Real Recognition Radio

Montreal and New York City, March 25, 2011 – How important is recognition, dignity, and respect in China’s culture? On the next Real Recognition Radio program Li Cunxin, the author of Mao's Last Dancer, will discuss the importance of leaders seeing the potential in others.

Mao's Last Dancer is the inspirational story of Li’s life. This international bestseller won the Book of the Year Award in Australia and receiving the Christopher Award for Literature in the USA. His incredible story is now a multi-award winning feature film.

Don’t miss the next Real Recognition Radio to learn what sustained Li Cunxin during his most challenging circumstances?

Montreal and New York City, March 21, 2011 – How will women impact the workplace of the future? On the next Real Recognition Radio program Whitney Johnson, a Harvard Business Review blogger and president of Rose Park Advisors, will discuss this and explain how companies with women leaders are performing compared to their peers.

Prior to co-founding Rose Park Advisors, Ms. Johnson was Merrill Lynch's Senior Telecom and Media analyst for Latin America and was rated by Starmine as a superior stockpicker vis-à-vis her peers, and became an Institutional Investor all-star within a year of becoming an analyst -- an honor she was accorded for eight consecutive years.

Don’t miss the next Real Recognition Radio to learn what women seeking executive positions should do.

Montreal and New York City, March 14, 2011 – What are the steps to a successful social media campaign? On the next Real Recognition Radio program Jennifer Aaker the co-author of The Dragonfly Effect reveals how everyday people achieve unprecedented results through harnessing the incredible power of social media.

A social psychologist and marketer, Jennifer Aaker is the General Atlantic Professor of Marketing at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. Her research spans time, money and happiness. She states, “Promoting a personal goal is inherently social. To be successful, you must translate your passion into a powerful story and tell it in a way that generates “contagious energy,” so that your audience reflects on your tweet, blog post, or email, long after they leave their computers.”

Don’t miss the next Real Recognition Radio to learn how to compete with all the social media noise.

Montreal and New York City, March 4, 2011 – Why is being open so hard? On the next Real Recognition Radio program Charlene Li will explain why it is in our best interest to be open. Charlene is the coauthor of the critically acclaimed, bestselling book Groundswell, which was named one of the best business books in 2008 and also is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Open Leadership.

Charlene was named one of the 100 most creative people in business by Fast Company in 2010 and one of the most influential women in technology 2009. Charlene is a frequently-quoted expert and has appeared on 60 Minutes, The McNeil NewsHour, ABC News, CNN, and CNBC.

Open Leadership is the key to transparency, authenticity, and being real. Don’t miss the next Real Recognition Radio to learn the mind-sets and skills required for open leadership.

Montreal and New York City, February 28, 2011 – March 1st is World Compliment Day heralded as the most positive day in the whole world. On the next Real Recognition Radio program the originator of this encouraging day, Hans Poortvliet from the Netherlands, will explain why nobody wins commercially, but everybody gains emotionally. Hans will also discuss what kinds of compliments are appropriate in the workplace.

Also featured on this program is Laura Goodrich, author of Seeing Red Cars: Driving Yourself, Your Team and Your Organization to a Positive Future. Laura will show us the outcome of focusing on what we want to have happen rather than on what we don't want to have happen.

Don’t miss the next Real Recognition Radio to learn why driving yourself, your team and your organization to a positive future is so important especially now as we come out of the recent recession.

Montreal and New York City, February 15, 2011 – FIRST TIME EVER... author of Unbroken, Laura Hillenbrand appears with subject of book, Louis Zamperini.

With 760,000 copies of Unbroken in print, and the movie optioned by Universal Pictures, hear the first and only interview featuring both the author, Laura Hillenbrand (also the author of NYT bestseller Seabiscuit) and the subject, Louis Zamperini together on the next episode of Real Recognition Radio.

Louis was an Olympic athlete at the Games in Berlin when Hitler was in power. World War II—Louie was a U.S. Air Corps bombardier on a routine search mission over the Pacific when his plane crashed into the ocean. After surviving in a life raft, drifting 2,000 miles for 47 days into Japanese controlled waters, he faced his rescuers who were also his torturers, and suffered the remainder of the war in a series of prison camps. Louie endured incredible hardships almost too unbearable to believe. Today at 94 years of age, Louie is still spry, and full of life.

Montreal and New York City, February 14, 2011 – Are first impressions really that big of a deal?

On the next episode of Real Recognition Radio, Mike Brent & Fiona Elsa Dent, authors of Influencing: Skills and Techniques for Business Success and directors at Ashridge Management College in the UK will help us understand how can we can manage your reputation with others.

Don’t miss the next Real Recognition Radio program to learn the four approaches to developing an influencing discussion with others.

Montreal and New York City, February 4, 2011 – How do you get senior leader buy-in for your wellness initiatives?

On the next episode of Real Recognition Radio, Diane Wiesenthal, the Vice President, People and Organizational Services for the Canadian Wheat Board will give our listeners the answer.

Once you have buy-in what is the most important step that leaders must make to move forward with wellness initiatives?

The Canadian Wheat Board has been designated as a ‘Top 25 Employer’ in Manitoba in 2008, 2010 and 2011, and as a member of the corporations’ executive team, Diane has led the human resource function of the CWB to be consistently recognized as a strategic and innovative leader in its HR programs.

Don’t miss the next Real Recognition Radio program to find what is beyond workplace wellness.

Montreal and New York City, January 28, 2011 – Westjet Airlines is one of the most profitable airlines and yet has a Culture Built on Caring. How do they do it?

On the next episode of Real Recognition Radio, Ferio Pugliese, the Executive Vice President of People and Culture at WestJet Airlines, and Michelle Dupont, Senior Leader, Organizational Learning and Development at WestJet Airlines will give our listeners the answer.

A corporate culture impacts the bottom line and can be influenced by the language you use. Don’t miss the next Real Recognition Radio program to learn how strong the power of language is to a corporate culture.

Montreal and New York City, January 20, 2011 – Can vulnerability make us better at work? When we live wholeheartedly it opens us up to vulnerability.

On the next episode of Real Recognition Radio Brené Brown, Ph.D., LMSW, author and research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, will give our listeners the requirements for wholehearted living and explain why these requirements are referred to as gifts of imperfection.

Dr. Brown’s ground-breaking work has been featured on PBS, NPR, and CNN. Don’t miss the next Real Recognition Radio program to learn why our constant need to fit in sabotages real belonging.