Now Playing:Craig Hickman, Bestselling Author of “The Insiders”

Craig Hickman image As an organizational consultant, Craig Hickman is expert in leadership practices. His newest book, “The Insiders,” is a thriller that exposes how those inside the world’s power structures have become enemies to those on the outside. The outsiders have been duped, exploited, and oppressed by the insiders. Hickman addresses the underlying reasons abuse of power and bad policy that threaten organizations and governments, and weaken democracy. Learn how personal and organizational accountability can create positive changes.

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Gregg Stocker, Organizational Consultant and Author: How to Avoid the Corporate Death Spiral

bioGreggStocker182x255Gregg Stocker, organizational consultant and author of Avoiding the Corporate Death Spiral: Recognizing And Eliminating the Signs of Decline, helps organizations in the areas of change management, strategic planning, and performance improvement. Having worked in the automotive and other manufacturing industries internationally, Gregg brings clarity to the signs of decline and implements strategies to breathe life into a dying company. Learn to recognize and eliminate the signs of decline including:

  • Losing sight of the organization’s purpose
  • Placing more focus on numbers than people
  • Basing supplier relationships purely on price
  • Failing to manage the organization as a whole.

For more from Gregg Stocker, listen to the entire show or visit www.greggstocker.com.

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Lewis Howes, Professional Athlete, and Author of LinkedWorking: Generating Success on Linkedin

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Lewis Howes is a professional athlete and author of LinkedWorking: Generating Success on Linkedin. He is developer of SportsNetworker.com, where he has put into practice the techniques he recommends to business people, consultants, and professionals to help them take their businesses, practices and careers to the next level. Besides his own success in applying relationship building strategies, Howes presents numerous success stories to demonstrate winning techniques in a variety of industries. He shares how to:

  • See opportunities in everyone
  • Identify capstones and weak ties
  • Lead a life of altruism
  • Harness the power of reconnection
  • Be concise, compelling and value driven
  • Persist patiently.

For more from Lewis Howes, listen to the entire show on Monday, April 19, at 12pm EST/9am PST or visit www.lewishowes.com.

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Lt. Colonel Rob Waldo Waldman, Bestselling Author and Speaker

bioWaldoWaldman182x255Lt. Col. Rob “Waldo” Waldman, noted speaker and author of Never Fly Solo, reveals how the same steadfast interdependence demonstrated by wingmen in combat is necessary to transform partnerships with colleagues, co-workers, and friends into collaborative relationships that can help you achieve success. Whether you are a seasoned executive, entrepreneur, or new to the business world, creating a work environment based on mutual support and trust is crucial to success. Waldo encourages everyone to prepare diligently for every mission, face challenges with courage, build meaningful relationships, and maximize individual potential both in business and in life.

For more from Lt. Col. Waldman, listen to the entire show or visit www.yourwingman.com.

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Dr. Elizabeth Travis of M.D. Anderson on Women in Medicine & Health Care

Elizabeth Travis image Dr. Elizabeth Travis, Associate Vice President of Women Faculty Programs for M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, is editor of Legends and Legacies: Personal Journeys of Women Physicians and Scientists at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, a collection of essays by leading women faculty who overcame hardships, biases, and self-doubts to pursue their passions. These stories of perseverance and success inspire young women considering careers in science or medicine, and also provide a road map for balancing work and family. Central to each journey were caring mentors who facilitated each essayist’s career development, and taught them how to mentor the next generation of women pursuing careers in science and health care.

For more from Dr. Elizabeth Travis, listen to the entire show or visit gsbs.uth.tmc.edu/tutorial/travis.html.

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Jackson Toby, Ph.D., Author of “The Lowering of Higher Education in America”

alt=”bioJacksonToby182x255″ width=”182″ height=”255″ />With a half-century of teaching experience, Jackson Toby concludes that the current education system encourages high school students to believe that college is an entitlement. In his book, The Lowering of Higher Education in America, Dr. Toby looks at this broken system and examines how to fix it. He discusses how admission standards have fallen and measures the cost of remedial programs. In his book, Dr. Toby’s also:

  • Advocates using financial assistance as a motivator for stronger academic performance
  • Clarifies the negative impact of lowering standards
  • Explains how the morphing of scholarships into financial aid undermines higher education
  • Proposes a method for streamlining financial aid grants and loans.

For more from Dr. Jackson Toby, listen to the entire show.

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Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, Executive Coach and Author of “What Got You Here Won’t Get You There”

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Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, preeminent executive coach and author of What Got You Here Won’t Get You There, defines 20 bad habits of leaders and seven steps to change for the better. Whether you are near the top of the ladder or still have room to climb, Marshall offers you essential guidelines to help eliminate your dysfunctions and move to where you want to go. Often our own success delusion stands in our way and causes us to resist change. We hear praise for the things we do well, but we rarely get credit for ceasing to do something badly. Marshall shows you how to go beyond the traditional “To Do” list and work on your “To Stop” list.

