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Old Leadership Habits:
Avoiding the “one hit wonder” growth trap
By Lisa Nirell,
www.energizegrowth.com
What do Katrina and the Waves, Roseanne Cash, Deee-Lite,
and The Waitresses all have in common? These music
artists are considered “one hit wonders.” (In fact,
they are all captured on
www.onehitwondercentral.com).
Resting on our previous business success, habits are no
different from these artists’ destinies. When we allow
this action to happen, profitable growth and marketing
success happen in spite of our behavior.
Marshall Goldsmith, a globally recognized celebrity
coach, speaker, and seasoned business author, sees old
habits sabotage leadership and company performance all
the time. Goldsmith's primary insight is bad
habits keep highly successful people from succeeding
even more. When I interviewed Marshall in 2004, he told
me the biggest differentiator between consistently
successful leaders and “flash in the pan” leaders has
nothing to do with one's abilities, experience and
training, and everything to do with behavior. In other
words, we often limit ourselves with sabotaging
behaviors we don't even know we have!
Likewise, successful people tend to assume the
behaviors that got them this far will, in time, get them
further still. On this last count, we are simply
delusional. We fail to realize either that our success
has come in spite of our behavioral flaws, or that our
behavior is preventing us from realizing our full
potential.
In Marshall’s latest book, “What
Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People
Become Even More Successful,”
he shares insights on the most common bad habits
that hold back leaders. Some of the items which made his
“Top 20” list include: winning too much, passing
judgment, making destructive comments, telling the world
how smart we are, speaking when angry, withholding
information, claiming credit we don’t deserve, making
excuses, and not listening.
The good news is we can change our future by
changing how we act. Talk with others around you and
share your own behaviors with them and ask them about
your behaviors. Ask them how they think you can improve
those behaviors. This simple act of humility helps you
break the cycle of leaning on your old behaviors to
predict your future “hit songs.”
Copyright 2007, EnergizeGrowth LLC.
Lisa Nirell is Chief Energy Officer of EnergizeGrowth
LLC. Her firm helps services leaders who struggle to
consistently grow their company value and client base
for potential sale. Through her research, 24 years of
experience, strategy workshops, and highly interactive
learning programs, Lisa helped clients secure $83M
in new business
within just two years.
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COCC bizHelp! Directory
Over the past 20
years, the Central Oregon Community College (COCC)
Business Development Center has been helping the
small businesses of Central Oregon by providing
free counseling and training. Now the center has
created a new online resource for businesses
that are looking for outside help.
The bizHelp!
Directory provides great information including
service providers and small business resources.
The service provider section allows businesses
to pull up an information grid so they can
compare providers and find the one that’s fits
their needs.
The resources
available include links which will take
businesses to the best in small business
websites, business news, tips, how to articles,
classes, workshops, seminars, local support
groups, free counseling and more.
Check out this new
tool at
http://bizhelp.cocc.edu
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Finance &
Retirement for Women
Explore financial
investments, ownership forms, titling and
planning concepts with emphasis on specific
applications to women. Benefit from a thorough
discussion of retirement plans and options from
an instructor with 28 years of experience in the
financial services industry. The instructor will
be Robert “Jake” Jakubik.
Classes will take
place on Thursdays from February 21 to March 13,
2008. The class will meet in the evenings from 6
to 8:30 p.m. at Central Oregon Community College’s BEC Boardroom. The cost of the course is $39 per
person. Space is limited so register today by
calling (541) 383-7270 or go onto the web at
http://noncredit.cocc.edu.
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Green Company, Green Product: The Business Case
for Sustainability
Friday, March 21, 2008,
7:30 to 9:30 a.m.,
St. Charles Medical Center,
$15 for Sustainable Business Network Members,
$25 for non-members
The Neil Kelly Company has brought an innovative
business perspective to construction and
remodeling. Based on commitments to
sustainability, the company integrated The
Natural Step sustainability framework to create
distinctive products through friendlier,
healthier processes. Understand their decision
processes, priorities, supply chain challenges,
victories as well as how they have achieved
competitive advantage.
For more information, contact Katy Bryce at
541-388-3638 or visit
www.resourceoregon.org
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Healing Bridge Celebrates
Tenth Anniversary
Perhaps it was watching her mother care for
patients or it could have been breaking her arm
during a basketball game in high school that led
Allison Suran to pursue a career in physical
therapy.
“I knew at a young age that I wanted to be a
physical therapist,” said Suran, owner of
Healing Bridge Physical Therapy in Bend. “I
often tell people that I don’t know whether
physical therapy was made for me or I was made
for the profession because I love everything
about it.”
