Tag: Brand

Over-managing the things everyone else does

Mickey Mouse being kissed by two women
Mickey can become a little embarrassed when certain things happen.

 

Disney Institute Speakers
Some of Disney Institute’s finest speakers (except 2nd from right), maybe 2012

 

Over-managing the same things most under-manage or ignore.

For example, certain traits that Disney is famous for.

Having Disney characters express the full range of human emotions, like Mickey Mouse above.

Having humans express the opposite of typical business emotions, like me above.

Walt taught me us that laughter is no enemy to learning.

Walt said we should take what we do very seriously, but that we shouldn’t take ourselves too seriously.

PS. i’m naturally drawn to over achieve. My goal was to get Mike Reardon, far right, to laugh.

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Keeping it simple without feeling incompetent is hard

Orlando Professional Keynote Speakers

 

(photo: The Apple logo is on every piece of every Apple product. And the bite is always in the upper right.)

Every company has many logos, including ones that are invisible or seen as non-entities by executives. For example, employee habits.

Otherwise, how would unintentional, detrimental habits be allowed to be part of the customer experience all day, everyday?

Seriously, how?

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Short lived Twitter profile – July 3, 2014 – one day only

Amazon page Rank screen shot
Publications are an important ingredient and another thing to worry about

 

How often do we think about our social media presence?

How often should we?

If we aren’t in business, then the answer is obvious. If we are in business, the answer is not as obvious.

Senior leaders generally see social media as an annoying and frustrating addition to their busy schedules.

Our customers embrace social media and we want to embrace what they embrace.

So this past week has been spent experimenting:

Uncommonly affordable and remarkably valuable Orlando based keynote speaker. Prefers delivering opening or closing keynotes. Also available for breakout sessions.

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Orlando motivational speaker to one-million+. Founder Mid Life Celebration. Challenging Boomers to do something great before they die. Disney since ’82.

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Orlando based motivational speaker to over one-million people worldwide – a massive list of esteemed A-Listers and Fortune 500’s.

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Orlando speaker, author is changing the way Boomers think about regret, second chances, and opportunity.

Standing out doesn’t fall from the sky. Nor is it a one-time effort.

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