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Inspiration for your journey

A resource came across my screen this morning in the form of a Simple Truths video clip entitled The Power of Teamwork in inspired by the Blue Angels. As I reflected on the many companies, large or small, not to mention organizations of thought leaders and social influencers, I thought of the core principles my clients hold dear after our Strategic Alignment & Planning sessions. Does your team wor… Continue

Added by JC Duarte on June 12, 2009 at 4:40pm — No Comments

Job Opportunity - Director of Operations - San Antonio, TX

Director of Operations A leading marketing firm in San Antonio seeks a Director of Operations who will build a differentiating corporate strategy to position our organization for rapid, sustained and profitable growth. Successful execution will require the ability to build a full understanding of our Human Capital, formulate and execute strategic initiatives that will increase our competitive advantage through operational efficiency and ensure that the company is always focused the right priorit… Continue

Added by AMWFLLC on June 4, 2009 at 6:52pm — No Comments

IESE Entrepreneur's Club - Building Sustainability

Over the past two Tuesday evenings, I've had the unique pleasure to work with approximately 25 IESE MBA students passionate about entrepreneurialism. My purpose in speaking & volunteering to the assist their journey is to share with them the mistakes (opportunities to learn & grow) made by myself, and over 7.000 entrepreneurs & Senior Corporate Executives around the world, with whom I've collaborated with over the course of the last 24 y… Continue

Added by JC Duarte on March 25, 2009 at 9:30am — 7 Comments

Ideal Clients

I'm re-reading Book Yourself Solid and I've decided to "take a page" from Michael Ports book, so to speak. My Ideal Clients (already are or are on a serious journey to become) are: • Passionate (you can feel the energy when they walk in the room) • Resilient ("won't stay on the canvas".. boxing term) • Courageous (face their fears and act) • Big Dreamers (willing to challenge their "doubters", including themselves) •… Continue

Added by JC Duarte on November 21, 2008 at 2:57am — No Comments

Global Entrepreneurship Week - Barcelona, Spain

Yesterday I had the pleasure of supporting the Global Entrepreneurship Week in Spain by giving a workshop on “Tools for entrepreneurs; how to survive in crisis situations”. I would first like to thank la Caixa & Gild International for their support & sponsorship of this event! As I shared with the audi… Continue

Added by JC Duarte on November 21, 2008 at 2:40am — No Comments

The ABC’s & 123’s or Project Management

Did your last project go off course? How long did it take you to get it back on track? WOW?!?!?, you’re still out in no-man’s land!?!?! Where do you think it went terribly wrong? Did your project fall within the scope of the INVEST model by Harvard Publishing’s Executing Strategy (Morgan, Levitt & Malek)? Instinct and intuition can only get you so far! Problem solving and decision making skills from… Continue

Added by JC Duarte on November 16, 2008 at 1:04am — No Comments

Naomi wins two awards in one day...

One of my really good friends from Sydney rocked my world yesterday! Yesterday, A large group of RedBalloon women (and Pete!, her proud husband) descended onto the Sydney Hilton in support of CEO, Naomi Simson, in the 2008 Telstra Business Women's Awards . Across many oceans, I kept my fingers crossed, as I'm sure did many more of her friends & fans! Naomi won both the Business Owner Award AND the Business Innovation Award!!!! Woooooohoo… Continue

Added by JC Duarte on November 16, 2008 at 1:03am — No Comments

Vision Statements

Wikipedia states it well enough, and I would add that it is a “dream”, with the exception of the "sleeping part". In order for a Vision to be powerful, it has to be supported by a strong and effective core ideology, and that comprised of core values and mission/purpose. According to Harvard Publishing’s INVEST model… Continue

Added by JC Duarte on November 13, 2008 at 2:32pm — No Comments

A start-up in crisis - Part 1

Many entrepreneurs, venture capitalists & angel investors try and convince me that start-ups are suppose to be chaotic. I have to stop and think for a moment, before I realize that mainly they’re trying to justify the chaos they have become adapted to. Why is it that only 1 in 10 “concepts” or ideas make it to “start-up”? Why is that stat 1 in every 100 that make it through the full 2nd year of operation? And why is it that 1 in 1000 actually become scalable business ventures? Could it have… Continue

Added by JC Duarte on November 13, 2008 at 2:28pm — No Comments

A start-up in crisis – Part 2 (Tip 1 - Communication Protocol)

Operational Excellence - Tip 1 - Communication Protocol Following on my original thoughts about the viability of startup and early stage elements of operational excellence, one aspect that I have found very powerful over more than 24 years of experience is communication protocol. Oh, you think that’s too bureaucratic? Well, let me ask you; “how effective and f… Continue

Added by JC Duarte on November 13, 2008 at 2:24pm — No Comments

Core Values in 90 minutes?

