Chip Conley is the founder, President, and CEO of Joie de Vivre Hospitality,
California’s largest independent hotel company – and America’s second largest boutique hotelier. He has always been on the cutting edge of what’s new in hospitality. Inspired by the French expression, Joie de Vivre, for “joy of life,”. Chip created Joie de Vivre with the intention of developing what USA Today has called “the most delightfully schizophrenic collection of hotels in America.”
Chip challenges your thinking by asking you to frame all that you do with a question about Joie de Vive, "am I getting joy in life from what I do?”
In this Women's Leadership interview with Sabrina Braham, Chip shares with us:
- The four keys of a successful business leader
- How to get top performance from your people.
- Why transparency builds trust.
- Learning to ask the right questions:
Are you in the right habitat?
- Are you valued and respected at work?
- What scorecard are you using?
- How are you measuring success?
Listen carefully as Chip Conley, one of the top thought leaders in the USA, talks with Sabrina Braham MA PCC and tells you how to improve yourself, your company and be a stat women leader in these challenging times.
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A Really Stupid Idea That Wastes Lots of Time
I am giving a talk on time management to the California Deposition Reporters conference. This reminded me that part of the difficulty most women leaders have with time mangement is a very stupid idea that has been widely adopted.
The energy sucking, time vampire, time waster, productivity drain — the open door policy.
Let me give you an example. I was working with a manager of a large manufacturing company. There had been numerous complaints about his poor listening skills and his bad temper.
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If you are entreprenurial or career woman in a currrent or future leadership position, you need to listen to this important episode of Women's Leadership Success with Sabrina Braham CPC and Visiting Angels, (a leading national home health care company), VP Pat Drea. Pat shares the ways of thinking that have brought her great success in business and as a women leader.
Learn about the Psychology of Achievement for Women Leaders and simple ways you can activate your mind more effectively to achive your goals.
Psychology of Achievement For Women Leaders, this episode includes:
- Secrets for finding and being a mentor
- The principles that will help you maximize your talents and realize your full potential.
- How to change the way you think and open up to unlimited possibilities.
- The importance of setting goals and expanding your thinking.
- The gift in your failure.
- Increase your success through the power of intention.
Pat Drea, Chief Operating Officer of Visiting Angels
A leading national private duty home care company, at which she is the primary architect of business and operational models. Pat is an exceptional business leader. She is admired and respected for her wisdom and brillance.
Prior to her current position, She has successfully led four company startups and two turnarounds.
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Mellody Hobson President of the Ariel Fund, talks about her career at Ariel, starting as an intern working her way up to president of the company.
Learn from this genuinely down to earth, intelligent, and nice woman.
Women's Leadership Insights and Suggestions on:
- How to keep getting promoted.
- The importance of loving what you do for work.
- What it means to give up a life of obligation.
- Her journey from a childhood of financial challenges to being financially smart about money.
- The steps you can take to go from debt-ridden to financially independent.
- How to begin to do this yourself and how to teach this to your children.
- And the sage advice “If you want to be the best…” Listen for the answer to this and much more
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Randy White, one of the leading management consultants in the United States, and the author of Breaking the Glass ceiling shares his insights with Sabrina Braham on how women can get into top management positions.
Breaking the Glass Ceiling - Women's Leadership Highlights
- Do you know what the narrow band of acceptable conduct is in your company?
- Learn how to navigate through the barriers.
- Discover the most important factor to your career.
- Is the female modesty effect blocking your advancement?
- Do you know who makes it and why?
- The secret to reaching the top ranks in your company.
Join executive coach Sarina Braham MA CPC and Randy White and find our why Hillary Clinton, governor Sarah palin, Geraldine Ferarro and women leaders around the world are breaking the glass ceiling.
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PS Join Women's Leadership Success Host Sabrina Braham MA CPC at the Pink Conference in Los Angeles CA on October 30th and meet inpsiring women leaders
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