Download or read book Live a Life of Virtual Success written by Philip Rochford and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003-12 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Live a life of "Virtual" Success shows you how to design and live the life you want. You will not attempt to build a house without a plan. Your life is much more important than a house, so you should get a blueprint for it. This book gives you that blueprint for your life that you can refer to over and over again. It will show you how to make those vital dreams come true, so that you can be happy and fulfilled. Your blueprint identifies the major success factors necessary to design and create your future. It shows you: how-to determine if you really want to change what is happening in your life. how-to underscore that your new life is possible and to set your priorities. how-to take appropriate action on your vision to move from speaking and thinking of it, to living and accomplishing it. You will discover how to move into action to release your uniqueness. Also, it will show you how to choose the personal success strategies that can release your full potential, deliver the vision you have for your life, and be the best that you can be.
Download or read book Virtual Team Success written by Richard Lepsinger and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-09-09 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today’s complex organizations it is not uncommon to have as many as 50 percent of employees working on virtual teams. As the “virtual revolution” continues to spread, how can companies ensure that virtual team collaboration is producing the desired results? Highly practical and easy to navigate, Virtual Team Success leverages the authors’ robust global research study and hands-on experience to provide an immediately usable resource for virtual team members and team leaders. This groundbreaking book is a hands-on, practical toolkit filled with down-to-earth examples and insights that can enhance the virtual team experience for everyone involved. The authors’ research study is one of the most comprehensive applied studies ever conducted on virtual teams, and all of the recommendations outlined are based on these findings as well as the authors’ years of experience helping virtual teams and virtual team leaders effectively lead and collaborate from a distance. To help organizations and leaders enhance virtual team performance, the book includes: Why Virtual Teams Fail—outlines the four pitfalls that frequently derail virtual teams Profile of High Performing Teams—addresses the characteristics of the most effective virtual teams and what makes them successful Virtual Team Launch Kit—provides practical guidelines and tools for successfully launching virtual teams How to RAMP Up Your Team’s Effectiveness—introduces a practical research-based model of virtual team effectiveness to improve team performance Profile of Top Performing Virtual Team Leaders—identifies the practices of the most successful virtual team leaders Facilitating High-Impact Virtual Meetings—includes tips and techniques to effectively lead “v-meetings” Virtual Team Success also includes practical resources for virtual team leaders, quick reference guides for diagnosing virtual team problems, and six lessons for virtual team success.
Download or read book The Successful Virtual Classroom written by Darlene Christopher and published by AMACOM. This book was released on 2014-10-09 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designers and facilitators must adapt their programs and delivery styles to be effective in the new medium that is virtual training. Virtual training gives learning professionals unprecedented flexibility, making it possible to reach participants globally and unite physically dispersed teams. This book goes beyond introducing the technology, to offer trainers proven techniques tailored specifically to engage live online audiences. In Successful Virtual Classroom, you will learn how to: Make the most of virtual classroom features such as content and screen sharing, annotation tools, polls, and breakout rooms Weave chat responses into the discussion Compensate for the absence of body language Monitor feedback Engage individuals with different learning styles Encourage audience contribution Meet the unique needs of global participants Packed with easy-to-use tools, checklists, and worksheets--as well as case studies from?Oracle,?UPS, and more--the book introduces the PREP model for planning, rehearsing, executing, and then conducting a postmortem following the training event. Featuring icebreakers and interactive exercises designed for an online environment, Successful Virtual Classroom helps you create programs that truly drive learner engagement.
