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It’s an Inside-Out Approach that Really Works
By Mary Anne Wampler While consulting and training in many organizations, I've noticed for some time now that leaders are understandably entrenched in "survival mode" - showing up every day truly believing that "if I, and my people, just work hard enough, things will...
The Enneagram and Living Your Life with Passion
Mary Anne recently facilitated a break-out session at the 23rd Annual Women's Leadership Conference. What an incredible experience it was! 100+ women joined the session and learned a new technology, Brainwave Vibration, a simple, easy to do practice reduces stress,...
Managing FEAR in the Moment
Who isn't having a few fears running through them these days? We are surrounded by the news about our faltering economy, Wall Street, bank crisis and so much more, so we are wondering how are you doing? Fear is a normal human response yet it is also a conditioned...
Business Leaders Voice Their Concerns and Responses to the Economy
Fifty U.S. business leaders, representative of Fortune 500 companies and both small business, shared their perceptions and reactions to today's challenging business environment at Transform Inc.'s September 2008 Enneagram Leadership Conference in Alexandria, VA. Mary...
Getting Business from Educational Seminars
We work with a lot of clients who do educational seminars and often wonder why they don't get the results they want from the effort. We believe in doing educational seminars, but to really get results from them, you need to be very clear about what return you want...
The Law of Attraction
By Mary Anne Wampler By serving others, you ultimately serve yourself. Are you exhausted by budget curtailments and customer ambiguity -- all the result of the current economy? Don't slip into autopilot. The current business environment requires a new skill set that...
Marketing and Sales: Why the confusion?
All too often we work with companies that interchange the words sales and marketing when talking about business development . We view them as very different yet both crucial to business development. Here's how we define the difference between sales and marketing....
A Proactive Approach to Dealing with Conflict
Conflict is inevitable in business and relationships. How you manage it determines its impact on your company, yourself and your employees. At a recent Leadership Day we asked an audience of 80, “how many of you experience conflict at work?” All 80 participants raised...
5 Steps to Successfully Hiring Salespeople
Hiring salespeople is more an art than a science, and too often business owners want to know the exact formula for hiring the right salesperson. To be successful, you must devote some time upfront to developing an effective hiring strategy for your particular...
A CEO’s Perspective on Using the Enneagram in Business
When surveyed on satisfaction with work, their company, opportunities for growth, and interaction with their managers – our team members had their highest employment engagement scores at Intuit.” Scott K. Wilder Group Manager of Intuit's QuickBooks Online Small...
Authors, Theresa Gale And Mary Anne Wampler, Share Their Thoughts About Sales And Selling
Theresa Gale and Mary Anne Wampler are co-authors of Wake Up and SELL!. Recently they were interviewed about their thoughts on sales and selling. Here's what they had to say: Theresa - “I wake up every day saying “I love what I do.” What a gift really to be able to...
CEO says “The Enneagram is the Most Powerful Self-Development Tool we’ve ever used.”
The Enneagram in Business: Real-World Applications Demonstrate its Transformational Power Mary Anne and I have made a career of introducing the Enneagram in the workplace to improve operations and promote growth. However, I thought you might benefit from reading how...