Marcia Daszko’s inquisitive thinking is based in deep leadership knowledge. She engages everyone to think and re-examine their beliefs, actions, and outcomes. Through her powerful messages in Pivot, Disrupt, Transform, How Leaders Beat the Odds and Survive, no one stays the same. New opportunities are endless.
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2020 is off and running! Are we charting the way or holding on for dear life? What’s your Plan? Is it working? If it is, continue watching for those unforeseen opportunities! If it’s not, adapt and find new opportunities that will work for you and your organization! Life is about continually learning, trying new things, and adapting.
Read MoreLearn crisis management by thinking differently for lasting success and transformation. This episode features #ThoughtLeader and #Expert Marcia Daszko (https://aha.pub/MarciaDaszko), a C-Suite leadership transformation consultant, a protégé of Dr. W. Edwards Deming (who co-founded two Deming user groups), and co-founder of the non-profit In2In Thinking Network.
Read MoreQ: A year ago I saw that our industry was changing and mentioned it to our staff. Now our sales are declining. I didn’t realize the changes would impact us so soon. What should we do?
Read MoreLeaders believe there must be a better and bolder way. They are tired and frustrated of the status quo—the same old “ght for a larger piece of the competitive pie”—and they want to seize new opportunities and create a different future. They begin by dis- carding the archaic strategic planning process that they have en- dured throughout their career, and they start adopting a strategic thinking process that will challenge and accelerate their learning and working together.
Read MoreListen to this robust podcast where podcast host John Livesay thoughtfully and with a keen observation interviews Marcia Daszko about her new leadership book. PIVOT DISRUPT TRANSFORM is about transformation and how to implement it to pursue success never before achieved!
Read MoreWhen people say No, Stay on Your Journey. When people bully you, use your voice. Communicate your boundaries. When people are barriers, go around them. When people are exclusive rather than inclusive, reach out to help others. When people are cliquish, build your own community full of care and love. Live Your Journey—and NEVER Give Up!
Read MoreGreat leaders are open to new learning. Peter Winick and I had a great conversation on his podcast Leveraging Thought Leadership. We discussed why huge companies fail and disappear. Why old methods of motivation no longer work. And how people often forget about their customers. Listen, and discover what you learn!
Read MoreThe Flow of Caring When there’s strife in politics and unrest around the world, some people or groups become polarized. Others protest by raising the torch to remind people to be kind, humane, and caring. It’s essential for people to care and feel cared for when they are at home, at work, or in their community.
Read MoreIn this podcast, Marcia discusses the key factors that allow an organization to create positive transformation. She tells us why adding best practices without a compelling purpose creates complexity but not success, and why it’s important to stop using a language of failure and create a language of success instead.
Read MoreGreat planning for the future starts with different, bold strategic thinking and new questions. Traditional strategic planning in organizations generally means that the more of the same will be done in the same way. There are two significant strategies that are foundational. One is the improvement strategy. The other is the innovation strategy.
Read MoreTHIS YEAR in many places there have many challenges. In California, some of our recent catastrophes have been with the wildfires in both northern and southern parts of our state. The impact on hundreds of thousands of families is shocking.
Part of what has emerged from these horrific tragedies is the generosity of people who are coming together to help and serve. For some like the first responders, it is the work they have a passion to do. When the surrounding and global communities step up to donate, share, open their home, or contribute however they can, it’s why we are on this earth, to live well with each other. I’m proud to say that everyone I know who I have talked to has taken time to donate. That’s a huge outpouring of care.
Sunday was a new experience, beginning my book signing process at the Barnes & Noble in San Jose, CA. Thank you Barnes & Noble for being my host and setting up a great space at the front of your store!
Thank you to all who attended the book signing: family, friends, Rotarians, my MBA students, and Bay Area Deming User Group (BADUG) friends. It was non-stop flow of seeing and chatting with everyone for a few minutes for almost two hours!
PIVOT DISRUPT TRANSFORM, the first leadership transformation book written by Marcia Daszko, is now available for pre-order on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. It will be available in bookstores on Oct. 2. ( Pre-order on Amazon /Pre-order on Barnes & Noble) After years of working on this book and using its principles in my consulting for 25 years; teaching leadership MBA classes in six universities across the nation; and, speaking to corporate and conference groups, I can share PIVOT, DISRUPT, TRANSFORM: How Leaders Beat the Odds and Survive.
Read MoreWith more than 6,000 startup companies in Silicon Valley, it’s common knowledge that only about 10% of them will survive. Of those a few will be wildly successful: the next Amazon, Google, Facebook.
SURVIVAL IS OPTIONAL. Some leaders and organizations struggle and fail while others soar with success! What’s the difference? It’s not that hard to succeed, but a few elements are essential. Many organizations don’t have them.
Read MoreAs a leader (of your home, job, organization), are you choosing to fail or succeed? Failure happens when you follow a path of the “status quo” through struggles and La-La Land! Those who succeed are focused! They have a vision that they continually adapt as they learn (and they are obsessive learners and listeners), ask questions to understand and connect in their relationships and with customers.
Read MoreOver the past few years, I have written articles and posts (and now a book manuscript) and spoken about SURVIVAL IS OPTIONAL. Many people and organizations struggle, but they don’t need to. Leaders (all through your system) can rapidly accelerate its growth and collaboration and achieve disruptive success like never before.
Read MoreBy now, through my newsletters and various posts, you may have discovered my love of asking questions. They open up possibilities and opportunities. They create environments so people can share ideas. Whether at home, school, work, or in society, questions allow us to pause, reflect, envision—and then learn, work, problem solve, improve and innovate TOGETHER. What power!
Read MoreHow are you doing? Almost 8 months through the year. Pause . . . pause . . . pause. Are you happy? Are you contributing? Are you making a difference? Are you supporting others around you and being helpful? Start with family and close friends. They’re your foundation. There’s your workplace. Are you in a healthy system?
Read MoreHow ever we seize the opportunities and confront challenges in 2017, its helpful if we can mentally and emotionally prepare ourselves for what we know and some of the unknown. Coming TOGETHER to focus on what is important to us at school, at work, in our nation and in society, matters!
Read MoreREVISE YOUR LINKEDIN PROFILE: Is it time to update your LinkedIn profile? How many years has it been since you updated your photo, current work location, accomplishments, contact information? Take out your calendar and schedule 10 minutes to invest in updating your own profile! (I learned that at the NSA meeting I attended.) Update your profile or you may miss connecting with friends, colleagues, or those who have a dynamic opportunity “just made for you!”
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Hire Marcia as your expert meeting and inspiring speaker on the virtual stage, in your Zoom meeting, at international conferences and summits. She serves global audiences and the Silicon Valley, San Francisco Bay Area (Santa Clara, San Jose, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Napa, and Monterey) in California.
