Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Navigator #139 | Finding Your Purpose in Life

I am a fortunate person. I am happy, satisfied with my life,
and love what I do. I used to think most people were just
like me. But the older I get the more I realize there is a
minority of us who have actually found our purpose. There
is a great majority who are in the middle—content but
stagnant; and finally there are those who are unhappy,
miserable, lost and misguided.

>From the time I was a teenager, I knew what I wanted
to do with my life--the path to my future was clear. Are
you living a purpose driven life? Do you enjoy what you
do? Or are you stuck in a place, a position that does
not allow you to put your talents to work? If you
answered to the positive, this might be a good time to
make a change.

Someone once said, "A rut is a grave with both ends
knocked out." Here is a quick formula I use to help me
find purpose and keep my life on course.

To find your purpose in life you have to use SOAP.

S-Success

Most people waste their life chasing after things they
never can obtain or possess. Know what makes you
successful and pursue it with as much passion and
energy as you possibly can. Success is not about job
security or money—it is about fulfillment and doing
what you enjoy.

O-Opportunity

Most problems in life are disguised as opportunities.
For every problem you encounter there are at least four
or five opportunities that come along with it. Don't be
afraid to try something new—take a risk.

A-Attitude

Humans are the only creatures on earth that can
choose their attitudes—be it positive or negative.
Each morning as you awake, take charge of your
attitude and decide to be positive. Quit being
miserable and bringing others down. Change your
attitude—change your life.

P-Plan

Write down what you are going to do differently, your
goal, or career choice. If you don't write it down—it
will probably never happen.

Start now. There is a great purpose, a fantastic life
waiting for you!

Greg Smith
Lead Navigator and Captain of the Ship

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed
by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you
did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the
safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore.
Dream. Discover."

--Mark Twain
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MOTIVATIONAL MINUTE VIDEO

Greg's latest video, "What Good Managers Do" is
available for viewing.
http://www.chartcourse.com/demovideo.html
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DESIGNING AN EFFECTIVE NEW EMPLOYEE
ORIENTATION PROGRAM

Stay tuned for Greg's latest book called, SOS – Strategies
for Onboarding Success. It should be available in the fall.
He will also conduct a webseminar on the same topic.
If you are interested, let us know.
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SPECIAL REPORTS AVAILABLE

Visit our website and see what is new.

>Managing Talent and Driving High Performance
>Creating an Effective Incentive Program
>The Interviewing Process: How to Hire Exceptional People
Each and Every Time
>Employers Use Fun to Fight Turnover
>How to Manage Negative Employees
>How to Reduce Absenteeism and Improve Attendance
at Work
>What Good Managers Must Do:
Energizing Performance Toward People, Productivity,
and Profits
>How to Increase Job Satisfaction
>Implementing a Retention Strategy
>Grow Your Business and Drive Traffic to Your Website
Resource Guide
>Icebreakers and Team Building Exercises

Please visit
http://www.chartcourse.com/captainsreports.htm


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Copyright 2008, CYC International

This publication and the Navigator Newsletter
is provided by Chart Your Course International.

Published by Greg Smith
Chart Your Course International Inc.
Phone: 770-860-9464/800-821-2487
Address: 2814 Hwy 212, Conyers, GA. 30094

www.chartcourse.com
www.highretention.com
www.behaviorprofile.com

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Saturday, July 05, 2008

Transforming Workers to Winners

New article on employee retention

Tips on employee retention and employee engagement.

http://www.thehrspecialist.com/7865/12_real_Life_proven_ways_to_retain_your_
best_employees.hr?cat=employee_relations&sub_cat=retention

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Navigator #138 -- Middle Managers Not Happy

PERSONAL NOTE FROM THE CAPTAIN

I hope your summer is going well. I will be in Chicago
next week speaking at the National SHRM Conference on
Monday, June 23 at 10:45 – 12:00. If you are attending,
please come by and say hello. I will be signing books at
the SHRM bookstore immediately after my session.

