Leadership – Inspiring Shipments (#IS) by Ivana Sendecka

(Y)our Mediocre Work Affects Whole Country or Why Slovakia Needs to Wake Up Before It Is Too Late

December 10, 2010 by Ivana Sendecka 24 Comments

Hiya SCG,

you might have noticed pretty modest amount of my shipping and insights this week. It was caused by very intensive 3 days, which moved me and transformed me again. I will not go into details much, as I am still digesting lessons learned from it and how it has affected me. But briefly, I have turned down assignment and have given up couple of thousands Euro of income for next month, because I could not risk my name and credibility to deliver work, which is not top-notch. (requirement was to do it “just like that”…) [Read more…]

Second Linchpins Meet Up (Only One) in Slovakia

December 8, 2010 by Ivana Sendecka Leave a Comment

Hello SCG,

yesterday (7 Dec) was the second global Linchpins are everywhere meet up, called up by the Seth Godin. I have (again) raised a meet up flag in Slovakia, ignoring the fact I am the only one in whole country marching on. You might remember video from 1st Linchpin meet up in Slovakia (from June 2010), where I have been very excited from the fact that 7 people showed up on a meet up and I was spreading message: “It always starts with one!” Yesterday, I have decided to spread ideas about what does it mean to be a Linchpin again and my audience consisted of the most indispensable Linchpins, I know. Who ~~were~~ are they?

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Filed Under: Leadership Tagged With: family, Leadership, linchpin, love, Seth Godin

World’s Premiere of “What If…?” Talk

December 2, 2010 by Ivana Sendecka 18 Comments

Hi SCG,

yesterday (1 Dec) I have delivered the world’s premiere of a presentation with title: What If? (Everything You Were Taught To Do Was Totally Wrong). I spoke to students who are engaged in non-profit organization PRC (Consulting & Development Centre for start ups) and are attending my Alma Mater – Faculty of Management. Let me share with you slide-deck, which have supported my 90 minutes long talk.

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Filed Under: Leadership Tagged With: Emerging Leaders, future, inspiration, Leadership, NGLS, Slovakia

Happy Birthday Robert F. Kennedy

November 20, 2010 by Ivana Sendecka 2 Comments

Hi SCG,

this shipment is totally spontaneous and unplanned. I have just finished watching a documentary A Ripple Of Hope, which I have bumped into yesterday by total coincidence. Movie has finished only moments ago and my eyes are still wet, while typing this…More over I have found out, that today is RFK‘s birthday…So, I could not ask for more signs from universe, that it is right time to ship.

I would like to dedicate this emergency shipment to all courageous people with big loving hearts. Super Cool Gang-ers please watch this movie! [Read more…]

Filed Under: Inspiration for your mind, Leadership, Movie Reviews Tagged With: hope, Leadership, RFK

On Expectations

November 17, 2010 by Ivana Sendecka 13 Comments

Hiya SCG,

today’s shipment was inspired by Facebook status of my friend Prashant, which said this: “The Better You Do, More They Expect”…and this got me thinking. How is it with expectations? Is Prashant’s status update true or not? How should we deal with all those opportunities laying in front of us, in an interactive and connected age we live in? What shall we expect? Are expectations put on us encouraging or it is a burden? [Read more…]

Filed Under: Inspiration for your mind, Leadership Tagged With: emotions, expecations, Leadership

[Guest][Video] Interview with Chief Happiness Officer

November 12, 2010 by Ivana Sendecka 7 Comments

Hiya SCG,

I am proud to bring you first live video interview on Inspiring Shipments and I am even more honored that invitation for it, was accepted by Chief Happiness Officer – Alex Kjerulf. I had a privilege to see Alex live in action yesterday in Bratislava’s event organized by my friends from project Happy Company and he was absolutely mind blowing. I trust you will enjoy our talk!

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Filed Under: Guest, Leadership, Video Post Tagged With: Alex Kjerulf, Chief Happiness Officer, Happiness, Leadership

Do You Want To Receive Standing Ovations After Your Speech, Too? Listen To Nancy Duarte.

November 9, 2010 by Ivana Sendecka 20 Comments

Hiya SCG,

Who ~~the heck~~ is Nancy Duarte? Why should you listen to her? Let me ask you few questions: “Are you nervous when you have to deliver a speech? Are you not sure how you are going to perform? Are your palms sweating and your slide-deck is far from having “make up” on? Do you wonder how does it feel to get standing ovations from audience you speak to?” Yes? Then this shipment is a must read for you.

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Filed Under: Communication, Leadership Tagged With: design, Nancy Duarte, presentation

[Video] For Do-ers. Are You One, Too? Watch It, Then!

November 3, 2010 by Ivana Sendecka 15 Comments

Hiya SCG,

following video was recorded for special request by “die hard fan” of Inspiring Shipments: Sidra Qasim who is true doer and leader. She is organizing an event in Okara (Pakistan) ; “Youth Event for Helping Flood Victims”. How super cool is that? So, here is what I had to say to all passionate do-ers: [Read more…]

Filed Under: Leadership, Video Post Tagged With: Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Pakistan

Do You Have an “Exam Attitude”?

October 26, 2010 by Ivana Sendecka 15 Comments

Hiya SCG,

Today’s shipment was inspired by a remark done by my Mum few weeks back, when she has seen me reading a book, making notes and sticking highlight notes on pages with underlined quotes. She said: “You look like you are having an exam tomorrow.” And that one sentence made me pause and reflect. “Wow, did I look that committed? What are the other activities when I am totally focused and I might appear to external observer as totally obsessed student with exam knocking on a door?” Then it hit me:

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Filed Under: Leadership Tagged With: attitude, commitment, Leadership

How You Can Learn to Recognize Artists Around You?

October 11, 2010 by Ivana Sendecka 24 Comments

Hiya SCG,

shipping emotional labor is pretty surreal term for majority of the people. Not a long time ago, I was not able to recognize doer/shipper from talker/pretender as well. Headhunters, HR departments cannot see what you have shipped and how emotionally you have labored through lines of your CV. Same it might be with your colleagues and bosses, when they wonder: “What’s her problem? Why is she not getting it done according that template, we have always used for many of our clients? Why does she bother to create new ppt. when that manual is already written in a word document? Why is she creating new slides for every speech she goes to, is it not less stressful to talk about slides from the last year, which she knows already by heart?”

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