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"The reality you face at work is that talent, results, and competence alone simply will not allow you to attain the success you deserve. It's time to stop being surprised by this, and instead take control of your professional future by applying the PVI model.
The three steps in the PVI model are perception, visibility and influence. When used together, these three powerful principles will catapult you to the next level in your career and ensure future success. Through the PVI model, you will learn how to:
Create the right image
Increase your profile across the organization
Exert influence by driving change and inspiring people
Identify and recruit advocates who will speak up on your behalf
Become a known, valued and desired commodity at your company
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"The myth of personal freedom—the idea that you are at liberty to pick whatever path in life you want—is the unspoken agony of the modern person. It ignores the fact that life has order, and that order bears heavily upon your choices—on what makes sense to do with the time you have. The good news is that although you can't be anything you want to be, you have more potential than you know.
The order in life that affects us all is contained in a code, the identity code. Much like our biological genetic code, our identity code is born into each of us, providing a complete map of how we, as human beings, are designed to function—of how we are supposed to live—when we are living according to who we are. Within the framework your identity provides, life's seeming boundaries melt away. Genuine freedom is yours.
Crack your identity code and the contours of your life will shift. You will not only come out stronger, you will come out larger. Larger in heart, larger in influence, larger in your capacity to love and be loved."
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"A decade into the 21st century, one thing has become clear: change is the new normal. In business, we call it innovation, and it's a strategic pillar in nearly every organization. Thanks to a growing body of research and thought leadership in recent years, we're learning a great deal about the individual skill sets behind innovation, and the organizational strategies that create disruptive growth. Yet in companies around the world, well-intentioned innovation initiatives crash and burn, despite a wealth of great ideas, copious research, and well-designed strategies.
Why? Innovation is not just about data analysis, plans and processes, and thinking outside the box. More than anything else, innovation is about change. And the truth is that as much as we'd all like to think otherwise, we are all hardwired to resist it."
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"All across the land trouble is brewing, as tax revenues continue to shrink and The Great Recession slogs on. ... Almost every state has reduced educational funds and numerous school districts are being forced to lay off teachers, reduce bus services and eliminate curriculum. Colleges and universities, public hospitals, law enforcement organizations and public transportation agencies are struggling to find additional revenues. Roads and bridges can no longer be maintained with public funds.
Relief won't come quickly or easily, but one thing is crystal clear: government must reach out to private sector partners for innovative solutions."
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"Return on investment is the investment of time, money and energy. There is only so much time and money and just like time and money, energy can be exhausted too. It's easy to measure how much time we have and how much money we have left, but energy is something that is hard to explain, much less tie to business results. Until now."
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