To celebrate Healing Bridge Physical Therapy’s
Tenth Anniversary, Suran invites the public to a
free celebration from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday, February 23, at the clinic located at
404 N.E. Penn Avenue. Throughout the day there
will be free Wellness Classes, including
Gentle Stretching, Intro to The Feldenkrais
Method, and Keeping Your Bones Healthy.
Suran will present Understanding the
Body/Mind and Learning to De-Stress.
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History of High Desert Bank
By Larry Snyder, President/CEO High Desert Bank
We often hear customers
say “I go into my bank and I don’t know anyone
there, or no one knows me.” So I started to
explore and see if there was a need for a new
community bank – based here in Bend. Well
with fourteen banks in town I knew it would be a
challenge. So starting in September 2006 I
initiated the process – first assembling my
seven member board, then finding a location, which both
are required by the FDIC before they will accept
an application.
We opened our doors September 26,
2007 as a full service bank providing numerous
depository and loan products for customers in
Bend and Deschutes County. We offer on-line
banking, merchant services (Visa & MasterCard),
and “remote deposit” where you can make deposits
to your account from your desk top and do not
need to come into the bank.
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KOHD News & The Peak 104.1 Free Shred-a-thon
To combat the growing identity theft problem,
KOHD News, Central Oregon’s new high-definition
ABC station, and The Peak 104.1 have partnered
together to offer a free paper shredding event
at the Cascade Village Shopping Center.
Anyone with shred-able items can bring them to
Cascade Village, Thursday, February 21 from 5
to 7 p.m. KOHD News and The Peak will both
be broadcasting live from the event, located in
the parking lot adjacent to Highway 20. Vehicles
should enter off of Robal Lane and follow the
signs.
Brian MacMillan of KOHD News and Dave & Bryon
from The Peak’s morning show will be at the
event with giveaways as Central Oregon helps to
shred away identity theft.
For more information, please contact Bryan
Johnson, Director of Creative Services for KOHD,
at
bjohnson@kohd.com.
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BendBroadband's
Town Hall Program Announces Next Studio Audience
Topic: “Homes, loans & our local economy”
Thursday, February 28,
6:00 p.m. (5:30 p.m. - audience arrival request)
at Mt. View High School –
CHOIR ROOM (next to auditorium) 2755 NE 27th
in Bend.
Homes, loans, and our local economy”
will be the topic of discussion during the next
studio audience taping of Talk of the Town,
Central Oregon’s local televised town hall
program. Speaking participation is not
mandatory, but encouraged. Studio audience
participation does not require prior
notification, but is preferred. RSVP should
be directed to Jamie Christman at the contact
information below.
For more information, or to RSVP to be in
the studio audience, contact Jamie Christman at
388-5814 or
talk@bendbroadband.com. Also, go online to
www.talkofthetownco.com or via COTV
Programs at
www.bendbroadband.com . Talk of the Town
airs Mondays at 7 p.m. and on free local Video
on Demand.
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Palmer Homes
Award Winners Again
Palmer Homes does it again! Palmer Homes has
been selected by their peers as Green Builder of
the Year 2007 by the Central Oregon Builders
Association. With 100% participation in the
Earth Advantage® green building program and the
Energy Star® building program, as well as
neighborhood-wide Water Wise program, Palmer
Homes has led the construction industry towards
environmental consciousness in Central Oregon as
well as the state. Palmer Homes was also
awarded the Northwest Energy Star® 2006 Oregon
Builder of the Year. COBA also awarded Palmer
Homes with 11 awards in last year’s COBA Tour of
Homes. At different times, Vernon and Gretchen
Palmer have each received the Oregon Home
Builders Association Builder of the Year award
for Palmer Homes, the only company in Oregon to
have that distinction.
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What About Payroll
Tanya Lassman, with Precisely Payroll Inc., will
offer a class called “What About Payroll” on the
COCC campus, from 6 to 8 p.m. on March 6,
13 and 20. Whether you are a business owner and you
are considering hiring employees, or you have an
employee or service to process your payroll, but
want to understand the payroll reports, this is
the class for you.
Lassman will present an overview of the
information you need to hire employees,
calculate payroll, pay the payroll taxes and
file the payroll tax reports. You will receive
a resource list of websites and phone numbers to
answer your future payroll questions. Lassman
is a Certified Payroll Professional with the
American Payroll Association.
The class is only $59.00 so call 383-7270 and
register today.
