RMI hits the airwaves

Beginning on February 23rd, I will be co-hosting along with Roy Saunderson, RMI President and Founder, Voice of America’s newest weekly radio show: Real Recognition Radio.

Real Recognition Radio is going to go back to what recognition is really all about. We’re going to help make better people and create more positive relationships. We’ll look at what’s new and exciting in the field of employee rewards, recognition and incentives. We’ll also talk to people who have lived successes and failures to help us learn what works and what doesn’t.

The show’s first installment will be featuring Brenna Garratt as our first guest. Brenna Garratt is a member of Rideau Recognition Solutions’ board of directors and CEO of The Delve Group, Inc. Brenna has been instrumental in working with Senior Executives to reshape and reposition existing brands, as well as invent, position and promote new ones so they are correctly understood internally and externally in their respective marketplaces.

Having been active in both the recognition field and marketing, Brenna’ll be discussing the importance of marketing and communication within your recognition program so your program touches your employees and achieves the goals you intended it to.

Real Recognition Radio will show you how to get real results in the workplace through meaningful recognition solutions.

The show premiers February 23rd, and will air every Tuesday at 1 PM ET on the VoiceAmerica Business Channel. Click here to check it out!

Love Leadership

I love books that challenge the status quo, and more importantly, provide real solutions for a better future. This is exactly why I highly recommend that you take the time to get this book: "Love Leadership: The New Way To Lead in a Fear-Based World," by John Hope Byrant.

The case John makes is this: "As unlikely as it sounds, the best way to get ahead is to figure out what you have to give to a world seemingly obsessed with only one question: "what do I get?" To make the argument that "the best way to do well and to achieve true wealth over the long term is to do good," he breaks it down into five fundamental laws:

1. Loss Creates Leaders (there can be no strength without legitimate suffering)
2. Fear Fails (only respect and love leads to success)
3. Love Makes Money (love is at the core of true wealth)
4. Vulnerability is Power (when you open up to people, they open up to you)
5. Giving is Getting (the more you offer to others the more they will give back to you)

Do yourself a favor and buy this book for Valentine's Day -- it is a great read and I've purchased several copies to share with clients and friends.

I'm also very excited to be interviewing Chairman John Hope Bryant to discuss the book in further detail on Real Recognition Radio -- more details coming soon so stay tuned!