For more from Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, listen to the entire show or visit www.marshallgoldsmith.com.

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Dave Guerra: How to Become a Superperformer

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Optimism is essential to maximizing your potential and avoiding a ride on the unemployment train. On “Total Career Success”, Dave Guerra, a business consultant, corporate culture expert and the author of Superperformance, talked about how the right habits, attitude and approach to your job can improve your staying power in the “employed” status by enabling you to become a “superperformer.”

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Simon Sinek, Author of “Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action”

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Entrepreneur Simon Sinek reveals how a leadership edge in business, politics, or any area of life is a matter of re-focusing the mind. In Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action, Simon reveals that exceptional leaders and companies share a common bond: they know why they do what they do, and he explains why the “why” matters. It begins with a cause or purpose—the reason that compels leaders to continue striving and inspiring followers to believe and take action. Complete with a framework for launching a product, building a business, or turning an idea into a social movement, Sinek proves that with a little discipline, anyone can learn to inspire.

For more from Simon Sinek, listen to the entire show or visit www.startwithwhy.com.

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Dr. Tony Zeiss, President Central Piedmont Community College on “Building Your Own Career Ladder”

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Dr. Tony Zeiss, author of Build Your Own Ladder: 4 Secrets to Making Your Career Dreams Come True, shares how to utilize your powers of:

  • Vision
  • Thought
  • Influence
  • Reciprocity

Learn strategies that successful people have employed for thousands of years. Whether just entering the workforce, establishing personal career plans, or already working and want a more meaningful career, you will gain insight into how to exceed your dreams and have an extraordinary career.

For more from Dr. Zeiss, listen to the entire show or visit: www.cpcc.edu/president.

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An Innovative New Approach to Overcoming Stress with Bill Crawford, Ph.D.

Dr. Bill Crawford, psychologist, coach, trainer and author of Life from the Top of the Mind, offers a totally unique method of countering the debilitating effects of stress by showing individuals and groups how to use specific parts of the brain to access desired qualities and characteristics. He identifies this approach as shift from using the resistant and reactive brain, where the focus is on blame and resentment, to the receptive brain, where a person can access his/her clarity, confidence and creativity. With this method, you can learn how to:

  • Regain control in any situation;
  • Shift from the using lower 20% of the brain to the upper 80%;
  • Define yourself on purpose in any situation;
  • Bring this more purposeful perspective to all aspects of life.

For more from Dr. Crawford, listen to the entire show or visit www.billcphd.com.

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George Gilder, Venture Capitalist and Bestselling Author of The Israel Test

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Venture capitalist and author of Wealth & Poverty, George Gilder makes the case for Israel as a bastion of capitalism and freedom in his new book The Israel Test. Gilder contends that if we allow Israel to be quelled, we succumb to forces targeting capitalism and freedom everywhere. The Israel Test is ultimately a test of America’s will to triumph over enemies who hate the United States, as they hate Israel, for the values that have made them great. The Israel Test for each of us is whether we resent the excellence in achievement demonstrated by Jews over the centuries and Israel today or admire and aspire to their contributions to humanity and world economy.

For more from George Gilder, listen to the entire show or visit www.gildertech.com.

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Kevin Hogan: How to Get Anyone to Say YES in 8 Minutes or Less!

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Kevin Hogan is an body language and influencing expert whose best-selling book, The Science of Influence, reveals strategies for how you can get anyone to say “YES” to you:

  • Present a convincing appearance
  • Ask questions to learn your target’s values and needs
  • Use “secret” tools to build credibility fast
  • Convince your target of the negative consequences of a “no”
  • Be persistent – not annoying

The book also reveals the hard science and facts behind the art of influencing. Kevin’s revolutionary guide is the “Holy Grail” of persuasion – a proven system for turning a “no” into a “yes,” and will show you how to communicate more effectively with family, friends, co-workers, clients, and potential employers.

For more from Kevin Hogan, listen to the entire show or visit www.kevinhogan.com.

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Playing to Win with Larry Wilson

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Larry Wilson, entrepreneur, organizational consultant and author of the award-winning book, Play to Win, will show you how to go as far as you can with all that you have – at work, at home, and in all your relationships. He shares the tools you need to leave fear behind and choose to grow and thrive in every part of life. You can learn how to quit unproductive thought and behavioral patterns and discover what you really want and how to get it so that you achieve high performance and fulfillment in turbulent times.  By learning to adapt to the changing workplace and economy, anyone can win and live with meaning, passion and purpose.

For more from Larry Wilson, listen to the entire show here or visit Larry’s websites: www.larrywilson.com or www.thegreatgameoflife.com.