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Taste of the Town
March 7 from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. - You will
not want to miss this event. Twenty restaurants
from the area will display their cuisine at
Mazama Gym on COCC Campus. Make sure you bring
your dancing shoes as High Street Band is back
by popular demand.
You can purchase your tickets in advance for $30 at
Newport Ave Market and Saxon’s Fine Jeweler’s,
or you can purchase them at the door for $40.
This event raises funds for the COCC Foundation to
support student scholarships. For more
information please call 383-8268.
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PEOPLE
Anne Arathoon was recently
elected to the board of directors for the Humane
Society of Central Oregon. Anne welcomes the
opportunity to continue the excellent work that
has been the Humane Society’s legacy in Central
Oregon. Anne is an associate attorney at Karnopp
Petersen LLP.
Dianne Crampton of TIGERS Success Series has
earned the Professional Certified Coach
designation recognized by the International
Coach Federation. Crampton added the Certified
Coach Designation to empower her leadership work
with entrepreneurs and team leaders. Info:
www.corevalues.com
Rita Aulie from International School of the
Cascades was the Center Foundation’s January
High Desert Hero. Rita is in Cross Country,
Track & Field, Nordic Skiing, Swimming, Central
Oregon Adult Symphony, student government,
Sparrow Club & National Honor Society.
Tracy Campbell, CEO of Simplicated™ LLC presented
the Info-Excellence Seminar® for Creative Nail
Design in San Diego as well as Mercedes Benz
USA, Costa Mesa, California in December 2007.
Tracy can be reached for productivity and
workflow solutions at 788-7001.
Russ Donegan has joined ad agency Citrus (formerly
Ralston360) as Production Artist. Donegan has
over 10 years experience working as
graphic designer & production artist, & will
work on the production of print advertising &
collateral.
Dr. Randall Jacobs of Bend Memorial Clinic
returned in December from a month-long trip to
Uganda as a volunteer with Medical Teams
International. Jacobs called the experience
truly “adventure medicine,” culturally,
medically & personally.
Tricia Duncan, CPA, has been selected as the first
Career Coach at Jones & Roth. Duncan will work
with staff to help them with their professional
career development & assist individuals in
balancing the work & personal life.
Julia Fleet joins the Latino Community
Association as their Program & Events
Coordinator. Julia immediately began by
planning the Latino Family Night at Working
Wonders Children’s Museum & Mobile Dental
Clinic.
William Hastings has recently relocated to the Bend
area to join the Sublime Design team as Senior
Designer. A design professional for over 10
years, he was awarded the Ahmanson Scholarship,
attained Dean’s List status, & graduated
Valedictorian, with Distinction from Art Center
College of Design in Pasadena.
Debbie McKillop has joined Sublime Design Group as
Project Manager. McKillop worked for Bend
Garbage & Recycling and High Country Disposal
for the past 15 years. Bend Garbage & Recycling
is a long-time client of Sublime and winner of
their 2006 Limelight Award.
Randy Miller, an attorney at law firm Schwabe,
Williamson & Wyatt, was recently elected to the
Central Oregon Builders Association board of
directors. Miller represents clients in a wide
range of construction, real estate, land use &
condemnation matters.
Linda Orcelletto has joined the Sublime Design
team. Linda has more than 15 years of experience
in marketing & communications, sits on the
Advertising Federation of Central Oregon board,
& is a contributing writer to The Bulletin & Fox
Cities Magazine.
Andy Phillips has joined Community First Bank as
Executive Vice President & Chief Credit
Officer. Andy has 31 years of commercial
lending & management experience, & his primary
role will be to manage the company’s lending
functions.
Betsy Rafail of Yogatta Travel has recently
returned from a travel agent educational FAM
trip to Fiji. Site inspections of luxury
resorts included: Westin Denarau Island, Sofitel
Fiji, Taveuni Island, Maravu Plantation, Namale,
Jean-Michel Cousteau Resort and Nukubati Island.
Karnopp Petersen LLP welcomes Kurt Barker to the
firm. Kurt joins Karnopp Petersen after
practicing with Stoel Rives LLP in Portland for
a number of years. His practice in Central
Oregon will emphasize the defense and counsel of
clients in employment matters.
Brooks Resources Realty announced that real estate
broker Karen Milne has earned the
Accredited Staging Professional certification.
To earn the designation, Milne completed a
course in Portland which taught participants how
to stage a home for sale.
Clear Choice Health Plans, Inc. is pleased to announce
Jason Fullan as new Sales Executive.
