The Breakdown of Accountability in the McCain Campaign

Bea Fields — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 07:15:06 -0500

As most leadership consultants do, I have been watching the campaign in earnest to learn what I can about formulas for success. The more I watch the ending of the McCain campaign, the more clear it becomes as to why this campaign failed.

10 Ways to Position Yourself for Success

Bea Fields — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:16:26 -0400

Business leaders of today are often driven to compete strictly on price, quality, and features of their products and services. Companies who prosper over the long term don't simply offer the best deals, the best quality, or the most impressive bells and whistles. If you want to win big in today's cutting edge world of business, you have to begin by thinking differently and by challenging the status quo. Whether you are a new or an established business owner, these ten powerful strategies will position your company for big success.

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Ten Strategies for Developing the Art of Leadership

Bea Fields — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:39:58 -0400

Many people are born leaders, yet the ability to lead is actually an art and an amazing collection of skills which can be learned and sharpened. The following top ten daily habits will help you and/or your clients grow as a leader personally, professionally, and spiritually.
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My Top 20 Picks for Video Submission

Bea Fields — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:30:48 -0400

Over the past few weeks, my co-authors from EDGE! A Leadership Story and I hired Steve Renshaw to help us create a movie trailer for the book. You can take a peek at the trailer here. Steve did a really great job.
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5 Critical Questions to Answer to Assess Your Networking Skills

Bea Fields — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:30:51 -0400

People often describe themselves as master networkers. They attend gobs of events, pass out thousands of business cards and flit from group to group, doing everything they can to get people to buy from them. They spit out their elevator speech (quite frankly, I can’t stand an elevator pitch…I can smell one a mile away), often get confused in the delivering that boring speech, talk about themselves on and on and never stop to ask the other person “Tell me about you, and how can I help you succeed?”You see, I believe asking this question is the key to success with networking.
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The Leadership Lessons We Can Learn from Ben Campbell in the Movie "21"

Bea Fields — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 09:57:48 -0400

Vison. Hard work. Team work. These are all qualities that good leaders employ. It's also how Ben Campbell, the star character in the film "21," used them to his advantage. Here's what we can learn from an MIT mastermind about leadership.
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Leadership Coaching: The 360 Degree Review Process

Bea Fields — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:47:51 -0400
A 360 Degree Feedback Review is a multi-source feedback, multi-rater assessment, upward feedback or peer evaluation designed to give you a panoramic view of your leadership capabilities. It is a process in which you evaluate yourself on a set of criteria, your manager or supervisor will then evaluate you, as do your peers, direct reports, even family members. Upon completion of the assessment, you will receive a gap analysis detailing how you perceive yourself versus how others perceive you.
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Leadership Coaching: Why Tiger Woods Has a Coach

Bea Fields — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:32:56 -0400

Why in the world do you think Tiger Woods has Coach Hank Haney by his side? Surely you know that Tiger can most probably kick the pants off Haney any day of the week. But, as with all top golfers (all topathletes for that matter), they are crystal clear about one thing: You cannot see yourself playing golf, it is
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Accountability Trumps the Blame Game Every Time

Bea Fields — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:06:40 -0400
"When is John going to get me that report?"

"What is going on with the marketing report? When are they going to finish that thing?"

"I can't believe Mary is so late in making those phone calls."

"Okay...who dropped the ball this time?"
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Ten Questions to Answer to Drive Innovation

Bea Fields — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:58:19 -0400

Radical innovation is going to be a critical component in a leader’s toolkit in the future, and this does not mean that you “try to innovate” over a week-end brainstorming retreat. True innovation happens by disrupting the current environment, challenging old assumptions and even turning the culture upside down so that you can take a creative idea, turn it into a product or service and successfully move it to the marketplace.Each day I meet business leaders, and one of the first questions I ask is “On a scale of 1-10,
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