As you will have read about, I have been chairing the organisation of a global telesummit taking place on the 8 November 2007 and will be attended by authors, speakers and leaders in the field of personal branding.

In case you have not had the opportunity to study the programme schedule in detail, I am going to post the details of the seminars I will be specifically taking part in. If the event is not of interest to you, then there is no need to continue to read the remainder of this article.

Do you sometimes wonder how to find meaning in your role as a leader?

Do you ever wonder how some of the world’s most remarkable people have managed to build lives that matter, lives that have made a difference, and how they built those lives for the long haul?

If you have read the book Success Built to Last , you will know of the exceptional leaders that the authors interviewed during their research, including Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Sir Richard Branson, and Warren Buffet.

The book outlines a framework you can use immediately to duplicate in yourself what these leaders have in common. Comprised of three elements that transcend luck or good genes, this framework offers crucial guideposts if you seek to achieve lasting leadership success, impact, and personal fulfillment.

During the personal branding summit, one of the seminars I will be hosting is a conversation with Stewart Emery co-author of the international bestseller, Success Built to Last who will share insights from his research and how to build your career using the same principles as world class leaders. 

This session will take place at 6pm ET (11pm Dublin and London) on the 8 November 2007.

Stewart is co-founder and president of Belvedere Consultants, a consulting firm located in San Francisco. His passion is to support individuals and organizations turning their talent into world-class performance and enduring success. Stewart leads executive teams and organisations through Vision—Values—Strategy initiatives.

This event is FREE to attend. If you would like to join me to listen my conversation with Stewart, you can register at the personal branding summit website - and if you can not attend then we will be recording the seminar.

I do hope you will be able to join us.

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I always used to find the time of New Year a depressing time - be that looking back on plans that did not come to fruition or it being an anti climax to the great festivities of Christmas.

I am sure that my demeanour and attitude to New Year was influenced my the fact that as a family we didn’t celebrate New Year as it was on the 3 January that my father passed away leaving a young widow and two little ones - me and my sister.  So New Year brought sadness to our home as I was growing up.

But something changed some years ago that made me consider New Year in a different way - so if you are someone who is not happy about New Year I’d encourage you to read on. Continue reading

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This week I met with one of my Biz Growth Academy clients and along side specific strategies for 2007, we discussed we also reviewed how performance has been for him in his practice over the last couple of months that we have been working together.

Next year his target is to exceed over €1 million turnover which is will be some feat for a service professional leading a company of just himself and one other team member.

Over the recent months he has put in place a more robust financial tracking process, has begun to raise his profile in the industry, has renamed the company and has a plan in place to develop his online brand along side some exciting plans for building his platform in 2007.

One of the notable things that has changed for him in the last few months is the fact that he has decided to “up his game” - and that in particular means his expectations of himself, his people and his performance. Continue reading

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