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Dr. Mark Goulston, Bestselling Author of “Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone”

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Mark Goulston, author of Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone, heads executive coaching at an international strategic and development firm. He has helped Fortune 500 executives, managers and line workers achieve success, and teaches communication techniques that will help you get through to anyone:

  1. Understand how to respond quickly to take control
  2. Get your own emotions under control
  3. Make people feel felt so you can connect
  4. Engage a person by being sincerely interested
  5. Turn complainers into allies
  6. Be willing to bare your own neck and deliver an empathy jolt
  7. Make amends with a power apology

For more from Dr. Goulston, listen to the entire show or visit markgoulston.com.

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Tammy Erickson: How to Retire Retirement

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Tamara Erickson, a consultant in workforce trends and talent management solutions, and author of Retire Retirement: Career Strategies for the Boomer Generation joined “Total Career Success” on the radio to share career advancement tips for baby boomers. According to Tammy, current employers have a problem: there aren’t enough young people to take the place of retiring baby boomers. The recession is masking the problem for the short term, but employers are braced for the talent gap. For boomers, this is good. The power is shifting in their favor because they will have the power to renegotiate their relationship with their work, jobs and careers. There are three important strategies and tips that baby boomers who want and need to work can implement:

  1. Challenge assumptions
  2. Renegotiate your deal and get what you want
  3. Reinvent your career and your life

For more from Tamara Erickson, listen to the entire show or visit www.tammyerickson.com.

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Dr. Dalton Conley: How We Got from the Company Man, Family Dinners, and the Affluent Society to the Home Office, BlackBerry Moms and Economic Anxiety

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Dr. Dalton Conley, sociologist and author of Elsewhere, USA, examines, “How We Got from the Company Man, Family Dinners and the Age of Affluence to the Home Office, BlackBerry Moms and Economic Anxiety.” Today’s professional is constantly dogged by a feeling that he/she should be “elsewhere,” whether back at the office, at a party full of potential clients, home with the kids or at social function with the spouse. Always on the go, people feel like they are in the right place at the right time only when in transit, moving from point A to B. Dalton shares how we can redirect our economic incentives, reverse our negative savings trend and invest for a better future.

For more from Dr. Conley, listen to the entire show.

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Marshall Goldsmith, Bestselling Author of Mojo: How to Get It, How to Keep It, How to Get It Back When You Need It!

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Marshall Goldsmith, executive coach and author of Mojo: How to Get It, How to Keep It, How to Get It Back When You Need It!, will join us on “Total Career Success” on March 22, 2010, to deliver game-changing insights on finding personal momentum that fosters a successful career and a balanced lifestyle. As a leading authority on improving workplace behavior, he empowers people by sharing:

  • The four building blocks of Mojo: Identity, Achievement, Reputation, and Acceptance;
  • The Mojo Toolkit: 11 specific actions that help initiate and implement change;
  • Simple exercises for improving workplace behavior, attitude, and productivity level;
  • Mojo killers and how to turn negativity around;
  • Eight arguments that occur at work and how to avoid them.

For more insights from Marshall Goldsmith, listen to the entire radio show on Monday, March 22, 2010, at 12:00pm EST/9:00am PST or visit Marshall’s website.

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Dr. Robert Cialdini on Proven Ways to Be Persuasive for Greater Success

Dr. Robert Cialdini imageOn March 2, 2010, Dr. Robert Cialdini, New York Times bestselling author of Influence: Science and Practice and Yes, 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to be Persuasive, joined Ken and Sheryl Dawson on the Total Career Success VoiceAmerica Internet radio show to share six fundamental principles of influence based on years of research:

  • Reciprocity – Give to receive;
  • Scarcity – Position the product or service as unique and therefore in short supply;
  • Authority – Be the expert;
  • Consistency – Be consistent with the values/goals of the person to be influenced;
  • Consensus – Demonstrate agreement as through references;
  • Liking – Identify similarities with the person to be persuaded.

These approaches can dramatically improve the ability to influence people in all walks of life.

For more insights from Dr. Robert Cialdini, click here to listen to the entire show, or visit Dr. Cialdini’s website at http://www.influenceatwork.com/.

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Dr. Ivan Misner, Chairman of BNI, on Networking Like a Pro: Turning Contacts into Connections

Dr. Ivan Misner image On March 8, 2010, Dr. Ivan Misner, chairman of BNI and New York Times bestselling author of Networking Like a Pro: Turning Contacts into Connections, joined Ken and Sheryl Dawson on the Total Career Success VoiceAmerica Internet radio show to discuss why meeting new people is only half the battle in networking. Dr. Misner provided advice, tips and action plans for leaving a lasting impression. Contrary to popular belief, it takes more than an elevator pitch and a business card. Successful networking is about cultivating and maintaining strong relationships, and the courting begins the first time you meet someone. Dr. Misner presented five excellent questions to go beyond sharing what you do. Apply these techniques to your job search and career for success.

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