Sunday 29 November 2009

CSR Reporting Best Practice

Cindy Mehallow of Triple Pundit has put together some excellent insights about CSR reporting including some great work being done by FedEx and Gap.

Please read Cindy’s blog with the links here.

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Ian
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Friday 20 November 2009

The greatest movement on earth by Paul Hawken

Great insights about the greatest movement on earth by Paul Hawken, one of the great social and environmental justice leaders in the world today.



A must watch video.

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Tuesday 17 November 2009

Please affirm the charter for compassion

On the 12th November The Charter for Compassion was offically launched. I encourage you to join me and thousands of people (hopefully millions) in affirming the charter and living its words. It’s just one page. Please read and affirm here.

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Friday 13 November 2009

Just showing up isn't enough

I came across the following at Persistence Unlimited.com

"80 percent of success is just showing up" —Woody Allen

"I often think about that quotation. It may sound easy to shrug off, but not if you look a little deeper. It doesn't just mean show up for job interviews or to work for an 80% increase in success. Showing up also means ... starting.

"For instance, did you show up at the gym today? Just showing up means you're 80% of the way to a good workout. The hard part of fighting yourself to get dressed in workout gear, dealing with traffic and the worry about pain you might experience is over. Now all that is left is to just do the workout. Pretty simple, huh? Even a child could do it.

"Same thing with opportunity. It's easier to make significant progress on a project if you simply show up to do it. Candidly, one of my hardest tasks of the day is 'showing up' for development Visual Studio. It seems simple enough ... just double click on an icon. But if I think too much about the seemingly 10,000 things I have to do once I launch it, I am much more likely to 'accidentally' launch my web browser or fiddle with e-mail.

"But once I'm in there, the work is typically easy and fun. Some days I can knock out more tasks than I planned. And I feel like a success at the end of the day.

"You can be or do whatever you want just by showing up. If you want to be an author, show up to write your manuscript every day, show up to writing classes, show up to phone calls to editors. Doesn't it make sense that someone who arrives at the door of opportunity has more success than someone just sitting at home?

"So increase your chances by 80%. Show Up!"

I have reflected on this a lot in the past few weeks where I have really been focusing on how I show up and my mantra has been to show up joyful. This has made an incredible difference to my life and work. I agree showing up is a key to being successful. I am firm however that the attitude we bring to our showing up is the real key.

How are you showing up?


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Ian
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Monday 9 November 2009

Celebrating the walls we take down

Today we can all celebrate the tearing down of the Berlin Wall. When visiting Berlin last September I was really taken by the willingness of the Berlin people to talk about their past and how well they have moved on.

May today be a day when we not only remember and celebrate the courage of those who have stood and today stand against tyranny, may we also celebrate the walls we have torn down in our own lives that have made us better and more of who we truly are.

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Saturday 7 November 2009

Talk about doing what we love in the service of people who love what we do



John Nese owner of Galco's Soda Pop Shop in Los Angeles has much to teach us about living Steve Farber's words of wisdom "doing what we love in the service of people who love what we do."
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Thursday 5 November 2009

Letting go of our rule books

Of recent times I have been done some great personal development sessions with one of my mentors.

In one session my mentor asked me if I was willing to give up my rule book? I was, however, I found it very hard to do!

There are rules in society that are there primarily to protect us and fellow beings from ourselves and each other. Otherwise there would be so much chaos we would probably cease to exist.

We have our own rules as well however.

My rule book used to say:

*Nobody should give bad service so I should tell people off when they do
*If something is wrong I’d better fix it before it gets worse
*Before this or that gets off the rails I should say something to help (and I used to say it)
*I should be appreciated more often
*People don’t deserve to be treated poorly and if I don’t do anything about it nobody will
*People who don’t to reply to emails should be sanctioned

I could go on and on. I once had a lot of rules.

My mentor pointed out to me that my rules are often fantasy or completely irrelevant or unknown for others.

I spent a lot of time and energy thinking about this and agree with my mentor. I have thrown out my rule book.

I have learnt that what is, is. I am learning that the more I accept this and not try to control things, judge others, or make things better, which is what my rule book used to be all about, I am much more peaceful, powerful, inspirational, and many times more effective.

Instead of my rules I now focus on rules of engagement when the possibility of collaborating or engaging with others presents itself. The best rules of engagement are those we have agreed to work with, which means building a relationship with others really matters before we can properly engage.

There are three worlds. The one in here is my world. The one out there is your world. Neither matter as much as the third which is our world, the world we share.

Have you got your own rule book?

Maybe if you discarded it your life would be better. I can’t comment. What you do is none of my business.

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Ian
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Tuesday 3 November 2009

Life's challenges are really opportunities

This Lemonade Movie Trailer will inspire you I’m sure to view your challenges as opportunities.



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Ian
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