Download or read book In Awe written by John O'Leary and published by Crown Currency. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The #1 bestselling author of On Fire shows us how to recapture and harness our childlike sense of wonder in order to become more engaged, successful, and fulfilled. “Engaging . . . O’Leary encourages us to see the world through a child’s eyes.”—Mitch Albom, author of Tuesdays with Morrie There once was a time when we joyfully raised our hands to answer questions, connected easily with others, believed that anything was possible, and fearlessly jumped into new experiences. A time when we viewed each day not as something to endure, but as a marvelous gift to explore and savor—when we danced through our lives in awe of the ordinary moments and eager for the promise of tomorrow. Unfortunately, that’s far from our experience today. Instead, we feel disconnected and jaded. Social media reminds us that we don’t measure up, and the mainstream media barrages us with constant negativity. Many of us find ourselves caught in a life of dogged responsibility and mind-numbing repetition. The daily struggle to earn a living has caused us to lose the sense of wonder with which we once greeted every day. In his new book, bestselling author John O’Leary invites us to consider that it is possible to once again navigate the world as a child does. Identifying five senses children innately possess and that we’ve lost touch with as we age, O’Leary shares emotional, humorous, and inspirational stories intertwined with fascinating new research showing how each of us can reclaim our childlike joy, and why doing so will change how we interact with the world. In Awe reveals how we can regain that ability to see fresh insights, reach for new solutions, and live our best lives.
Download or read book Leading at a Distance written by James M. Citrin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A timely and hands-on resource informed by lessons learned from Fortune 500 CEOs and executives Leading at a Distance provides executives with the necessary skills to successfully lead in the new virtual workplace, backed by the research and expertise of global leadership firm Spencer Stuart. Although working remotely is not new, the global pandemic has placed virtual work at the center of everyday life. And it has thrust workforce strategies to the core of business operations globally. As the shift towards large-scale virtual work continues to grow and become a permanent fixture—by some estimates, 30% of the workforce will be working virtually – leaders must understand how to build virtual work environments that foster connected, engaged, and high-performing teams. Although some forward-thinking companies and not-for-profit organizations have made significant investments in technology and virtual collaboration, many others have simply joined the “Zoom culture” without fully appreciating what it takes to operate effectively at a distance on a sustained basis. Leading at a Distance is a timely, research-based, and highly practical guide for developing and implementing strategies for conducting high-impact virtual work, building trust, and enhancing team unity. Designed to help leaders shape organizational culture remotely, this must-have resource demonstrates how to conduct virtual onboarding for senior leaders, build top teams from a distance, manage accountability in the new virtual environment, and much more. A hands-on toolkit filled with compelling examples, expert insights, and invaluable advice, this book: Provides clear guidance on establishing effective leadership in the virtual workplace Offers practical approaches for establishing strong relationships, increasing employee engagement, and coaching from a distance Addresses ways to keep geographically dispersed team members aligned and accountable Illustrates creative ideas for boosting team morale Features an overview of the unique challenges facing leaders in the virtual workplace Discusses often-overlooked topics such as virtual hiring and onboarding Leveraging the authors' in-depth research and consulting experience, Leading at a Distance is required reading for anyone needing to adapt to a virtual way of working and develop their virtual leadership skills to maximize organizational effectiveness and performance.
Download or read book How to Thrive in the Virtual Workplace written by Robert Glazer and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An instant #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller and USA Today bestseller! The remote work revolution has been rapidly accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizations as big as Twitter have learned their employees didn't need an office to get great results, and employees are using the flexibility of remote work to live where they want, ditch their commutes and live a work-life integration that works for them. Remote work is here to stay, and the companies that do it well will have a clear competitive advantage in the future. As founder and CEO of Acceleration Partners, a 100 percent remote organization with 170 employees who work from home, Robert Glazer has discovered that with the right principles, tactics and tools for managing remote employees, many businesses can excel in a virtual world. In this highly actionable book, Glazer shares how he and his team built a remote organization that has been recognized with dozens of awards for its industry performance and company culture. "A timely, practical, and highly informative guide to effective techniques for remote work; of benefit to practitioners or students of business. Highly recommended."—Library Journal, STARRED review How to Thrive in the Virtual Workplace shares insights from the remote employee, manager and leader perspectives, offering a blueprint any person can use to make remote work successful, productive and fulfilling. Learn how to leverage the flexibility of remote work, be more productive while working at home, avoid burnout, lead a team of virtual employees and build an organization that sets the gold standard for virtual work. The remote work revolution is here—the leaders who will build the future are the ones who can lead top performing virtual teams. Learn how to build a world-class organization—office no longer required.
Download or read book The Last Lecture written by Randy Pausch and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.
