Bud Bilanich
BS Human Development, Pe State; MA Interpersonal Communication, University of Colorado; EdD Adult Education and Organization Behavior and Intervention, Harvard University
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Bud Bilanich: Common Sense Advice for Career and Life Success Expert
Bud Bilanich Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Career and Life Success, Team Building, Organization Effectiveness
- Best Sellers
- Straight Talk for Success, 4 Secrets of High Performing Organizations, Leading With Values, Solving Peformance Problems
- Career Focus
- Career and Life Success Coach, Author, Blogger, Speaker, Consultant, Business Owner
- Affiliation
- National Speakers Association, International Speakers Network, International Blogging and New Media Association, American Society for Training and Development
Bud Bilanich's pragmatic approach to business, life, and the business of life has earned him the title The Common Sense Guy, and made him one of the most sought after speakers, consultants and executive coaches in the USA!
Dr. Bilanich’s work focuses on improving the performance of individuals, teams and entire organizations. Bud is Harvard educated, but has a no-nonsense, common sense approach to his work that stretches back to his roots in the steel country of Western Pennsylvania.
Bud has authored 11 books, the latest five Star Power, 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional Success, Your Success GPS, I Want YOU...To Succed and Straight Talk for Success are devoted to the topic of careeer and life success, Straight Talk became a bestseller in 2008. It details his thoughts on career and life success.
Recently, he created the Common Sense Success Club, a five month, 21 learning module program in which he teaches he success system. You can learn more at www.Commo SenseSuccessSystem.com/freedvdoffer.
Bud has 30 years experience in the organization effectiveness field. He has worked all over the US, Europe and Asia. His clients include Pfizer Inc, Johnson and Johnson, Abbott Laboratories, Schein Pharmaceuticals, PepsiCo, General Motors, UBS Financial Service, AXA Advisors, Citicorp, JP Morgan Chase, AT&T, Pitney Bowes, Dana Corporation and The Boys and Girls Clubs of America.
Bud is a cancer survivor, and lives in Denver with Cathy, his wife. He is a retired rugby player and an avid cyclist. He likes movies, live theatre and crime fiction.Free Articles & Book Excerpts
Star Power
http://bbilanich.typepad.com/star_power_ebook/
4 Secrets of High Performing Organizations
http://bbilanich.typepad.com/blog/get-your-complementary-eb.html
Straight Talk for Success
http://www.StraightTalkforSuccessBook.com
Common Sense Success System
http://www.Commo SenseSuccessSystem.com/freedvdoffer
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Successful People Make Their Own Luck
A while back I wrote about a book called The Luck Factor by Richard Wiseman who claims that you can learn to be lucky. In fact, Dr. Wiseman even lists five steps for learning to be lucky. First, don't assume there is nothing you can do about any situation. Make the decision to take control. Second, do something now. Third, make a list of various options. Be creative. Brainstorm. Come up with as many ideas as you can. Fourth, decide how you will move forward. Consider every possible alternative. Fifth, take action.
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Create Your Success
I'm often asked for my best thoughts on what it takes to become a career and life success -- the key competencies. I always tell my coaching clients to think systematically, to break success down into some manageable components. Here is a summary of what I tell my coaching clients on how to become a career and life success. Put these points to use and you will succeed, just like my coaching clients. Do it yourself. Realize that no one is going to do it for you -- not even your executive coach. You have to take personal responsibility for your success.
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Create Your Success by Faking it Till You Make It
Self confidence is one of the keys to career and life success that I discuss in several of my books. If you want to become self confident you need to do three things. First, choose optimism. Believe that today will be better than yesterday and that tomorrow will be better than today. Second, face your fears and act. Don't let your fears get in the way of your confidence or success.
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Do What Scares You the Most
If you want to become self confident, you need to do three things: 1) become an optimist; 2) face your fears and deal with them; and 3) surround yourself with positive people. Today, I'd like to focus on fear -- that uncomfortable feeling that prevents you from taking the action necessary to get what you want in life. What scares you? What have you done to overcome this fear? For many years, I would tell people that I really wanted to start a consulting business. Yet I never seemed to actually start it.
