Introduce yourself!

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Permalink Reply by Pete Wright on May 2, 2008 at 9:41am

Where are all the intros? :)

I'm Pete, and I'm a freelance storyteller from Portland. I help organizations craft their messages in compelling ways using new media. As a function of that work, and my background in F500 sales, marketing and PR, I also provide consultation to my clients around integrating sales, marketing, and advertising functions into a compelling communications plan. That involves leveraging my experience as a sales manager, which is a skillset I haven't really polished in a few years. Looking forward to this discussion to start to get my chops back up to speed!

Looking forward to meeting you all!

Pete

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Permalink Reply by Anna Nash on May 6, 2008 at 7:34pm

Hello everyone, I'm so excited about joining this group. As the Business Development Director for eCoreXperience, User Experience & Interaction Design specialists, I am interested in the whole next Gen, Web 2.0 business model transformation and exploring how the notion of Leadership is morphing along this evolution.

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Permalink Reply by Aaron Anderson on May 6, 2008 at 10:58pm

Hey Guys and Gals!

I'm in the Marketplace Solutions Group for Kaplan University in the Northwest Region. I live in Seattle, but am writing you from Juneau today. I develop relationships between companies and Kaplan University through online training.

I'm friends with Brad and have worked with him and known him for about 5 1/2 years now. He's a very good leader and salesman and I've heard Maxwell is a great author. I'm excited to learn from them as well as you all!

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Permalink Reply by Rich Vosler on May 12, 2008 at 7:34am

Hi everyone! I'm Rich Vosler. I'm a Life Coach and Sales Trainer. I came out of the mortgage mess in mid 2006 and have been on my own since. I do some product development, blogging, article writing, but mostly coaching right now. I've also done some work with network marketing companies. I love what I do and am looking forward to the discussion of this book.

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Permalink Reply by Jennifer Rivera on July 7, 2008 at 2:10pm

Hello:

I have read 360 Degree Leadership and I am rereading it again. It is one of those books that serve as an affirmation of what one already knows.

I am looking forward to joining this discussion. I have given this book as gifts to potential leaders.

I currently work as a Director of Human Resources in a non-profit organization. I am also an executive & career coach. You can see more about me at www.ibelievethat.com.

Jennifer

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Permalink Reply by Brad Trnavsky on July 7, 2008 at 3:18pm

Hey Jennifer,

Great to have you here. This group kind of fell apart right as it was getting going a couple of months ago. I am going to try to re-kick start this group. I'll be blogging about it this week and will also send an e-mail to all the other members of the group to re-start this.

There is going to be activity here even if it just Rich and I because I think there is a lot of value in REALLY reading this book and getting the most out of it.

I have read it, but I find going through it methodically allows me to gain a deeper understanding and to internalise new concepts.

Thanks for joining!

-Brad

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Permalink Reply by Rich Vosler on July 7, 2008 at 4:39pm

Jennifer, Welcome! I also checked out your site and it looks like you're up to some cool things. Looking forward to some great interaction!

Rich

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Permalink Reply by Brad Trnavsky on July 7, 2008 at 5:05pm

Jennifer,

I was just on your site a bit ago and really liked your message as well. I'm excited to get to know you a bit better.

-Brad

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Permalink Reply by Matt Murphy on July 26, 2008 at 11:14am

Hello all!!

I am Matt, and I am the Director of Sales for Vendmore Systems, LLC. Vendmore systems is a Technology and Intellectual Property company, which specializes in the design, development and distribution of high sales volume, networked, computerized vending equipment branded QuickStore24 . We are part of Walker Digital, which started Priceline.com, as well as holds numerous patents in gaming, like the "Wheel of Fortune" Slot machines you see in Casinos.

Launching a new product is always an exciting, and unbelievably rewarding experience. I have done it before with Companies like OpenTable.com and Rewards Network. As many of you know, the pressure for performance is put on those of us "in the middle", and it is that performance on which a successful launch, as well as the scale depends.

The concept of Leadership in an organization as is discussed in this book is something that is of primary importance in any organization, let alone in my application, where we are building infrastructure and cross functional teams, all while scaling this venture to have a National Presence.

I look forward to lively discussion, and and while I have had the opportunity to read other books by Maxwell, I have not had the pleasure of reading this one cover to cover. I have only read summaries and excerpts, so I just ordered the book from Amazon!!!

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Permalink Reply by Rich Vosler on July 26, 2008 at 12:45pm

Welcome Matt! Glad you ordered the book. Looking forward to your input!

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Permalink Reply by Brad Trnavsky on July 27, 2008 at 3:52pm

Welcome to the Group Matt... I am looking forward to chatting with you about this book. It is a fantastic read regardless of your level of leadership experience.

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