PodCasts
Getting Change Right: Creating Rapid Widespread Engagement
In this episode of “Accelerating Progress,” I interview Seth Kahan, a Change Leadership specialist and award-winning blogger for Fast Company magazine where he writes, Leading Change (http://tinyurl.com/sethfast).
Seth worked at the World Bank for 13 years. Since 2002 he has consulted with leaders in over 50 world-class organizations that include Shell, Peace Corps, Marriott, Prudential, American Society of Association Executives, International Bridge Tunnel and Turnpike Association, Project Management Institute, and NASA.
Seth is a keynote speaker, delivering presentations to over 25,000 professionals every year. He is the founder of Seth Kahan’s CEO Forum, a community of CEOs working together to innovate through the current recession. His next book, Getting Change Right: Creating Rapid Widespread Engagement will be published in spring 2010. You can reach him at Seth@VisionaryLeadership.com
Five Steps to Sponsorship Success
Gail Bower is President of Bower & Co. Consulting LLC, a firm that assists clients with dramatically raising their visibility, revenue, and impact. She’s a professional consultant, writer, and speaker, with nearly 25 years of experience managing some of the country’s most important events, festivals, and sponsorships and implementing marketing programs for clients. Launched in 1987, today Bower & Co. improves the effectiveness and results of clients’ marketing strategies, events, and corporate sponsorship programs.
A regular speaker about sponsorship, marketing,
and events, Gail is also a trusted source for the media, quoted
in Time, Meeting Professional International’s One+ magazine,
Direct Marketing News, and online at The Chronicle of Philanthropy,
among others. She’s the author of a guidebook for sponsorship
sellers, titled How to Jump-start Your Sponsorship Strategy
in Tough Times. For information, visit http://www.GailBower.com.
How to Survive the Crisis of Entrepreneurial Adolescence
In this episode of "Accelerating Progress," I interview Phil Symchych CA, MBA of Symchych Consulting Inc. (http://www.symchychconsulting.com) Phil is known as the The Entrepreneur's Architect™, and has over 20 years experience helping entrepreneurs in a variety of industries to grow their businesses and improve the quality of their lives. He consults, coaches, speaks and writes about entrepreneurial success.
Phil has has been published or quoted in the National Post, Globe and Mail, Leader Post, Star Phoenix and Western Producer. Phil's holds a Bachelor of Commerce and M.B.A. degrees. He is a Chartered Accountant and Certified Management Consultant.
Most recently, Phil was nominated to the Million Dollar Consultant Hall of Fame® for his contributions to the profession and his client results. He is one of only 20 consultants in the world to hold this designation. He also won the timed slalom competition at BMW's Advanced Driving Program.
Marketing in a Recession:
Shattering the Myths About What Works and What Doesn't
In this episode of "Accelerating Progress," I interview Linda J. Popky. Recently named one of the top women of influence in Silicon Valley, Linda is the founder and president of L2M Associates, Inc., (http://www.l2massociates.com/), a strategic marketing company that helps organizations dramatically improve their bottom line by more effectively leveraging their investments in marketing programs, processes, and people. L2M enables a wide range of organizations from startups and small business to Fortune 500 companies to use their existing marketing resources as effectively and efficiently as possible.
Linda is a member of the Million Dollar Consultant ® Hall of Fame, as well as president of Women in Consulting (WIC), a collaborative organization of more than 400 seasoned business professionals in more than 30 consulting specialties. She is a consultant, speaker, and educator, as well as the author of Marketing Your Career: Positioning, Packaging, and Promoting Yourself for Success and the host of the Marketing Thought Leadership podcast series.
Three Keys to Overcoming Resistance to Change
If you are making changes in your organization, it’s likely that many people may resist doing things differently – even if they agree that the changes are necessary.
In this 3-minute audio clip, I describe three of the most effective ways to break through resistance and get more of the results you need.
How to Stop "Firefighting" in Your Company.
In my experiences consulting to companies that are going through extraordinary growth and/or upheaval, chronic “firefighting” (juggling a series of unexpected and urgent issues) is an issue that almost always comes up.
In this 3-minute audio clip, I provide guidelines for addressing for extinguish “fires” so your company can achieve even better results on a sustained basis.
How to Build a Product Development Portfolio in Tough Economic Times
Announcing Pam Harper’s New Podcast Series – “Accelerating Progress”
HereTune in on a monthly basis as I interview some of the top thought leaders in the world on issues related to strategy, leadership, organizational growth, and business performance. Podcasts can be accessed on iTunes, as well as through Pam’s Blog.
My first guest is product development expert Katherine Radeka of Whittier Consulting. We discuss “How to Build a Product Development Portfolio in Tough Economic Times”.
Radio Appearances
The Small Business Advocate radio program. Pam returns for her seventh guest appearance.
The Small Business Advocate radio program. Pam returns for her sixth guest appearance.
Fix Your Conflicts Radio Program: Pam interviewed on tips to resolve organizational conflict.
The Small Business Advocate radio program. Pam returns for her fifth guest appearance.
An 8 minute interview with Pamela S Harper, author of Preventing Strategic Gridlock © in mp3 format
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Pam Harper on "The Cranky Middle Manager" Show, hosted by Wayne Turmel. She discusses why even the savviest managers can do everything right and still get the wrong results, and how they can overcome this challenge.
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A 6 minute preview on Preventing Strategic Gridlock © that aired on Public Radio's "Kimball in The City" show.
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A 6 minute interview with Mark B. Robinson,
host of "The Careful Capitalist" radio program on
WAAM 1600 AM, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
(Previously of the Leading Indicator now host of The Careful
Capitalist)
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Interview with Jim Blasingame on “The Small Business Advocate Show”. This program, which airs weekdays, features interviews with a variety of authors, editors, political commentators and others who inform entrepreneurs on a variety of issues that are important to them