I have added a new feature on my website called the
"Motivational Minute." I will be adding a short video
clip on a special topic from time to time. Take a look
at the first one on my video page.

http://www.chartcourse.com/demovideo.html
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GROW YOUR BUSINESS
AND DRIVE TRAFFIC TO YOUR WEBSITE
TELESEMINAR -- PART I

Thursday ~ June 26, 2008
3:00-4:00 p.m. EST
60 minutes $59

You don't need to hire an expensive PR firm to grow your
business and get publicity. Learn how to increase sales,
boost exposure, and broadcast your message to your
clients and prospects with just a few clicks on the keyboard.

This teleseminar will help you design a marketing
campaign that will give you maximum exposure
with little or no financial investment. Whether you
are just starting out in business, an entrepreneur, or
a seasoned consultant, these tips and techniques will help
you elevate your credibility and drive new customers to
your website. You don't need a technical background,
and most of these strategies cost little or nothing to
implement. Discover how these ideas and concepts
will take you and your business to the next level.

Register online or by calling 770-860-9464
http://www.chartcourse.com/teleseminar_internet_marketing.html
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SURVEY DATA

HINDERING CREATIVITY

LEGO's Creativity in the Workplace Survey of 200 managers
and executives finds the biggest deterrents to creativity
at work are:

Office politics 45%
Workload 23%
Meetings 22%
Other 10%

Source: Leflein Associates Inc. ~ Ringwood, N. J.

EXECUTIVE PERKS

The Executive Compensation 2007/2008 Survey of 5,300
employers finds 63 percent of organizations offered cell
phones to executives as a perk, and an additional 44
percent provided laptops or home PCs in 2007.

Source: Compdata Surveys ~ Olathe, Kan.

As reported in Human Resource Executive Magazine
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MIDDLE MANAGERS UNHAPPY WITH THEIR
ORGANIZATIONS

A recent survey conducted by Accenture, a global management
consulting, technology services, and outsourcing company,
clearly indicates middle managers the world over are
unhappy with their present organizations. Statistics
revealed 20 percent are completely dissatisfied and 41
percent are somewhat disenchanted with their current
jobs. Satisfaction levels dipped in areas such as Malaysia,
China, Singapore, France, and the United Kingdom,
where a mere 25 percent of middle managers expressed
sincere contentment.

Middle managers were asked to review a list of 10 adjectives,
and select one to describe their organization. The most
popular descriptive word used by 30 percent was "mismanaged."
Very few described their current employers as "successful,
ethical, or intelligent."

The report is based on Accenture's fourth annual survey of
full-time workers who are considered middle managers;
1,413 web-based interviews were conducted with respondents
in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Spain,
Germany, Australia, China, Singapore, and Malaysia. The
survey was conducted in September 2006 by the International
Communications Research.
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IMPROVE YOUR MANAGEMENT SKILLS

Becoming a good manager is an ongoing process. For those
organizations that are serious about management development,
we encourage you to visit our Supervision Series which
equips supervisors and managers at all levels with the
fundamental skills required to enable individual and team
performance. The Supervision Series has been used globally
by thousands of organizations in all industry segments.
The 12 modules are:

1)Essential Skills of Leadership
2)Delegating
3)Communicating Up
4)Essential Skills of Communicating
5)Developing Performance Goals and Standards
6)Providing Performance Feedback
7)Coaching Job Skills
8)Managing Complaints
9)Effective Discipline
10)Supporting Change
11)Resolving Conflicts
12)Improving Work Habits

Courses are available online, in-house, or we can provide
the facilitator training kits for you to teach the courses
yourself. Licensing and quantity discounts are available.

For more information call Seth or Jan at 770-860-9464.
http://www.chartcourse.com/supervisortrainingprices.html
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SUMMER SALE ~ SAVINGS!

We are putting Greg's "How to Attract, Keep, and Motivate
Your Workforce ToolKit" on sale this month. It includes a
power-packed assortment of some of his best selling books
and audios, and a DVD you can use for training.

This ToolKit has a value of over $220, but is now on sale
for $129. We have a limited quantity available! Order now
before they are gone.

http://www.chartcourse.com/captainsspecialdeals.html
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Copyright 2008, CYC International

This publication and the Navigator Newsletter
is provided by Chart Your Course International.

