Month: March 2010

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Are You the Master of Your Time?

Susan Mazza | 30 March 2010 | General Leadership

Are you the master of your time or is time the master of you?
I have been thinking a lot about that question lately in my own life and work. While I have worked hard and made significant strides in being more organized, making choices to invest my time more wisely, etc. I periodically find I need to shift my perspective and/or take my skills in this arena up a notch…or 2.

Now is one of those times for me.  My biggest clue right now:  my inbox is out of control!

From talking with many of my clients and readers I am clear I am not alone.  Among the many clues you have shared are out of control in-boxes, increased levels of distraction, as well as feeling overworked and/or overwhelmed.

Since this is such a challenging topic for so many of us right now, and because I am definitely not an expert in Time Management, I am referring you to an incredible group of Time Management Experts that you can learn from for FREE if you act quickly. I am personally really looking forward to this! [click to continue...]

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The Urge to Lead

Susan Mazza | 23 March 2010 | Personal Leadership

Since Lolly Daskal and I launched our You Matter Radio Show  in January 2010 we have interviewed an amazing array of truly bright, inspired and inspiring people from around the world.  Our interviews are a way for us to inquire into the limitless ways people are making a difference by leveraging their unique passions, talents and experiences.

Our message is simple. You matter: who you are, how you think, what you say, what you do matters.

One of the things that stands out for me from our guests’ stories so far is that, while we have focused on the difference these individuals have been making in their sphere of influence, some of the most beautiful stories have been about the difference others have made for them – how someone else has truly mattered in their life at a time when it mattered most.  Sometimes it was someone they barely knew.

Every one of us can be that person for someone.  I would venture to say that every one of us has been that person at least once.  And we may never even know just how much of a difference we have made. [click to continue...]

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Do You Take Chances or Risks?

Susan Mazza | 09 March 2010 | Personal Leadership

It was a bright sunny day on the beach in Hilton Head, SC.  This was the first of what would become an annual gathering of college friends for 20+ years and still going strong.  I invited my brother’s wife, Marla, to join us that year.

As my long time friend, Sheri, my very new sister-in-law, Marla, and I walked down the beach one afternoon we passed by a line up of small Catamaran’s.  I loved to sail although I didn’t know a lot about how to do it myself.  Marla wasn’t too fond of the water as she did not know how to swim.  But I was sure Sheri knew how to sail so I asked if she wanted to rent a sailboat.  We seemed so confident Marla chose to join us for a new adventure.  Soon it felt like we were flying over the waves.

We got out past the breakers and I asked Sheri: “so how do we turn around?”  She quickly replied with: “stop kidding around”.  At that moment I wondered who was actually kidding.  So did Marla who quickly tightened the straps on her life vest. [click to continue...]

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REAL Leadership

Susan Mazza | 03 March 2010 | Leading Organizations

Mike Henry, Founder of the Lead Change Group and the LeaderPalooza unconference organizer asked the participants of the first LeaderPalooza to share their thoughts about the unique value of the event and the Lead Change Group.  Here are my reflections a few weeks after the event.

In February 2010 I had the privilege to spend two days with 14 extraordinary people who quickly became friends.  The organizing question:  how can we instigate a movement of character-based leadership to make a positive difference?

It seemed incredible to me at first that a group of such clearly accomplished yet diverse individuals were willing to invest 2 days at an event with a very loosely defined agenda and a relatively short lead time for the event.  In fact 2 of the participants had little connection to the group at all.

I think the event itself, that it even happened, is a clear demonstration of the powerful ripple affect one person’s stand can have in moving others to act.  In this case that person is Mike Henry, founder of the Linked In Lead Change Group. [click to continue...]