Show Forty features an interview

with Barbara Blake of Longview Associates. 

Barbara and I discussed executive coaching, improvement and change its

myriad forms.  If you are interested in

your career or organizational change this is an important interview.   

Barbara Blake is founder of

Longview Associates, LLC, an executive coaching and leadership development

consulting practice. As a keen observer of organizational performance, Barbara

is convinced that the key component to successful operations and objectives are

the people in an organization.

Barbara

works with executives and entrepreneurs to take them to the next level of

performance and interpersonal relations. They see results both at work and in

their personal lives; they are energized, transformed and they achieve

Barbara has held management

positions in a consulting firm, a publishing company, and several financial

services institutions.  She has also been

involved in the development of emerging leaders by managing training programs

and teaching at the MBA level.

She is a

certified executive coach through the Penn State Executive Program, and a

member of the Worldwide Association of Business Coaches. 

Contact

information: Web Site:  http://www.longview-assoc.com/Email: 

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The essay for this cast is titled,

“Vitamins, Aspirin and Viagra”.  The

essay ruminates on why some changes are easier to sell and catch hold within

organizations faster. We will conclude with information on a few upcoming

conferences, comments from listeners and notes on upcoming casts. 

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Future

Events and the next Cast. . .

I

will be speaking at IFPUG’s 3rd Annual ISMA Conference and Fall Workshops

Sunday, September 14 – Friday, September 19, 2008 at the Westin Arlington

Gateway Hotel information at .  The presentation is call “Counting Facebook”

and will be on Friday September 19, 2008 at 10:25 AM - 11:25 AM.

I

am speaking at Quest Toronto 2008 Conference, September 22- 26, 2008, at the

Hilton Hotel in Toronto, Canada.  I will

be presenting “Good Numbers Go Bad” on Wed Sept 24th from 1:30 - 2:30 pm and

also joining in as a subject matter expert in the end of day solutions

workshop.  Information can be found at

http://www.qaiquest.org/toronto/

Finally

I will be speaking at the Northeast Quality Council 57th

Conference.  The conference is scheduled

for October 14 – 15 , 2008 in Marlborough, Massachusetts at Best Western Royal

Plaza.   The presentation is titled “One

Size Fits . . .Someone Other Than Me”. 

Information can be found at .

Next

Software Process and Measurement Cast:

The next Software

Process and Measurement Cast will feature an interview with Ken Schwaber, Mr

SCRUM.  If you use SCRUM or are

interested in Agile this is a must listen.