Take Charge of Your Productivity

 

Todays Guest:

Carol Hatton-Holmes, CFCP, spent the first 20 years of her working life in Corporate America. She held various positions with IBM, SunGard, GTE and Sprint in national account management, human resources and technical service.  Carol actively speaks and writes on generational topics that assist organizations in creating more effective work relationships, improving bottom line results and reducing employee turnover. She volunteers with the Young Entrepreneurs Academy, SCORE and Wings for Success. Understand the generational differences in your team and how to manage and motivate millennials.

 

According to todays guest CRAP means Clutter that Robs Anyone of Pleasure. Clutter comes in 2 forms mental and physical and often they are related. It is time to get rid of your CRAP.

Ever find that when things are hectic in your life you have an urge to clean and get things straightened and organized? It is because we are looking for clarity, control, calm. Lets start with your physical space and clean up that crap. Get rid of the stuff you have been saving for no good reason. These possessions served you well in the past but now; it is time to let go. You will be amazed at the freedom you get from cleaning out the old so you can make room for the new. 

Clean out the physical and mental space for you to grow. You will be amazed at how productive you feel!

Todays Guest: Vali Heist 

Vali Heist is a Certified Professional Organizer®, author, and self-proclaimed CRAP expert. She is the Owner of The Clutter Crew in Mohnton, Pennsylvania and is celebrating her 10th year in business. Her book is titled “Organize This! Practical Tips, Green Ideas, and Ruminations about your CRAP”. CRAP means Clutter that Robs Anyone of Pleasure.

Vali has a Master’s in Education and an extensive background of 24 years in Higher Education at Alvernia University including financial aid, training, administration, project management, accreditation, and editorial production. She currently writes a monthly column for the Reading Eagle on organizing tips.

Vali’s goal is to share short and long-term organizing solutions so anyone can organize their best life at home and in the workplace.

Work-life balance is an interesting discussion. Many people feel it is impossible and give up trying while others obsess over it.  What is balance anyway? Is it possible? How do I know I have it? What is the time frame for evaluating it: daily, weekly or monthly? Lets go deep on understanding balance and the factors that keep us from our personal balance.

On todays show you will learn..
What Work-Life Balance isn't. Tools to Get Out of Your Head.A Quick Way to Win the Battle of Procrastination.
Todays Guest: Naketa Thigpen

Naketa Thigpen is a challenger, one whose clear purpose is to task others to greatness. As the President and co-founder of ThigPro, a life management and professional development company, her inimitable ability to develop the person inside the professional through customized retreats and simplistic systems is precisely what makes her the premier specialist in coaching. As a Women’s Executive Balance Advisor, she helps high-achievers and high potentials build efficient work-structures that allow them to effectively infuse balance into their life and business via corporate and personal development micro retreats and executive advancement programs.

As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with expertise in Relationship Management, Trauma and related Behavioral modalities, Naketa Thigpen realized that she could impact the world in a unique way by integrating her skills, gifts and talents as a holistically centered success coach and balance advisor. In designing real solutions to real-time problems that exist within the business and personal worlds of today’s leaders, Naketa is determined to move them beyond excellence and into the rare air of greatness system implementation, innovative mindset modification and balance. 

How you start the new year will set the tone and pace for the rest of the year. It isnt about the resolutions it is about the follow through. If the goals and resolutions you create are realistic the main reason people dont follow through is all mindset. 

We will start the year off the year of productivity by talking about Lean as a mindset, so we can shift the way we look at things. Many people first heard about Lean as part of manufacturing. It is most quantifiable in this atmosphere but can be applied anywhere and everywhere.

On this show we are going to teach you what LEAN is and how simple it can be to identify and eliminate waste. In addition we will look at why people fail in their implementation and YOU can avoid it.

Todays Guest: Paul Akers

Paul Akers is founder and president of FastCap, an international product development with distribution in 40 countries.

FastCap based in Bellingham Washington launches approximately 20 new innovative products per year and is regarded as a lean leader among American manufacturers.  The grandchild of Greek immigrants, Paul was born and raised in Southern California where he graduated with honors from Biola University.  He Worked in Pasadena restoring historical homes and taught Highschool industrial arts.

His Passion is teaching others how to implement Lean thinking in their own business and personal life.  Paul has worked with the US navy, IDF Israel Defense Forces, major European Banks as well companies and organization all over the world . Paul is a master craftsman, gardener, and designer. He built his home aGreene and Greene style house in Bellingham, Washington, as well as the furniture and guitars.

Positive thinking is the best approach to misfortune or challenge in life, right? Maybe not. Our psychology is the driving force behind everything we do, but there are external variables or triggers that influence you. You can’t control them…but you can control how you respond to them, and ultimately what they mean to you. Positivity is a way to avoid a problem but not always the best way to solve a problem.

As described in my program to accelerate productivity, Championship Psychology is not about eliminating the negative, but learning how to recognize it and adapt quickly. Awareness is power. If we understand the root cause of a challenge, we can overcome it quickly. The key is not to LIVE in the problem because if you do, your problem will continue to grow. David Corbin will share with us his techniques to confront, examine and fix problems.

Guest Bio: David M. Corbin

David Corbin is an author, speaker, mentor and advisor who coined the phrase “illuminating the negative” as the best approach to resolve challenges. He has been referred to as “Robin Williams with an MBA” because of his high content speeches coupled with entertaining and side splitting stories and applications. A former psychotherapist with a background in healthcare, he served as a management and leadership consultant to businesses and organizations of all sizes – from Fortune 20 companies to businesses with less than 1 million – and enjoys the challenges of all. He worked directly with the Presidents of companies such as AT&T, Hallmark, Sprint as well as the Hon. Secretary of Veterans Administration and others. David’s latest book, Illuminate- Harnessing The Positive Power of Negative Thinking has reached the #2 book in the Amazon category of business life.