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Conversation Skills for Success
If you want to become a dynamic communicator, you need to develop three skills: conversation, writing and presenting. The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines the word "dynamic" as, "Marked by continuous and productive activity." In many ways, this is a good definition for an effective conversation. In a conversation, two types of activities occur simultaneously: speaking and listening. In good conversations, both of these are continuous and productive.
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Successful People Think Win-Win In Conflict Situations
Relationship building is one of the four keys to career success. As a career success coach, I am always reminding my clients that they must build strong, long lasting mutually beneficial relationships with the important people in their lives. Unfortunately, no human relationship is without conflict. That's why you have to become adept at resolving conflict positively. I know a little bit about conflict resolution. It was the topic of my dissertation at Harvard.
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Common Sense and Success
I chose November 4 as Use Your Common Sense Day because it is Will Rogers' birthday. Will was a great American humorist who was famous for saying, "Common sense ain't all that common." We are all born with five senses: sight, sound, touch, taste and smell. These senses help us navigate our way through the world.
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You Can't Brown Nose Your Way to Success
Your boss and other leaders in your company are some of the most important people in your life. You need to build strong relationships with them. Yet, you have to be careful about stepping over the line. USA Today had an interesting article on brown nosing.
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Successful People Beat Procrastination
Rodger Constandse runs a great site called Goals to Action. Yesterday, I received an e mail from him on the subject of procrastination.
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Career Success Advice: Be Nice
I liked the 2010 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony for its simple elegance. As I was watching, I took note of a line in Slam Poet Shane Koyczan' tribute to Canada, We Are More… And some say what defines usr Is something as simple as "please" and "thank you" The Canadian audience roared when they heard that line. After all, Canadians are known for being polite. Creating positive personal impact is one of the competencies that comprise my career success system. If you want to create positive personal impact, you need to do three things.
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Hard Work and Success -- One Follows the Other
This is a tough time to be looking for a job. Many of my career success coaching clients are having difficulty getting interviews let alone landing a job. However, I heard a story not too long ago about a new MBA from NYU who got five job offers. He did it by creating unique resumes especially tailored to the job for which he was applying. This takes work, but in this fellow's case, the hard work paid off. In the old days -- before computers -- creating unique resumes for every job for which you apply would have involved a mega amount of work. In the digital age, it's a lot easier.
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Successful People Develop Their Natural Talents
The other day I saw a great quote on line. "What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God." It was from Eleanor Powell. If you don't know Ms. Powell, she was a well known dancer and actress who appeared in many musicals in the 1930s and 1940s. She was a good dancer, but an amazing tap dancer. In her day, she was known as "the world's greatest tap dancer." I love the quote -- it gets at the heart of commitment to taking personal responsibility for your life, career and success. God (or the universe, if you are so inclined) gives each of us certain talents and abilities.
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Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Bud Bilanich
"Success has four c's not two: Clarity , Commitment, Confidence and Competence."
"If you want to succeed, you need to:
- Clarify your personal definintion of success.
- Commit to taking personal responsibility for your career and life success.
- Build your self confidence
- Get competent. Learn and use the skills you need to succeed."
"It's not what you do that's important. It's how you do it."
"Give yourself permission to be human -- don't beat yourself up over your mistakes."
"Everyone is good at something. Understand and tap into your natural strengths."
"Always, always, always keep your commitments. Do what you say -- and more."
Contacting Bud Bilanich
Bud Bilanich
The Common Sense Guy
875 South Colorado Boulevard
Suite 773
Denver, CO 80246
303 393 0446
How to get started
My website is the best place to learn more about me. You can find it www.BudBilanich.com.
Check out my blog at www.SuccessCommo Sense.com. I post there five days a week.
You can get 25 of my best success tips in audio format and sign up to receive my free weekly ezine by going to http://budbilanich.com/success.html.
You can receive a free 87 minute dvd outlining my thoughts on career and life success and learn about my Common Sense Success Club at www.Commo SenseSuccessSystem.com/freedvdoffer.
You can email me at Bud@BudBilanich.com
You can call me at 303 393 0446.
And, I do respond to letters. My mailing address is:
Bud Bilanich
The Common Sense Guy
875 South Colorado Boulevard
# 773
Denver, CO 80246 USA