Work Connexions blogger Lewis Green’s fifth book was just released by HRD Press, Inc. Called Lead With Your Heart, the book calls for businesses to adopt a model that will result in business success as well as create a better world in which to do business, to work and to live. Lewis green a relative new blogger to the Work Connexions social networking platform. Had this to say “as Social Media grows in importance, especially blogs as used by businesses, sites such as Work Connexions are important to all of us wanting to communicate and to share with our community of readers.”

Operations Director Leo Cussons says “this really proves what a lot of research is showing at the moment that blogging can significantly increase your business. Not only does it provide opportunities in Advertising, Website presence, Marketing, and Recruitment. It also means that you can build relationships across continents. Lewis Green has been significant in introducing the work connexions platform to his own business network as a place to do business. Unlike other social networking sites where the focus is on your free time activities. Work Connexions focuses on career advancement, improving ones skills and getting new business.”

“This book is about changing the way we do business. It is written to inspire business executives, managers and entrepreneurs to invest in a new business model that can be a first step to changing the world we live in,” Green says.

Green was inspired to write this book by Mahatma Gandhi’s quote, We must be the change we wish to see in the world, and what he has experienced in his three decades as a corporate manager, executive and entrepreneur.

Lead With Your Heart is about creating a business environment where business leaders lead with the heart, take a hard look at their values, implement and live by those values, and then build value-driven businesses in which people are more important than overzealousness to earn money. In this book, Green talks about creating happiness, and by doing so, he argues we change the world in good and right ways as well as reap large profits.

“I often wonder why businesses don’t spend more time strategizing around happiness, Green adds. Happiness is the driving force behind everything people do. It is the key to determining their wants, needs and desires. It is the essence of the American Dream and is as important as the air you breathe. It is true that many companies are customer-focused and invest lots of energy in meeting customer needs.

Responding to those needs should result in happy customers, happy employees, and a healthy bottom line. Unfortunately, the efforts being made by too many businesses to create happy and loyal customers fall far short of what is necessary.”

Note to the Media and Bloggers: Review copies of Lead With Your Heart are available for media and business bloggers. The author is available for interviews, TV and radio guest spots, and speaking engagements. Call 860.673.7543. The book may be purchased at Amazon.com or online directly from HRD Press or by calling 1-800-822-2801.

It is available the new issue and includes many interesting articles, including the future of the Isle of Man by Chief Minister Tony Brown, work, humour, and the rise of web 2.0. You can also download an electronic copy of the magazine online.

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Included in this issue is:

Chief Minister Tony Brown - Future Thoughts Page 14

Page 4 Zen Motivation

……….PART 3

Page 6 Guest Blog - Inferno

……….THE RISE OF WEB 2.0

Page 8 Singer & Friedlander

……….TRANSPERENCY AND BANKING

Page 10 A Printer for all seasons

……….DEBORAH GWINNEL

Page 12 Respite

………..SUDOKU, FAST FACTS, WORK EXCUSES

Page 18 Central Software

………..MOVING ON UP

Page 20 Caroline Bull

………..NEED SPACE TO THINK?

Page 12 SO YOU DO SUDOKU DO YOU?

………..YOUR NUMBERS UP

Page 12 FAST FACTS

…………SLEEP WITH YOUR MOUTH CLOSED

Page 13 CLASSIC QUOTATIONS

…………YES, THEY REALLY SAID IT

Page 23 PHOTO FOR THOUGHT

…………I COULD NOT GET TO WORK TO DAY

Seth Godin recently posted this comment on is blog ‘Most fast-growing organizations are looking for people who can get stuff done. There is a fundamental shift in rules from manual-based work (where you follow instructions and an increase in productivity means doing the steps faster) to project-based work (where the instructions are unknown, and visualizing outcomes and then getting things done is what counts.) And yet, we’re still trying to hire people who have shown an ability to follow instructions.

almost done with my (sold out) book tour, and the biggest pleasure of the project was working with people who totally understand what it is to get things done.

Derek in Ann Arbor, Rajesh, Edith and Deepika in Silicon Valley, Matt in Tempe and Phil in Salt Lake each led huge teams of people (with no infrastructure.) They invented, described, networked, wheedled and most of all, organized. They didn’t do it because it was their job, and they didn’t have organizational authority. They just did it.

That’s who I would hire.’