Download or read book Defying Reality written by David M. Ewalt and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-07-17 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating exploration of the history, development, and future of virtual reality, a technology with world-changing potential, written by award-winning journalist and author David Ewalt, stemming from his 2015 Forbes cover story about the Oculus Rift and its creator Palmer Luckey. You’ve heard about virtual reality, seen the new gadgets, and read about how VR will be the next big thing. But you probably haven’t yet realized the extent to which this technology will change the way we live. We used to be bound to a physical reality, but new immersive computer simulations allow us to escape our homes and bodies. Suddenly anyone can see what it’s like to stand on the peak of Mount Everest. A person who can’t walk can experience a marathon from the perspective of an Olympic champion. And why stop there? Become a dragon and fly through the universe. But it’s not only about spectacle. Virtual and augmented reality will impact nearly every aspect of our lives—commerce, medicine, politics—the applications are infinite. It may sound like science fiction, but this vision of the future drives billions of dollars in business and is a top priority for such companies as Facebook, Google, and Sony. Yet little is known about the history of these technologies. In Defying Reality, David M. Ewalt traces the story from ancient amphitheaters to Cold War military laboratories, through decades of hype and failure, to a nineteen-year-old video game aficionado who made the impossible possible. Ewalt looks at how businesses are already using this tech to revolutionize the world around us, and what we can expect in the future. Writing for a mainstream audience as well as for technology enthusiasts, Ewalt offers a unique perspective on VR. With firsthand accounts and on-the-ground reporting, Defying Reality shows how virtual reality will change our work, our play, and the way we relate to one another.
Download or read book Work Together Anywhere written by Lisette Sutherland and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An excellent guide on how teams can effectively work together, regardless of location." STEPHANE KASRIEL, former CEO of Upwork IN TODAY'S MODERN GLOBAL ECONOMY, companies and organizations in all sectors are embracing the game-changing benefits of the remote workplace. Managers benefit by saving money and resources and by having access to talent outside their zip codes, while employees enjoy greater job opportunities, productivity, independence, and work-life satisfaction. But in this new digital arena, companies need a plan for supporting efficiency and fostering streamlined, engaging teamwork. In Work Together Anywhere, Lisette Sutherland, an international champion of virtual-team strategies, offers a complete blueprint for optimizing team success by supporting every member of every team, including: EMPLOYEES/small advocating for work-from-home options MANAGERS/small seeking to maximize productivity and profitability TEAMS/small collaborating over complex projects and long-term goals ORGANIZATIONS/small reliant on sharing confidential documents and data COMPANY OWNERS/small striving to save money and attract the best brainpower Packed with hands-on materials and actionable advice for cultivating agility, camaraderie, and collaboration, Work Together Anywhere is a thorough and inspiring must-have guide for getting ahead in today's remote-working world.
Download or read book Second Lives written by Tim Guest and published by Random House. This book was released on 2008-02-19 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We’ve always dreamed of perfect places: Eden, heaven, Utopia. Imagine gambling without loss, love without heartbreak, sex without exposure, experience without risk. Welcome to the fascinating world of online virtual reality, the land of invented places and populations that is entered and inhabited every week by nearly fifty million people worldwide. Each participant creates a virtual body, works at virtual jobs, and makes virtual friends and family. In Second Lives, Tim Guest, an internationally acclaimed young journalist, takes us on a revelatory journey through the electronic looking glass as he investigates one of the most bizarre phenomena of the twenty-first century. From Second Life to EverQuest and beyond, here are the computer-generated environments and characters that can easily become more engrossing and fulfilling than earthly existence. With the click of a mouse you can select eye color, face shape, height–you can even give yourself wings. Your character, or avatar, can build houses, make and sell works of art, earn money, get married and divorced. In this fascinating and groundbreaking book, Guest meets people who found meaningful love and friendship despite never having met in person, catches up with the companies that have used virtual worlds to make big money, investigates the U.S. military’s massive online global model that trains soldiers to fight anyone anywhere, and travels all the way to gaming-crazed Korea to get a taste for just how big this phenomenon really is. At first glance, these new computer-generated places seem free from trouble and sorrow. But