September 2009
47 posts
Not sure which was more painful; watching the Titans lose or having to listen to Dan Dierdorf bloviate for 3+ hours
Hangin’ in the tent with the Secretariat extras.
How to Deliver the Talk of Your Life →
Ed: A few weeks ago, Becky Blanton wrote to me saying: “I used your site to help me prepare for my TEDGlobal 2009 talk! It was a godsend literally. […] I would love to ‘give back’ by writing…
Your Social Media Brand →
A 6-Step Guide to Networking for First Year MBA... →
Extemporaneous Excellence →
I was fortunate to speak yesterday to the Building Owners & Managers Association (BOMA) of South Puget Sound on the topic of the value of powerful presentation skills.
One of the key learning…
Online Database of Social Media Policies →
Don’t hire a coach who will remake you. Hire one who will make the current you better.
20+ Mac Apps to Increase Your Productivity →
Popular Public Speaking Books and Gear →
14 Practical Ways to Use Evernote : The World :... →
Men, be careful who you network with - your choice may make you stupid http://ow.ly/pTP2
Heading out to the highlight of the Clark County KY social calendar: The Fall Roundup. You should wish you were me.
RT @MarkFritz: DISCIPLINE CREATES PRIDE: Have you noticed you are the most proud of yourself when you have disciplined yourself to DO IT.
Do the people on your team model strong, positive values or is an ACORN-style scandal just around the corner?
A team building system inspired by a flawed mirror. It’s nothing new, but its genesis is interesting http://ow.ly/pBVp
I’ve landed in Louisville for the big #SMCLouisville event. Sure wish I had hit more road construction around town. Not.
RT @PFripp: 2 million people in USA over 500 lbs. Goliath Caskets can serve clients up to 1000 lbs. Learned at NY Association of Cemeteries.
Social Hour at SMC Louisville →
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Up next: meeting at the FEI World Equestrian Games Foundation followed by the SMC Louisville event. Busy is good.
Leading Clever People →
Clever people, according to Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones, are highly talented individuals with the potential to create disproportionate amounts of value from the resources that the…
Back in the Bluegrass after a quick weekend in Ohio. Some pictures & video at http://www.posterous.com/dougpetch
Team Hitching at the Wayne County Fair →
Some of the 198 entries in this year’s hitch classes.
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Unicorns Do Exist →
From the Belgian Unicorn Hitch Class (3 horse hitch w/ 1 in front and 2 behind) at the Wayne County Fair
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Done at the fair & on to dinner. Thought about Italian but decided on Macaroni Grill instead. ;-)
How to be Perceived As A Trusted Advisor →
I developed this list with managing partners from accounting practices in a half-dozen countries while working with them in Atlanta this week. I think it applies to all professional services firms’…
The perfect way to start the day →
A dozen powdered donuts for me, please.
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This is how a team should be trained →
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A team of draft horses, that is. Most pulling teams need a teamster plus 2 helpers to hook them to the load. This…
I may be posting updates from the Wayne County (Ohio) Fair today. Then again, I may not.
And I thought I was a cynic…RT @jasonfalls Everyone is a sell out. It’s only a matter of degrees
The tastiest reason for traveling to Ohio - cream sticks from Anne’s Pastry in Wadsworth Ohio FTW http://bit.ly/15yOI
I’ll be posting photos from the fair throughout the day at posterous.com/dougpetch. Just in case you care.
How to Go on the Offensive with Facebook : The... →
Rick Reilly explains why I’m still a Cleveland Browns fan http://ow.ly/osbC
Today’s priority: fine tuning the presentation on High Performance Team Building that I’ll be sharing tonight.
Book Review: Fearless →
We all have things we
fear. Some of our fears are rational and grounded in the realities of living
while others can be more accurately categorized as phobias. Regardless of the
source of our…
Oh, to have a normal person’s schedule…
Some day I’ll figure out why my MBP keeps dropping the connection with my printer. I hope.
The Digital Business Card Wordpress Theme –... →
Debating whether to honor the Labor Day tradition of not laboring or to get a head start on my tasks for the week.
Amatuer hour at #NBC this morning. Today Show audio and video feeds are waaaay out of sync.
Five Signs Your Resume Is Passe - DivineCaroline →
Some good advice, especially if it’s been a while since you wrote a resume
Give your résumé a face lift →
Some great tips for fine-tuning the format of your resume
Ten Characteristics of Great Companies →
Doing the Commerce Lexington Business Link scene. Good times, good people
If you’re a Highlighting High Peformance subscriber, try to find the glaring typo in this month’s issue before the correction comes out? 1/2
And if you’re not a Highlighting High Performance subscriber, what’s stopping you? http://pyn.ch/hhp 2/2