Nan Russell
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- Personal & Professional Development, Leadership, Workplace Trust
- Career Focus
- Author, Speaker
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- MountainWorks Communications
A few years ago, Nan Russell left the corporate world to pursue a life-dream to work and write from the Rocky Mountains. Today she is the author of 3 books, a professional speaker, and workplace consultant. She has shared her workplace insights and practical wisdom with a wide variety of people, from coal miners and Navy engineers to college students and senior leaders at nonprofits and Fortune 100 corporations, igniting passions, crystallizing thinking, and changing results.
Her third book, The Titleless Leader: How to Get Things Done When You’re Not in Charge (Career Press) came out in May 2012. Her second book, Hitting Your Stride, won a 2009 Axiom Business Book Award, and her first book, Nibble Your Way to Success debuted in 2007. Her work insights column, Winning at Working, appears in over 90 publications. Nan is also the job loss recovery expert for Job-Hunt.org and a blogger for Psychology Today on the topic of Trust: The New Workplace Currency.
Prior to her move to Montana, Nan spent over 20 years in leadership positions in human resources, communication, marketing, and line management. Her career took her from a minimum wage employee to Vice President of a multibillion dollar company. Nan has a B.A. from Stanford University and M.A. from the University of Michigan, both in psychology.
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Nan Russell Books
The Titleless Leader
http://www.amazon.com/The-Titleless-Leader-Things-Charge/dp/1601632088/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1338590564&sr=1-1
Hitting Your Stride
http://www.amazon.com/Hitting-Your-Stride-Personal-Development/dp/193310256X/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1338590423&sr=8-3
Nibble Your Way to Success
http://www.amazon.com/Nibble-Your-Way-Success-Winning/dp/0979280206/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1338590564&sr=1-4
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What Do You See?
Based on dozens of articles that arrived in my inbox in a single week, one might think that the majority of people work in difficult work-cultures, alongside clueless co-workers, under distrusting bosses. Here are a few examples: • "You're the Boss, Not the Babysitter" • "What to Do When Your Employees Won't Stop Whining" • "Giving Feedback to the Clueless" • "How to Survive a Toxic Boss"
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Winning at Working--Blurred Lines Require New Skills
Instead of an early start, with time to read the news, check key messages, and write uninterruptedly for a pending project, I spent it down a rabbit hole. What I expected was a five or ten minute interruption to answer a client's email, marked with one of those urgent exclamation points, but it took me over an hour. Before I could even send the requested information, I got an email telling me, in essence, "never mind," the direction had changed.
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Winning at Working--Valuing Time
"I don't like to be kept waiting," he responded when asked by the travel-study professor why he delayed the entire group for a third straight day. "Next time," the professor warned, "we won't hold the bus."
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Workplace Ladder Fuel
Maybe you received an email seeking applicants as paid mystery shoppers in your area, or offering cash in exchange for filling out online surveys. Or you heard theaters used subliminal advertising to increase sales of popco and soft drinks. Maybe it was the "send old shoes, get a new one free" Nike promotion that caught your attention, or the discovery that you can cure disease by drinking four glasses of water every morning.
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Winning at Working--Two Kinds of People
Twelve minutes before I was to speak to a large group gathering in a downtown hotel ballroom, I was still struggling with A/V equipment. With hundreds of presentations under my belt, I'm accustomed to handling last minute glitches. But no matter what I tried, my presentation wouldn't project.
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What Do You Expect?
I like teaching workshops. On one hand, I'm humbled by the knowledge, insights, and challenges of those attending. I'm invigorated by the persistence and passion woven into the stories that unfold. And I'm grateful for the real-world perspectives of people who are focused on doing a great job and making a difference at work.
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The "No Problem" Problem
I've lost track of the times I've been told in someone's positive or naive thinking mode, "No problem," only to have the non problem become one. At the time they said it, there might not have been a problem, but they didn't factor in workplace potholes, speed bumps, detours, or traffic stops. Like a high-wire acrobat in a Cirque du Soleil performance, winning at working necessitates the use of safety nets with your work, too.
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Winning at Working--Which Half Are You?
When more than half of Americans were identified as overweight, people took notice. Major news outlets began educating on how to stay out, or get out, of that statistic. I wish the same attention had been paid when a new survey was released confirming more than half of Americans are dissatisfied with their job. Disliking your job is hazardous to your health and well-being, too. You can't be winning at working if you're dissatisfied with your work or languishing in the status-quo of dislike.
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Winning at Working--Wishing and Hoping
Years after Disneyland was built, after the completion of Walt Disney World, the story goes that someone went up to Mike Vance, Creative Director for Walt Disney Studios and said, "Isn't it too bad Walt Disney didn't live to see this?" Without pausing, he replied, "But he did see it, that's why it's here."
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Winning at Working--It Takes Time
The story goes that after one of Ludwig van Beethoven's performances, several people were offering him their congratulations, when one woman commented, "I wish God had bestowed me with such genius." "It isn't genius, madam, nor is it magic." Beethoven replied. "All you have to do is practice on your piano eight hours a day for 40 years."
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Winning at Working--Deliberate Black Hole Tactics
After a mutually beneficial business connection, he spontaneously offered, "if you need anything in the future don't hesitate to contact me." He went so far as to name some of the things he'd be happy to be involved in, or help me with, and I made a mental note for future reference. It seemed more than an obligatory remark from this well recognized individual.
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Winning at Working--What Basics?
The cyclical and now ubiquitously appearing phrase, back to basics, ignites supporters. The reasonableness of returning to previously successful principles, ethics, systems, accountability, approaches, or you-name-it, appears a tantalizing remedy for our individual or collective woes.
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