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Pegine´s Motivational Times
Motivating Leaders In A Diverse World - Empowering People To Be Leaders
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September, 2007
Leadership
Each day I am inspired by individuals taking small and powerful actions towards leadership. Today I received a call from a young man I met three months ago. He is 19 years old. He is the first in his family to attend college, the first to graduate from high school. When we met I was struck by his poise, his confidence, his tremendous smile and his willingness to help three younger students. I gave him my card when we met and encouraged him to call me. I knew when he called that he was taking steps to be a leader.- Leaders take risks. They reach out to people they don’t know or know well and connect with them. They take personal responsibility for their relationships.
- Leaders laugh. I’ve seen amazing leaders transform their organizations, their negotiations and their team when they laugh...and laugh hard. They know that laughing encourages camaraderie and team cohesion, and laughter breaks down barriers. As long as the laughter is either self deprecating or about universal humanity.
- Leaders motivate, inspire and promote to potential. They believe in their staff more than their staff does.
- Leaders, exceptional leaders, like people.
- Leaders become comfortable with change.
You may be in a leadership role now…or not. Everyone is responsible for being a leader in their lives and interactions. From the moment you wake up, to the moment when your eyes close at night, you lead. You transform your environment.
Do you say hello to your family, staff and coworkers? Do you really mean it? Before you begin your paperwork, do you connect with the people at work, in volunteer positions or at home who most impact your success? Do you ignore your administrative assistant or the receptionist? Did you say thank you to the paid administrative support at your volunteer organization? Have you appreciated, acknowledged and been aware of how your partner, child or parent helped you today? Leaders do.
Maybe you can’t change policy (yet), maybe you are in a cubicle – it doesn’t matter – leaders lead. They lead themselves first, then others.
On my conference room wall I have four words that remind and inspire me to be a better leader. The worlds are Love, Laugh, Believe, and Create. Great leaders lead with a philosophy and a point of view that guides their behavior and their purpose. These four words keep Team Pegine Inc. focused. What are your words? Do you have a philosophy or point of view? Perhaps today is the day for you to design your leadership philosophy.
Here are how my four words inspire, motivate and teach me.
Love – Love and be passionate about your work. Can you truly say that you love what you do, love how you do what you do, love the clients you work with and love the people who help your company grow. I don’t mean love in the same way that you love your family. I do mean love in that you truly care and are passionate about your purpose, vision, employees, clients and customer’s satisfaction As a leader you serve your clients best when you love and are passionate about what you do.
Laugh – It is time to truly laugh and enjoy the process of leading. Enjoy the people you interact with, the people you learn from and the people you work with. Laugh at your foibles as you grow and change and laugh at the challenges, trials and tribulations…they are always there to help your company and you grow. That is how you become a sparkling gem…by grinding the rough spots.
Believe – Believe in the vision, believe in what you do, believe in your staff, believe in the people who support your work, believe in your future, and believe in your dream. As a leader, I believe in myself and my skills and I believe in the people with whom I surround myself.
Create- Creativity and innovation are the keys to leading in a diverse world. New ideas, new products and new initiatives build business, people and a better society. As a leader you are also the creator, perhaps the creator of processes that make your work more efficient, the creator of initiatives that connect customers and staff easily or the innovator needed to reward staff for a job well done. At Team Pegine Inc., creating new ideas, initiatives and programs that support our customer’s goals to increase productivity, profitability and retain great people are at the core of who we are and what we do.
Remember, only you can change yourself. You can’t change others; however, they will change if you do. Focus on Loving, Laughing, Believing and Creating, so that you can be the leader you were designed to be.
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Team Pegine News
The Jacksonville Women’s Business Center’s Athena Powerlink Governing board selected Team Pegine Inc to participate in the Athena Powerlink Mentoring Program. Here is information about the program http://www.athenafoundation.org/pages/athenapowerlink_/19.php
The PowerLink program began in 1992 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania when two businesswomen recognized that female entrepreneurs often lack access to valuable advisors and mentors. The premise was simple – panels of volunteers willing to advise women business owners on important issues can help them achieve greater success. Today, as ATHENA PowerLink® expands across the country, the program continues to help women grow their businesses.
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Empower people to be leaders in their lives, business, family and community invite your:- Team to sign up
- Staff to sign up
- Family members to sign up
- Affinity group members to sign up
- Family members to sign up
- Community members to sign up
With you in mind,
Pegine
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By the way we NEVER, EVER give or sell your name and email address to anyone, EVER.
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In this month's leadership e-zine you will find:
• Pegine's Thought of the Month
• Quote of the Month
• Try-its - Simple Steps for Magnificent Rewards
• Kick Butt Actions - Strategies to make an impact
• News from Pegine
• Have You?
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Pegine's Thought of the Month:
“Great leaders believe in the potential of their people, laugh with them, inspire them with vision and guide them to their highest potential” ~Pegine Echevarria
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Quotes of the Month:
“The only real training for leadership is leadership.” ~ Anthony Jay
“The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.” ~ Harvey S. Firestone quotes
“Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better.” ~ Bill Bradley
“We know that leadership is very much related to change. As the pace of change accelerates, there is naturally a greater need for effective leadership.” ~ John Kotter
“A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done” ~ Dwight David Eisenhower
“I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people” ~ Indira Gandhi
Quotes from thinkexist.com
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Try-its:
Are you passionate about what you do? Do you know why you are doing what you do?
