SPaMCAST 40 - Blake, Executive Coaching, “Vitamins, Aspirin and . . .” - a podcast by Thomas M. Cagley Jr

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Show Forty features an interview
with Barbara Blake of Longview Associates. 
Barbara and I discussed executive coaching, improvement and change its
myriad forms.  If you are interested in
your career or organizational change this is an important interview.   



Barbara Blake is founder of
Longview Associates, LLC, an executive coaching and leadership development
consulting practice. As a keen observer of organizational performance, Barbara
is convinced that the key component to successful operations and objectives are
the people in an organization.








Barbara
works with executives and entrepreneurs to take them to the next level of
performance and interpersonal relations. They see results both at work and in
their personal lives; they are energized, transformed and they achieve








Barbara has held management
positions in a consulting firm, a publishing company, and several financial
services institutions.  She has also been
involved in the development of emerging leaders by managing training programs
and teaching at the MBA level.








She is a
certified executive coach through the Penn State Executive Program, and a
member of the Worldwide Association of Business Coaches. 














Contact
information:
Web Site:  http://www.longview-assoc.com/
Email:  barbara@longview-assoc.com










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The essay for this cast is titled,
“Vitamins, Aspirin and Viagra”.  The
essay ruminates on why some changes are easier to sell and catch hold within
organizations faster. We will conclude with information on a few upcoming
conferences, comments from listeners and notes on upcoming casts. 








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Future
Events and the next Cast. . .








I
will be speaking at IFPUG’s 3rd Annual ISMA Conference and Fall Workshops
Sunday, September 14 – Friday, September 19, 2008 at the Westin Arlington
Gateway Hotel information at www.ifpug.org.  The presentation is call “Counting Facebook”
and will be on Friday September 19, 2008 at 10:25 AM - 11:25 AM.









I
am speaking at Quest Toronto 2008 Conference, September 22- 26, 2008, at the
Hilton Hotel in Toronto, Canada.  I will
be presenting “Good Numbers Go Bad” on Wed Sept 24th from 1:30 - 2:30 pm and
also joining in as a subject matter expert in the end of day solutions
workshop.  Information can be found at
http://www.qaiquest.org/toronto/








Finally
I will be speaking at the Northeast Quality Council 57th
Conference.  The conference is scheduled
for October 14 – 15 , 2008 in Marlborough, Massachusetts at Best Western Royal
Plaza.   The presentation is titled “One
Size Fits . . .Someone Other Than Me”. 
Information can be found at http://www.neqc.org/conference.








Next
Software Process and Measurement Cast:








The next Software
Process and Measurement Cast will feature an interview with Ken Schwaber, Mr
SCRUM.  If you use SCRUM or are
interested in Agile this is a must listen.








 








 








 

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