Archive for 'Wake Up & Shake It Up'
Guest Bloggers Post Dates for Wake Up and Shake It Up
Posted on15. Jun, 2010 by Shawn Murphy.
Your feedback has been amazing. The insights shared have people buzzing. This amazing thing that has people buzzing is the Wake Up & Shake It Up blog series. It’s a month long journey exploring leadership actions intending to bring optimism back to the workplace. How? By challenging you to shake up how your show up [...]
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Be Bold. Be Brilliant. Lead Strong
Posted on13. Jun, 2010 by Shawn Murphy.
Many organizations are struggling in a bleak work environment and decimated workforce due to layoffs. Leaders, however, have an opportunity to bring success back to their business. The opportunity is to restore optimism back in the workplace. The opportunities start at an individual level, a human level. Leaders can catapult their level of success by [...]
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Lead from Within: First Steps to Your New Leadership Style
Posted on10. Jun, 2010 by Lolly Daskal.
Today Lolly Daskal is our guest blogger for the Wake Up & Shake It Up blog series. Lolly has helped thousands of business people identify and optimize their innate leadership. A logical and energized writer, speaker, teacher, and coach, her clients have praised her wisdom and compassion. She specializes in leadership development, peak performance, and [...]
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3 Ways to Restore Optimism at Work
Posted on08. Jun, 2010 by Shawn Murphy.
This is the second of 14 special blog posts in the Wake Up & Shake It Up Blog series. We’ve got 12 guest bloggers. Today I share my thoughts… I need you to do one thing before you read any further. I need you to silence the skeptic voice in your head. I’m asking you [...]
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Big versus Small
Posted on08. Jun, 2010 by Ed McLaughlin.
Today is the official kick-off for the Wake Up & Shake it Up Blog series. The series includes 12 guest bloggers who will share with you new ways to lead that restores optimism at work, or inspires, connects, even moves your people to change how you attain success. Bottom line: We need uncommon leadership in [...]
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Get Ready to Shake Up Your Leadership
Posted on07. Jun, 2010 by Shawn Murphy.
I find inspiration in all types of music. And that includes Bon Jovi. I’m a proud fan. I share this not to share my rocker tendencies in my music tastes, but to set up a quote from one of the band’s songs, “We Weren’t Born to Follow:” “How will you raise your hand when they [...]
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We Need Uncommon Leadership
Posted on05. Jun, 2010 by Shawn Murphy.
We are living in extraordinary times. Indeed there are horrors attached to the statement: BP oil debacle; Toyota’s inability to overcome their pride; Massey Energy’s litany of mine safety issues. Each of these horrors is linked, in part, to leaders who failed to step up and lead their people. And what’s worse is that the [...]




