by Deanne DeMarco | Dec 20, 2012 | Communication, leadership, Leadership Development, Management, Managing Yourself, Uncategorized
The summer Olympics held in London reminds me how Great Leaders, like great Olympic and World Champion athletes have programed their brains to go for the gold. How you think is directly related to what you have programed or put into your head. The difference between a...				
					 
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Deanne DeMarco | Aug 30, 2012 | Communicaiton Insights, Communication, Conference, Foodservice, Hospitality, leadership, Leadership Development, Management, Managing People, Managing Yourself, Professional Development, Women Issues, Workshop
This week I interviewed Kim Ervin, Executive Director of HR for Heartland Food Corp. I asked her why she was speaking at the upcoming Inspiring Women Conference, next month in Naperville, IL.  Kim said that she hopes when women hear her story they will be encouraged...				
					 
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Deanne DeMarco | Aug 25, 2012 | Chicago Keynote Speaker, Communication, Conference, keynote speaking, leadership, Leadership Development, Managing Yourself, MOtivational Speaker Chicago, Women Issues, Workshop
This week Dianne Morr is my guest blogger and she has the inside scoop on nationally recognized speaker Marcie Stern. Marcie will be presenting at the 2nd annual Inspiring Women, Chicago- area conference to be held in Naperville, Illinois on Friday, September 21,...				
					 
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Deanne DeMarco | Feb 13, 2012 | Communicaiton Insights, Communication, hiring Best practices, leadership, Leadership Development, Manage, Management, Managing People, Managing Yourself, Professional Development, Steve Jobs, Team
When Steve Jobs first resigned from Apple Computer some were shocked others were expecting the move.  Steve had been battling cancer for several years and many suspected that the day would come when he’d have to step down. People close to him said that his...				
					 
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Deanne DeMarco | Jun 28, 2011 | Communicaiton Insights, Communication, Gen Y, leadership, Leadership Development, Management, Managing People
  Recently I listened to a presentation given on TED (www.TED.com) by a respected Ghanaian economist George Ayittey. He won the H.L. Mencken award for best book in 1992. In Ayittey’s presentation he said the future of Africa lies on the new Cheetah Generation....				
					 
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Deanne DeMarco | Mar 28, 2011 | Gen x issues, Gen Y, Generation X, leadership, Leadership Development, Manage, Management, Managing People, Team
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