Guest examines the dark side of this technology too, including the online criminals who plague imaginary worlds, from cyber mafiosos and prostitutes to real hackers and terrorists. It seems that one cannot escape greed, corruption, and human weakness–even inside a computer screen. Are these virtual worlds a way to enhance life or to escape it? Guest explores this question personally as he lets himself be transported into myriad parallel universes. By turns provocative, inspiring, and disturbing, Second Lives is a crucial book for this millennium. After all, real life is so twentieth century. Advance praise for Second Lives “Tim Guest is a young writer with the literary goods. My Life in Orange, his hit memoir of growing up in a commune, looked at his past; his riveting new book, Second Lives, looks at our future: the world of virtual reality and the spellbound people who inhabit it. The book is some kind of revelation–by turns compelling, chilling, and illuminating. Curious, intelligent, offbeat, and artful, Guest is at the beginning of a big career.” ——John Lahr, senior drama critic, The New Yorker, author of Prick Up Your Ears: The Biography of Joe Orton Praise from England for Second Lives “An anthropological adventure but also Guest’s personal voyage . . . a fascinating portrait of rainbow landscapes and their inhabitants.” –Time Out London “Rich and colourful . . . an important mapping of a new social frontier.” –The Guardian “Remarkably timely.” –The Sunday Telegraph “Astonishing.” –The Sunday Times
Download or read book Your Virtual Success written by Alan Blume and published by Red Wheel/Weiser. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The more virtual your business, the more flexible the hours, the lower the overhead, and the greater the profit potential. Your Virtual Success will help a cash-poor entrepreneur, a small business scrambling for expansion capital, an existing business seeking to improve profits, or an independent professional in any service business. Alan Blume's virtual model has resulted in large six-figure deals with people he's never met face to face--and never will-- and small sales that would never be profitable in a traditional business environment. In Your Virtual Success, he demystifies the cost-effective, leading-edge, Internet-based tools that are available to almost everyone, as long as you know what questions to ask and where to look. Your Virtual Success shows any entrepreneur, sole proprietor, partnership, or existing business how to: Leverage new Internet tools to grow your business faster and more profitably. Utilize free or low-cost online resources to hire, manage and expand your business. Rapidly create a new, work-from-home virtual business while minimizing the risks of a traditional startup.
Download or read book The Executive Speaks written by Philip Guy Rochford and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-05-19 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Effective communication skills are vital to any executive's success. The Executive Speaks contains easy-to-follow guidelines that will help you polish your speaking skills and communicate more openly and successfully with employees. The Executive Speaks aims to make you a master communicator by teaching the importance of: Preparation A strong opening statement Choosing your words wisely Maintaining eye contact Relating to your audience This easy-to-understand philosophy takes you beyond the technical aspects of effective speaking by leading you to a deeper understanding of your audience. Whether it is a one-on-one meeting with an employee or a presentation to the entire company, an executive must consider the audience's level of understanding. Knowing your audience is key to effective communication. Author Philip Guy Rochford shows you how to improve your communication by polishing your existing skills, increasing your self-confidence, and teaching you ways to overcome nervousness. With its easy-to-follow guidelines, The Executive Speaks makes communicating simple.
Download or read book Your Virtual Success written by Alan Blume and published by Red Wheel/Weiser. This book was released on 2010-06-20 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The more virtual your business, the more flexible the hours, the lower the overhead, and the greater the profit potential. Your Virtual Success will help a cash-poor entrepreneur, a small business scrambling for expansion capital, an existing business seeking to improve profits, or an independent professional in any service business. Alan Blume's virtual model has resulted in large six-figure deals with people he's never met face to face--and never will-- and small sales that would never be profitable in a traditional business environment. In Your Virtual Success, he demystifies the cost-effective, leading-edge, Internet-based tools that are available to almost everyone, as long as you know what questions to ask and where to look. Your Virtual Success shows any entrepreneur, sole proprietor, partnership, or existing business how to: Leverage new Internet tools to grow your business faster and more profitably. Utilize free or low-cost online resources to hire, manage and expand your business. Rapidly create a new, work-from-home virtual business while minimizing the risks of a traditional startup.
