| April 21, 2010 | ||
| 9:30 AM | to | 3:30 PM |
The Greater Houston Partnership would like to invite you to a business program on exporting to Cuba, organized by the Texas-Cuba Trade Alliance and the AgriLife Extension of the Texas A&M System. The program is designed to provide the information, education and contacts crucial to facilitating food, forestry and agricultural sales to Cuba. Participants will hear first hand on how to get licensed to travel and export to Cuba, the requirements for export inspection and what the recent changes in Cuba mean to you and your business.
Cost: $65.00
Brady’s Landing 8505 Cypress Houston, TX 77012| April 21, 2010 | ||
| 5:15 PM | to | 8:30 PM |
A highly informative Flagship discussion concerning the first significant technological change to impact utility consumers in a hundred years!
Ready or not, a step-function change is underway in the manner by which electricity delivery will be monitored and billed. New technology will provide the opportunity to better promote energy conservation, balance demand, and restore essential services following major disruptions such as hurricanes. Dramatic change such as this represents opportunities to entrepreneurs and established businesses of all types, but also has impact that casual users should understand.
To help bring clarity to this changing landscape, we’ve assembled an all-star panel. Our moderator will be Bob Frazier, Director of Technology at CenterPoint Energy; amongst his many other credentials, Bob serves on several of the committees that have set the standards and governance for smart grid adoption in our region.
Bob will be joined by UofH’s David Francis, Director of the Texas Institute for Measurement, Evaluation and Statistics and Scott Burns, Manager of Smart Energy Product Management at Reliant Energy.
Cost: $45.00
The Courtyard on St. James 1885 St. James Place Houston, TX 77056| April 21, 2010 | ||
| 4:00 PM | to | 6:00 PM |
A former college professor, standup comic, and founder of two successful firms, Dr. Tom Sant has had an extraordinary impact on the way business people communicate. Recognized as the world’s foremost authority on winning sales proposals, he has shared his ideas in three powerful books: Persuasive Business Proposals, The Giants of Sales, and his most recent The Language of Success. Named one of the top ten sales trainers in the world by Selling Power Magazine, Tom has helped thousands of people around the world improve their ability to deliver the right message the right way.
Cost: $99.00 Location: Your computer
| April 16, 2010 | ||
| 8:30 AM | to | 12:30 PM |
This workshop explores how entrepreneurs can leverage the experiences of the world’s most successful companies to set a path toward Superperformance with Dave Guerra, founder of Corpus Optima.
Cost: $199.00
The Westin Galleria 5060 West Alabama Houston, TX 77056| April 6, 2010 | ||
| 7:30 AM | to | 9:00 AM |
David Lee, a serial entrepreneur shares his experiences and lessons learned from launching successful start-ups.
Cost: Free
The Junior League of Houston 1811 Briar Oaks Lane Houston, TX 77027By: Stephen M. R. Covey
Source: LeadershipNow.com
Almost everywhere we turn, trust is on the decline. Trust in our culture at large, in our institutions, and in our companies is significantly lower than a generation ago. Research shows that only 49% of employees trust senior management, and only 28% believe CEOs are a credible source of information. Consider the loss of trust and confidence in the financial markets today. Indeed, “trust makes the world go ’round,” and right now we’re experiencing a crisis of trust. This crisis compels us to ask three questions. First, is there a measurable cost to low trust? Second, is there a tangible benefit to high trust? Third, how can the best leaders build trust in and within their organizations to reap the benefits of high trust?
Most people don’t know how to think about the organizational and societal consequences of low trust because they don’t know how to quantify or measure the costs of such a so-called “soft” factor as trust. For many, trust is intangible, ethereal, unquantifiable. If it remains that way, then people don’t know how to get their arms around it or how to improve it. But the fact is, the costs of low trust are very real, they are quantifiable, and they are staggering. Read More
By: Sue Painter
Years ago, I heard the statement “the fastest way to personal growth is to open your own business.” Thirteen years after opening my first business, I can promise that statement is true. Like many people who are self-employed, I came out of the corporate world, where I was used to having support staff, creative people around me to bounce ideas off of, and the big bosses over me to handle the heat. I also had janitorial staff to clean the office and technical support staff to handle an errant computer. Read More
By David Brooks | March 29, 2010
Two things happened to Sandra Bullock this month. First, she won an Academy Award for best actress. Then came the news reports claiming that her husband is an adulterous jerk. So the philosophic question of the day is: Would you take that as a deal? Would you exchange a tremendous professional triumph for a severe personal blow?
On the one hand, an Academy Award is nothing to sneeze at. Bullock has earned the admiration of her peers in a way very few experience. She’ll make more money for years to come. She may even live longer. Research by Donald A. Redelmeier and Sheldon M. Singh has found that, on average, Oscar winners live nearly four years longer than nominees that don’t win. Read More
Source: www.weswell.blogs.wesleyan.edu
Ever wondered what is meant by the term “wellness”? It can mean many things to many people, but most commonly it references a definition developed by Dr. Halbert L. Dunn in the 1950s. Dunn defined wellness as:
“an integrated method of functioning which is oriented toward maximizing the potential of which the individual is capable. It requires that the individual maintain a continuum of balance and purposeful direction within the environment where he is functioning.”
It could also be defined as actively becoming aware of and pro-actively making choices towards a more successful existence. In other words, wellness emphasizes the state of the entire, interconnected being and its ongoing development rather than simply the absence of disease. Read More
Source: www.newwellnessreview.com
There are 5 Points of Wellness of which most people feel they need to be complete in their lives. Most people in the Western civilized world are lacking in not only one of these components, but nearly all.
In this article, I’m going to explain what these points actually are and how they are defined. So here it goes, the 5 Points of Wellness consist of: Read More