This fits in to our own line of thought. We have provide the platform for people to do whatever it is, Whether that being advertising or writing about their work. The people that use and have built Work Connexions have just gone and done it, and that’s what we suggest you do to

“Coaching is a hot topic, and I highly recommend that if you don’t have a coach, you should get one. I often say that the better you are at something, the more you need coaching. Look at Roger Federer, Tiger Woods and Wayne Rooney; they are at the top of their professions, but get coached almost daily, always looking for that extra bit of ‘edge’.” The above is a quote from Mike Southon. Bit it fits perfectly into our ethos at www.WorkConnexions.com . We Like to think that contributors to this site are helping others with different areas of their business. If you signed up for any of our RSS feeds you should aready be able to locate great resources. Here is one great link all about Coaching: http://www.beermat.biz/all-podcasts.php

Regular visitors will know we have been excited about Permission Marketing for a while now, particularly the views of Seth Godin. Work Connexions can now extend their Permission-based Marketing services by offering Advertisements syndicated to users’ desktops, web browser or RSS Reader. Keep up to date with what you are looking for by subscribing to a Search.Work Connexions is a firm believer in Permission-based Marketing, and has developed a number of services based around this concept. Permission-based Marketing is the term given to the marketing scheme whyereby users actively request or are presented with relavant, highly targetted advertisements. Whether they are the advertisements on the side of your Google search results or via a Work Connexions RSS feed, you can be sure that users are likely to be interested in reading your Advertisement.
A number of Permission-based Marketing schemes are currently in development, and we hope to launch these exciting new features very soon and help you make use of modern Web techniques to sell your services, or get the help you need for your project.
For more information on using the Advertisement RSS service, please see this blog entry, which explains all you need to do.

Work Connexions is pleased to announce that they have just signed up for a marketing campaign with Google AdWords. We believe this increases registered company’s exposure to potential clients. Along with our radio campaign due to launch May the 7 this consolidates our excellent website presence. Just by registering on Work Connexions, a company can increase its profile considerable as people will be able to find the business through our quality W3C website portal. Work Connexions combines the principles of the blogosphere, the Yellow Pages, eBay and Forums.

We have several features that are not being used to their full potential on www.workconnexions.com. As a user you can build up a work profile about the sort of work you have done and also include your experience. At Work Connexions we look at people as a whole, not just their academic skills but also their social, emotional, spiritual aspects. All users have access to this information, which will increase your chance of you getting the work you desire.

Blogging

Other ways to show your expertise in a field and increase your profile is to write about what you know, we offer a number features here, such as rich text, images, tags, high internet presence, blog design, and so forth.

Tags – if you do write a blog it is important to use our tag system that way popular posts can still be found in the blogging section.

Our Blogging Advantage scheme is being updated, expect a full announcement this week.You can be certain we will be rewarding quality content posts.

Advertise

Whatever your skill we offer free classified advertisements for you. So post your classified whether it is mountain biking, running or sewing.

Work Connexions Networking club.

We are starting a series of networking events the first one is online this Monday at 7.30 pm

Click the link below to join at 7.30 pm Monday 2 of April. (See below for Conference tips)

 Click here to join the conference ( there appears to be some technical problems but keep trying updated 7.30 pm)

The topic is blogging and Business - how to make money

We will be following up with one in Douglas IOM in the very near future.

Networking events will be free to members and GBP 2.00 for Guests

If you would like to participate or have any questions please contact Work Connexions on

Tel: 00 44 121 288 9051

Conference tips

You will need to have skype installed click the link below, also keep in mind this is beta software. For best results turn off your speakers and use a mic and head phone piece. When you are not speaking it is best to mute your microphone,  so background noises are kept to a minimum. Enjoy

These blog are not so much work related but give a nice example of just how things can be done. Enjoy.

dovegreyreader  A community nurse and book addict
 

Emma Kennedy  She has just got her blog published
 

Frizzy Logic Very interesting the rebuilding after a nervous breakdown
 

Grumpy Old Bookman Listed by the Guardian as one of the top ten literary blogs.
 

In Search of Adam Pens, knickers, Hassles and Tassels.

Work Connexions team

There has been some debate over the layout of the site. We  have been working hard to update much of the blogging. What we hope to achieved is to give people a platform to present their thoughts in a appealing way for the eye and brain. One of the core focus points for us is to insure that  the site works in harmony with its contents. That means in English that we are not going to be putting advertisements in every corner or try aand sell products that people do not want. The site is divided into areas and as a user you can pick and find the resource you need.