Archive for August, 2008

Rep. Graves Introduces ‘Complaint-Free Wednesday’ Legislation

BrightSight Group speaker and author Will Bowen’s non profit Complaint Free World has inspired Missouri Republican Sam Graves to write H. Res. 404. He proposes that the day before Thanksgiving become a national “complaint free Wednesday.” Article

Will Bowen is the author of, A Complaint Free World: How to Stop Complaining and Start Enjoying the Life You Always Wanted

Rev Bowen challenged the members of his congregation to stop complaining for 21 days. To remind them to stop complaining, he gave them purple rubber bracelets. Every time they caught themselves complaining they had to switch the bracelet to the other wrist and start the mission over. Bowen has since distributed six million of these purple bracelets around the world.

A Good Month for True North

BrightSight Group speakers Bill George, Peter Sims and Nick Craig have a lot to crow about.
Finding Your True North: A Personal Guide reached #3 on the Wall Street Journal’s Best-Seller List for “Business Management and Self-Help Paperbacks” for the week ended July 20, 2008.

True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership rose to #7 on the amazon.com list of best-selling leadership books.

True North sales have reached 125,000 books since its publication in March, 2007.

Lucas Conley | The Colbert Report | Comedy Central

BrightSight Group speaker Lucas Conley tells Stephen about America’s obsession with branding in his Dr. Pepper interview.
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Diana Smith BNET – Divide or Conquer

Throughout her career, BrightSight Group speaker Diana Smith has written about teams and intervention. Her new book, Divide Or Conquer: How Great Teams Turn Conflict into Strength distills 25 years of research to show how relationships make or break the success of leaders and their teams.

Dianas Book, Divide or Conquer

Diana's Book, Divide or Conquer

2011: Trendspotting for the Next Decade on Mashable

BrightSight Group speaker and author of 2011:Trendspotting for the Next Decade, Richard Laermer recently spoke/ appeared / vlogged with Mark and Sean of mashable.com

An excerpt from the conversation, “The methods and information absorption tactics we are working on honing now will be the norm in a few years, and what will separate the men from the boys, so to speak, is their ability to make sense of the nose.”
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BrightSight Group speakers on New York Times Hardcover Business Best Seller List

Tim Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Workweek and Leonard Mlodinow, author of <a href=”The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives“>The Drunkard’s Walk are both exclusively represented by BrightSight Group. See the New York Times Hardcover Business Best Sellers.
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Finding Your True North Hits #3 on Wall Street Journal Best-Seller List

Just a month after its introduction, Finding Your True North: A Personal Guide has moved up to #3 on the Wall Street Journal’s Best-Seller list for “Business Management and Self-Help Paperbacks” for the Week Ended July 20, 2008. Written by Bill George, Nick Craig, and Andrew McLean, Finding Your True North provides a personal guide, complete with sixty in-depth exercises, for people who wanting to develop their authentic leadership. It is already being used by leading corporations in their in-house training programs and leading academic institutions. BrightSight Group exclusively represents Bill George and Nick Craig.

Finding Your True North

Finding Your True North



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