s the ambiverts. Dan has an easy assessment tool to measure introversion and extraversion that can be found at his web site . When I took the test, I got below statements as feedback: You're an  ambivert . That means you're neither strongly introverted nor strongly extraverted. Recent research by Adam Grant of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Management has found that ambiverts make the best salespeople. Ambiverts tend to be ad...

I Kontentan #15/2012 summeras boken " Klart " Bli superstrukturerad på 31 dagar " skriven av David Stiernholm.   David Stiernholm är struktör. Han hjälper människor och företag att skapa bättre ordning och struktur och därmed att bli effektivare med konkreta verktyg och metoder som du direkt kan använda på jobbet och hemma.  Hans motto är: Allt kan göras enklare! Här kommer min exformativa summering av hans 31-dagars träningsprogram:  Boka in 31 halvtimmar i din kalender Samla ihop alla dina att-göra noteringar  Lägg in noteringarna i ett verktyg Buffertdag - jobba ikapp Kategorisera dina att-göra noteringar efter sammanhang Skapa en översikt över dina ansvarsområde Leta reda på dina surdegar - sätt igång med ett första steg Skaffa dig en överblick avseende var du lagrar dina dokument Buffertdag - jobba ikapp Bli mer proaktiv - planera in tid för översiktlig genomgång Tydliggör dina mål Sortera bort arbetsuppgifter som inte för dig närmre dina må...

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Efter att ha tagit rulltrappan ner till bottenvåningen av Desiguals affär på Regent street i London, samt gått de ca 15 metrarna till herravdelningen, så fick jag syn på den direkt. En skjorta som talade till mig... bokstavligt. Jag tänkte, den bara måste jag ha! Desigual har ju sedan starten satsat på ett koncept där klädernas budskap är viktigt och att själva budskapen faktiskt är synliga på skjortorna ( se mina tidigare inköp ). Exempel är: too much fun to quit Don´t worry be happy Happy every time!!! the story start with a happy kiss Watch out Words that cheer you up give you happy feelings, put you in a positive state of mind Dream together All starts with a dream Den nya skjortan (se bild till höger) är gjord av ett tyg som är ett kollage av asiatiska/engelska tidningsartiklar, serie-strippar, korsord, recept, med insprängda små budskap som: La vida es chula ! (Livet är coolt) This is Your Life I´ll rock you so hard Life is beautiful Take a nap Fantastiskt...

HBR (Harvard Business Review)   has done it again - a really interesting blog post about " How to lead when you´re not in charge ". Gary Hamel and Polly LaBarre states that "i n order to engage in a conversation about leadership , you have to assume you have no power — that you aren't "in charge" of anything and that you can't sanction those who are unwilling to do your bidding. " They continue with "t he attributes of individuals who can inspire others and multiply their impact": They are  seers - living in the future They are  contrarians - free  of conventional wisdom They are  architects -  leveraging social technologies They are  mentors - giving away power They are  connectors -  spotting the "combinational chemistry" They are  bushwhackers -  clearing the trail for new ideas They are  guardians -  defenders of core values They are  citizens -  doing as much good as possible for as many as p...