by Liz Blake | Apr 16, 2013 | Attitude, Leadership, Performance, Sales Dynamics
Top performance in your organization An organization will only perform to the extent its employees can contribute their best skills at full force. A valuable concern would be increasing the moments of flow your people have – or even staying in the zone of...
by Liz Blake | Apr 8, 2013 | Attitude, Leadership, Performance, Sales Dynamics
You’ve outdone yourself and achieved your personal best! You were in “flow”[1]. You were in the “peak of self-regulation, the maximal harnessing of emotions in the service of performance or learning”.[2] Whether it was dance, football, presenting or...
by Liz Blake | Dec 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
“Christmas in..(pick any village)” An update on a skit I jotted in Christmas ’08 amongst heavy, dense traffic – the Year of ‘Sex in the City’ Two young people trudging and tired…..a tanned young man and his sweet and heavily...
by Liz Blake | May 20, 2011 | Leadership, Performance
The Seven Wastes identified by the Toyota Manufacturing process (TPS), can be applied to the SERVICES Sector. Any manager in manufacturing knows about the ‘7 Wastes’ that Toyota identified and used to define the TPS. These seven wastes consume a...
by Liz Blake | May 11, 2011 | Attitude, Career, Leadership, Performance, Sales Dynamics
Secrets I learned as a Mother and Businesswoman Celebrating Mother’s Day recently reminded me of some ‘secrets’ I learned as a mother and leading my large successful business. Direct Selling is regarded as the greatest training ground for...