Published by Greg Smith
Chart Your Course International Inc.
Phone: 770-860-9464/800-821-2487
Address: 2814 Hwy 212, Conyers, GA. 30094

www.chartcourse.com
www.highretention.com
www.behaviorprofile.com

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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Motivational Speaker, Leadership Speaker, keynote speaker: Gregory Smith

Here is a "Motivational Minute" from Greg Smith

Wednesday, June 04, 2008

*Navigator #137: Have you ever been lost?

This issue of the Navigator Newsletter is provided to
you in Pdf. format. Feel free to print it off and forward
to your friends.

I have also included a special audio podcast from one
of my speeches.

http://www.chartcourse.com/Enav-137.html
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EMAIL HEADACHES

Email has become an unreliable method to communicate
anymore. Spam filters, whitelists, blacklists, blah, blah, blah.
Sad news is on many occasions we don't receive your emails
and visa versa. The email is getting filtered out in
cyberspace somewhere. So, don't think we are ignoring
you. If it is important, we suggest using the phone.
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Date Change!

GROW YOUR BUSINESS
AND DRIVE TRAFFIC TO YOUR WEBSITE
TELESEMINAR -- PART I


Thursday, June 26, 2008
3:00-4:00 p.m. EST
60 minutes/$59

You don't need to hire an expensive PR firm to grow
your business and get publicity. Learn how to increase
sales, exposure, and broadcast your message to your
clients and prospects with just a few clicks on the
keyboard. This teleseminar will help you design a marketing
campaign that will give you maximum exposure and
credibility with little or no financial investment. Whether you
are just starting out in business, an entrepreneur, or a seasoned
consultant, these tips and techniques will help you
increase sales, elevate your credibility, and drive new
customers to your website. You don't need a technical
background and most of these strategies cost little or
nothing to implement. Discover how these ideas and
concepts will take you and your business to the next level.

http://www.chartcourse.com/teleseminar_internet_marketing.html

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Copyright 2008, CYC International

This publication and the Navigator Newsletter
is provided by Chart Your Course International.

Published by Greg Smith
Chart Your Course International Inc.
Phone: 770-860-9464/800-821-2487
Address: 2814 Hwy 212, Conyers, GA. 30094

www.chartcourse.com
www.highretention.com
www.behaviorprofile.com

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Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Happy and Productive Employees


Please allow me to introduce myself, my name is Amy Trueblood and I am a contributing author to the Awards Network Blog, a single source for information on employee award programs. I posted an entry that cites an article that you wrote about happy employees being more productive employees. (the citation was taken from http://www.salesvantage.com/article/view.php?w=126)

I found your tips to be both relevant and helpful for clients of ours and just wanted to let you know that you may visit http://www.awardsnetwork.com/blog/2008/05/are-happy-employees-better-emp.html to read the article I wrote on the question of whether happy employees are better employees.

Thanks for your insightful information and I look forward to reading more articles from Management Insights in the future for related information.

Best Regards,
~Amy
Amy Trueblood
Account Manager
Awards Network
Phone: 219-324-8055
Toll Free: 877-324-0088
Fax: 219-324-5974

P.S. Sign up for our free Navigator Newsletter
www.chartcourse.com/emailnavnews.htm

Last chance to sign up for Wednesday's teleseminar

To all Navigator Newsletter subscribers.

Last chance to sign up for this teleseminar.

Creating Great Places To Work
How To Attract, Engage And Retain Your Workforce
Teleseminar

Wednesday
May 21, 2008
3:00-4:30 p.m. EST
90 minutes/$145 per person

No matter what direction the economy is going -- you can't
afford NOT to have a great place to work. Learn how to
attract, retain, and engage your workforce. Discover the
groundwork that builds employee motivation, increases
productivity, and gives people PRIDE in what they do.
Learn how to design employee involvement, reward,
and recognition programs that generate improved
bottom-line results. This session will show managers,
business owners, and human resource professionals
not only how to retain and motivate their most talented
performers, but also how to transform your workplace
into a high-retention culture--saving organizations
countless thousands of dollars. This session is jam
packed with tips, ideas, and easy-to-implement advice
for creating a great place to work.