Are you being challenged? Many passionate, productive people in all organizations have just gotten lost in the muck. As leaders you can rescue passionate productive people by giving them opportunities to grow and be challenged and offer a hand of support to reach out to them when they falter.
Maybe you are stuck in the muck, look around, are there hands of support reaching out to you? Perhaps you are you waiting for something better? Often times we may pass on an opportunity without realizing it, because we are stuck in the muck. Get unstuck by looking for opportunities to grow.
If you work for a large organization there are many opportunities to grow. Leadership development programs, mentoring programs, coaching programs are all available to you. What is sad is that most people don’t look for, or take advantage of these opportinities. They wait until they are asked. You have to ask yourself. Be proactive, go after the opportunities and show your boss where to sign. Be a leader and rescue yourself from the muck.
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Kick-butt actions:
Look around you. What can you do to create, design, innovate in your job, office environment that would make things better. I love what one receptionist did. She didn’t feel as though she had any power and she was frustrated that everyone would borrow her pen and never return it. She saw an idea in a crafts magazine. She used florist tape and bought some pretty sunny silk flowers, a pot and some fake grass. She taped a flower to each pen with the green floral tape and placed it in the pot. It brightened her desk – which made her happy. She gleefully offered pens to people. The pens made people smile and happy. They returned the pens (because they couldn’t easily put them in her pocket) so she was happy again, no lost pens. Did her happiness increase her productivity? You bet. Did she feel powerful, creative and smart? Absolutely! Who is a leader now!!!!
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Have You?- Ever taken charge of a project that was a success? How did that make you feel?
- Ever helped someone in need?
- Ever changed positively made a difference in someone’s life?
- Ever made a kid laugh?
- Ever told someone who rarely gets a compliment how great they look?
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A small book with powerful tips,"Sometimes You Need To Kick Your Own Butt" is about your time to kick butt & and taking the lead changing your own world for the better! Each chapter features four easy to read segments designed to help you do just that. The segments are:- Quotes - which include sayings that inspire everyday leaders
- Try its - Incremental, step by step techniques that take you a little further to a being the leader you were meant to be
- Kick Butt Actions- Life changing strategies that immediately propel you to a new level. Action takes courage, Pegine shares what she learned a long time ago that courage = fear plus action. So, feel the fear and kick butt anyway!
Finally - stories that enthuse, motivate, and kick your own butt, read them and take action!Pegine's bold and comedic style -- a result of her rocky teen years and girl gang affiliation -- is reflected in the book's title, Kick Your Own Butt. Brash yet delightfully disarming, Pegine incorporates inspirational quotes, "Try-Its", and "Kick Butt Actions" into 87 inspiring pages. Soldiers and sailors from the US Army, The Army National Guard and US Navy read the book, they like the easy to carry small size and the BIG message.
Verizon, Sprint, State Farm Insurance and the US Navy have all purchased bulk quantities for their employees. "Kick Your Own Butt is small, a quick read and packed with great ideas. I highlighted several concepts that I want to implement," shared Scott Gureck, US Navy Captain with the Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor.
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Who is Pegine?
Leadership Empowerment guru Pegine Echevarria, MSW, is motivational speaker, author and TV personality and Former Bronx girl gang member. She recently joined a new "gang", being inducted into the Motivational Speakers Hall of Fame, its first Latina member. Pegine's fellow 58, "gang members" include such luminaries as Dale Carnegie, Zig Ziglar and Tony Robbins.
Pegine motivates leaders in a diverse world and empowers people to be leaders in their lives, business, family and community with laughter and gusto.(Her name is pronounced Peh-geen
See Pegine in action by clicking here
Leading & Empowering People with Laughter & Gusto
Pegine:- Inspires... people to be strong leaders in their work, family, community & lives
- Motivates... people to be effective leaders who motivate & support others
- Empowers... people to break through self imposed barriers to become the leaders they were meant to be
- Energizes... people to laugh with gusto about leadership, business, family & life.
- Illuminates... the nuances that hinder and empower success and leadership in a diverse world
Call (904) 280-8806 or email info@pegine.com
Pegine in a member of the following groups:- Motivational Speakers Hall of Fame, its first Latina
- Employers United for a Stronger America National Board Member and Vice President - a foundation that provides research, philanthropy, and education regarding employers and their US military reserve and National Guard employees."
- Society of Human Resources National Workplace Diversity Expertise Panel
- Jacksonville Women's Business Center Advisory Board member
- National Speakers Association - Membership and Retention Committee
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Team Pegine has received the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) 8(a) Certification
Team Pegine, Inc, Inc. NAICS Codes
Team Pegine, Inc NAICS (North American Industry Classification System) Codes include:| Description of Services | NAICS Code |
Management Development Training | 611430 | | Management Consulting Services | 541616 | | Public Speaking / Training | 611699 |
Human Resource Consulting Services | 541612 | | Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, & Similar Events without Facilities | 711320 | | Educational Support Services | 611710 |
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