Prior to this he was an Account Executive for
United Healthcare Co. Jason joins Clear Choice
with over 13 years experience in the health care
industry, & a B.A. from the University of
Oregon.
LibertyBank Chairman & CEO Robert Fenstermacher
has been elected to the board of directors of
the American Bankers Association (ABA). The ABA
now represents more than 95% of the industry’s
$12.7 trillion in assets, making it the nation’s
largest bank trade association.
Community First Bank announced the addition of
Michelle Miller as Product Specialist. Her
responsibilities will include product
development, research of new bank products &
services & branch support. Miller brings 12
years of banking experience to her position.
Cascade Festival of Music announces the election of
Jason Fleck to serve as President of the
Board of Directors. Fleck was received his
bachelor’s degree from the University of
Oregon. He is a Vice President, Financial
Consultant with D.A. Davidson & Co.
Cascade Festival of Music announces the appointment of
Kerri Van Sise to serve on its Board.
VanSise has been in banking for 19 years and is
a Vice President and Senior Business Development
Officer at Community First Banking in their
Franklin Crossing office.
Cascade Festival of Music announces the appointment of
Mike Donaca to serve on its Board of
Directors. Donaca received his Bachelors Degree
from Oregon State University. He is a Vice
President, Commercial Relationship Manager with
Umpqua Bank.
BUSINESS
Elizabeth
Wicks has been named the Sortor Bushido Kai
Karate February Student of the Month. Wicks
is recognized for her commitment to training &
teaching, strong effort in class, & kind,
helpful attitude with her fellow students.
Info:
www.SortorKarate.com.
Cascade Concrete Solutions, Inc., announced that
it has acquired Mike Aldrich Construction, Inc.
making it the largest concrete construction
company in the region. The company also
announced in January that it was selected to
participate in the Artistry in Concrete
demonstration at the 2008 World of Concrete in
Las Vegas.
Cascade Telecommunications announced that the
company is placing special emphasis on marketing
its technology & applications to the healthcare
industry. Cascade Tel has communications & data
networking solutions that support the unique
needs of the healthcare industry.
Central Electric Cooperative President, Dave
Markham, announced today that CEC will retire a
total of $661,563 in capital credits. Checks
were mailed in December to current & former
members eligible to receive capital credits
payments.
Central Oregon Builders Association has elected
& installed a new President & Board of
Directors. Entering as President is Stephen
Herbert. Officers will be Tom Pryor, Rob Dunn,
Garrett Alford, Nancy O’Connor, & Brian Bergler.
The Board of Directors is Clint Chick, Mike
Davis, Rockland Dunn, Mark Kramer, Justin
Perkey, Shawn Wellington, Claudia Hamilton,
Randy Miller and Don Koon.
Central Oregon Partnership just completed a
renaming & rebranding. The new name is
Partnership to End Poverty (PEP) & the new
tagline is “Growing lives, together.” The brand
communicates the opportunities for sharing ideas
& the project initiation & support that the PEP
makes available.
Community First Bank has agreed to collaborate
with The Partnership to End Poverty for the new
Opportunity Cars Program, a car ownership pilot
program. The mission is to enhance mobility and
improve family economic self-sufficiency.
Northwestern Mutual has topped all other service
companies in Selling Power magazine’s annual
“The 50 Best Companies to Sell For” ranking,
coming in at number one on the 2007 list
published in the recent November/December issue.
D.E. Rink Construction, Inc. was recently awarded
the 2007 “Outstanding Historic
Restoration-Residential” award by the Central
Oregon Association of Realtors for the complete
renovation of the Historic Hugh O’Kane Residence
downtown.
Peace of Mind, a Bend company providing life
coaching, home/office organization & moving
services has just launched a newly-designed
website:
www.PeaceOfMindBend.com The website & its
new brand were designed by Sublime Design Group.
PremierWest Bancorp announced in late December that
the Board of Directors has declared a $0.06 per
share cash dividend. The dividend which will
return approximately $1,000,000 to shareholders
will be paid February 15.
Seventh Mountain Resort announced in January, the
addition of a 21-Passenger Shuttle Bus to their
fleet of resort vehicles. The Shuttle Bus,
active immediately, will be used to transport
resort guests to & from Mt. Bachelor during ski
season.
Sublime Design Group was recently hired by a
long-standing local Mexican restaurant for a
full re-branding & business plan. Creative
Director Aileen Walker is collaborating with
illustrator Chuck Moser on an original logo, &
has initiated strategies including print & radio
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