A set of common core values for an enterprise isn’t something you put together on the back of a napkin or you come up with 10,000 feet above the ground during your latest epiphany, sitting in seat 3A of that British Airways flight back home from your conference or business meeting! An effective set of core values can be shared by all in your enterprise and have to be lived in, as well as, outside of work! You can’t ask someone to “check-in” their personal core values at the reception when they… Continue

Added by JC Duarte on November 13, 2008 at 1:50pm — No Comments

Mission Statements

Wikipedia says it best so I’m not going to “re-invent the wheel”! In essence, it’s your “why”! The most important thing is that your “purpose” for existence, has to be aligned with your core values and your “intentions” in order for you to make significant progress! If you think about your “mission” as your ship, it’s going to take you where you want to go, then your core values are your rudder. They will… Continue

Added by JC Duarte on November 13, 2008 at 1:46pm — No Comments

The Experience Economy

Two weeks a blog article introduced me to “Welcome to the Experience Economy” by B. Joseph Pine II & James H. Gilmore. Before delving further into the book, thanks to Doug Parker of Strategic Horizons, I immediately got hold of their 1998… Continue

Added by JC Duarte on September 1, 2008 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Responsibility

What is our responsibility in influencing the lives of those around us? It's a question I asked myself this morning as I reflect back on my week. I'm sitting at an outdoor café in a sleepy village (small town by Portuguese standards) having what my wife would agree is a less than healthy breakfast (too much bread). I've been pretty sick all week, I landed at Lisbon airport on Tuesday night in what was the scariest landing I've ever experienced. I arrive at my parent’s home for the evening to fi… Continue

Added by JC Duarte on August 22, 2008 at 10:30am — No Comments

Motivation vs. Inspiration

Do we “motivate” or do we “inspire”? That is a question that’s risen to the surface this past week for me. Following the notion that we are motivated by things that directly affect our “happiness”, and that these are a consequence, or outcome of our experiences, I would argue that we are limited to inspiring people to become motivated. In… Continue

Added by JC Duarte on May 27, 2008 at 5:44pm — No Comments

Is it a Dream or a Fantasy?

My close friend, and in certain respects mentor, Marcia Wieder coined this phrase for me when she described what most of us might take for granted. I love her description of a dream only requiring the appropriate strategy, whilst a fantasy requires an act of nature or god. “Makes you wanna go hhmmm!” Last June, during Dream Coach University®, I grasped that her… Continue

Added by JC Duarte on May 27, 2008 at 5:26pm — No Comments

Rockefeller Habits

Who wouldn’t want to be the next Rockefeller? Since joining the Entrepreneurs Organization™ (EO) back in late 2005, I had heard of, and then witnessed Vern Harnish’s Gazelles™ initiative which had become a cornerstone to the rapid success of many entrepreneurs. Immediately immersing myself within EO as a member leader in my local chapter before stepping up… Continue

Added by JC Duarte on May 27, 2008 at 5:13pm — No Comments

What is FlockGPS?

Being a firm believer of the Law of Attraction, I was only moderately surprised when my good friend Greg D’Amico of Efficience™ logged me into a “gotomeeting” session and proceeded to demonstrate for me a “heart beat” management tool FlockGPS that looked lik… Continue

Added by JC Duarte on May 27, 2008 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Executing Strategy; the art of..

I read an interesting fact this past week; "less than 10% of effectively formulated strategies carry through to successful implementation". WOW!! And they did say "effectively formulated strategies", which in it's own right is an art in of itself. This quote came from the latest book I'm making my way through, and puling some very useful tools out of,… Continue

Added by JC Duarte on April 5, 2008 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Seperating winners from losers

If you believe the premise that Teamwork separates the winners from the losers, then you’d have to ask yourself the question; at what level does my team play?

Let me take you on a journey high into the sky with the Blue Angels. It’s reported that the Blue Angels build every show around a center point, and build their team around shared values. As jets sore across the skies with only millimeters separating them, any misalignment can have tragic consequences. Without shared values as a ba… Continue

Added by JC Duarte on October 29, 2007 at 4:51pm — No Comments