Category: Leadership Skills

When Fish Fly: Lessons for Creating a Vital and Energized Workplace

April 1st was International Fun at Work Day.  Did it seem that way to you?

Eight years ago, I shared about my experience with the world-famous Pike Place Fish Market in Seattle and summarized the business best-seller Fish! by Stephen C. Lundin, Harry Paul, and John Christensen.

Now, we turn to another business advice book, where the owner of the World Famous Pike Place Fish Market John Yokoyama explains how he transformed his business into a workplace that is renowned worldwide. When Fish Fly offers Yokoyama’s cohesive strategy for achieving world famous results for owners, managers, and front-line workers alike.

Once you understand the generative principles behind the World Famous Pike Place Fish Market you, too, can develop a culture that leads to excellent employee morale and legendary customer service.

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Happy National Introverts Week!

Apparently, the third week of March is set aside for National Introverts Week—at least according to National Day Calendar.  It’s a week to celebrate the power of introversion, which I’ve blogged about before with summaries of books like Quiet Strength, Quiet Influence, and Susan Cain’s blockbuster Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking.

Many assume that business leaders must be extroverts. After all, they are constantly in the public eye; they regularly appear on TV. At speaking engagements, they lead meetings, they’re master networkers and salespeople, and they have to be the face of their companies. But consider these successful introverts: Bill Gates (founder of Microsoft); Elon Musk (see my post about his leadership here); Ivan Misner (founder of BNI, the largest networking organization in the world); and Zig Ziglar (one of the best-known salespeople of all time).

And in the entertainment industry, there are powerful introverts like Tom Hanks, Oprah Winfrey, Meryl Streep, Steven Spielberg, and Emma Watson, just to name a few.

During National Introverts Week, achievement is not a matter of personality or sociability; it comes down to an introvert’s ability to discover and master the strategies to harness their inherent strengths.

As an introvert myself, I’ll celebrate the week with John Maxwell’s book The Self-Aware Leader: Play to Your Strengths, Unleash Your Team.

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