Download or read book Journey into Personal Leadership written by Philip Guy Rochford HBM and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-01-12 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My practical application of leadership could be of assistance to those who want a better life. The extremes are you can be a political leader or/and you can be one of your family leaders. My leadership experience includes the following: Being the founding chief executive officer for twenty years of a commercial bank that grew from a staff of thirty-five to one thousand eight hundred persons The first chairman of a national marketing company that held 17 percent of the national market in local gas stations to 100 percent A director for eighteen years of Neal and Massy Industries Ltd. that had more than seventy-five subsidiaries A chairman for three years of the British West Indian Airways The book Journey into Personal Leadership shows you the following: Determine your top 5 major values and assess them. In your-self assessment, use the figures from 1 to 10: 1 being poor and 10 being excellent. What gets measured gets done. My careers as an economist, chartered accountant, a QSCA-certified coach, a fellow of the UK Bankers Institute, and a Usui Reiki master or teacher helped me to develop my skills of leadership--and so too will be your current career.
Download or read book Reflective Empowerment written by Philip Guy Rochford and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2017-09-14 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reflect, design, and create an empowered life! Everything you think, speak, and do impact your life. You therefore have the power to make your life what you want it to be. Reflective Empowerment provides a simple but powerful program to design the life you want. It is a one-year program that builds one brick of empowerment on another brick of empowerment until your full brilliance of empowerment is unleashed. Reflective Empowerment shows you the following: How to move from apathy to empowerment Secrets and benefits of reflection Importance and benefits of action The practice of examining your life Where to put emphasis in your strategic thinking The route to your empowerment is mapped out in Reflective Empowerment, and it gives the background to show the connectedness to seven critical steps of empowerment: Self-awareness Vision of your purpose Clarification and details of your goals Embracing persistence Upgrading your skills Taking others to new heights Reviewing your results and targeting your better performance By actively following the simple daily guidelines as outlined in Reflective Empowerment, you design your own success and take control and responsibility for your own empowerment. Moreover, your empowerment blossoms fully when you support others to be their best, as well as positively contribute to the environment.
Download or read book Think Be Still Grow Spiritually written by Philip Guy Rochford and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2015-01-05 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The framework The journey of spirituality is unique to each individual, therefore, you need a compass. And the message in Think, Be Still, & Grow Spiritually can be used to form a useful spiritual framework. The title reflects the fact that thinking is a pre-condition to manifest anything, but that thinking has to be properly channeled. The spiritual framework is explained using the acronym FOLDING, for forgiveness, openness, learning, denial, intentionality, nurturing, and gratitude. These elements are separated for purposes of illustration, although they are all interconnected. Think, Be Still, & Grow Spiritually shows: - the nature and scope of the declarations that are at the heart of spiritual development - how spiritual and physical bodies work with each other - how essential universal laws have an impact on your daily living - what constitutes your spiritual manifesto READ THE RANGE OF REVIEWS AT THE FRONT OF THE BOOK TO GAIN FURTHER INSIGHTS.
Download or read book Glimpses of Greatness written by Philip Guy Rochford and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his motivational autobiography Glimpses of Greatness, Philip Guy Rochford shares the milestones of his life that mark not only his spiritual journey, but also his very successful professional career as a financier. Rochford was born in 1933 in Port of Spain, Trinidad arriving into the world with a clean slate of consciousness. Raised in a strict Catholic household by a single mother, Rochford received his first lessons in applied economics as he and his family dealt with the financial ripples of World War II. With an honest, conversational style, Rochford details his intriguing life story beginning with his school years when he was encouraged to work in a local pharmacy to his education in several countries to the challenges political, professional, and personal that he faced on a daily basis as he enjoyed a fruitful career as an economist and chartered secretary, banker, and accountant. By including questions and answer segments at the end of each chapter, Rochford allows for deeper explanations, insight, and elaboration into his life experiences and many professional accomplishments. Rochford combines anecdotes, poetry, and letters with a compelling life story that will surely motivate others to let their brilliance shine through, no matter what their barriers.