Call 770-860-9464 or register online:
http://www.chartcourse.com/teleseminar_retention.html
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GROW YOUR BUSINESS
AND DRIVE TRAFFIC TO YOUR WEBSITE
TELESEMINAR -- PART I

Thursday, June 19, 2008
3:00-4:00 p.m. EST
60 minutes/$59

You don't need to hire an expensive PR firm to grow
your business and get publicity. Learn how to increase
sales, exposure, and broadcast your message to your
clients and prospects with just a few clicks on the keyboard.
This teleseminar will help you design a marketing
campaign that will give you maximum exposure and
credibility with little or no financial investment. Whether
you are just starting out in business, an entrepreneur,
or a seasoned consultant, these tips and techniques
will help you increase sales, elevate your credibility, and
drive new customers to your website. You don't need a
technical background and most of these strategies cost
little or nothing to implement. Discover how these ideas
and concepts will take you and your business to the next level.

Call 770-860-9464 or register online:
http://www.chartcourse.com/teleseminar_internet_marketing.html
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Copyright 2008, CYC International

This publication and the Navigator Newsletter
is provided by Chart Your Course International.

Published by Greg Smith
Chart Your Course International Inc.
Phone: 770-860-9464/800-821-2487
Address: 2814 Hwy 212, Conyers, GA. 30094

www.chartcourse.com
www.highretention.com
www.behaviorprofile.com

Sign-up for Greg's Navigator Newsletter by visiting
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Creating Great Places To Work/Retention Teleseminar

Time is running out for these two upcoming
teleseminars from Chart Your Course International Inc.

Audio recordings are available for those
who cannot attend.

Creating Great Places To Work
How To Attract, Engage And Retain Your Workforce
Teleseminar

Wednesday
May 21, 2008
3:00-4:30 p.m. EST
90 minutes/$145 per person

No matter what direction the economy is going -- you can't
afford NOT to have a great place to work. Learn how to
attract, retain, and engage your workforce. Discover the
groundwork that builds employee motivation, increases
productivity, and gives people PRIDE in what they do.
Learn how to design employee involvement, reward,
and recognition programs that generate improved
bottom-line results. This session will show managers,
business owners, and human resource professionals
not only how to retain and motivate their most talented
performers, but also how to transform your workplace
into a high-retention culture—saving organizations
countless thousands of dollars. This session is jam
packed with tips, ideas, and easy-to-implement advice
for creating a great place to work.

Call 770-860-9464 or register online:
http://www.chartcourse.com/teleseminar_retention.html
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GROW YOUR BUSINESS
AND DRIVE TRAFFIC TO YOUR WEBSITE
TELESEMINAR -- PART I

Thursday, June 19, 2008
3:00-4:00 p.m. EST
60 minutes/$59

You don't need to hire an expensive PR firm to grow
your business and get publicity. Learn how to increase
sales, exposure, and broadcast your message to your
clients and prospects with just a few clicks on the keyboard.
This teleseminar will help you design a marketing
campaign that will give you maximum exposure and
credibility with little or no financial investment. Whether
you are just starting out in business, an entrepreneur,
or a seasoned consultant, these tips and techniques
will help you increase sales, elevate your credibility, and
drive new customers to your website. You don't need a
technical background and most of these strategies cost
little or nothing to implement. Discover how these ideas
and concepts will take you and your business to the next level.

Call 770-860-9464 or register online:
http://www.chartcourse.com/teleseminar_internet_marketing.html
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Copyright 2008, CYC International

This publication and the Navigator Newsletter
is provided by Chart Your Course International.

Published by Greg Smith
Chart Your Course International Inc.
Phone: 770-860-9464/800-821-2487
Address: 2814 Hwy 212, Conyers, GA. 30094

www.chartcourse.com
www.highretention.com
www.behaviorprofile.com

Sign-up for Greg's Navigator Newsletter by visiting
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