Change – Disney Brand Loyalty Keynote Speaker

Leveling up, work

Used to park here (where i’m standing to take this pic) when i worked at Disney’s Contemporary Resort from 1985-1990.

Walking by at eye level it’s easy to miss this ‘hidden Mickey’. But from the western Main Building rooms, it’s stunning.

Brought my client here last week…

Say “cheese”.

Same spot as the previous photo, simply doing a 180.

Never kept track.

Positive reinforcement.

Gifting others with it.

What was different last week is the audience.

All my positive reinforcement went to new people. A combo of Disney and Disney Institute Cast Members and my client’s special team he brought to Disney Institute.

The newness of the audience facilitated daily, marginal leveling up. Why? Because many were people i was meeting for the first time.

Note: The exception is the CEO.

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Comment or text?

Facebook post — Sharing this to help my healing. Writing here helps. Initially replied to Fred’s comment with one of my own. Decided to cut it word-for-word and paste it in a personal text to Fred. Verbatim comment, below…

text thread — This feels so much better. Only Fred and i see it. Did the same thing, in the same order, with another colleague’s FB comment.

Still working on a decision to keep (now, with zero ‘Friends’) or delete my ‘personal’ Family FB account.

Originally had 450 Friends. Family, High School friends, College Fraternity friends, Disney colleagues, a few clients. Probably a decade ago i reduced it by at least half.

Why?

Too much to try to keep up with.

Then a few years later, the original 450 was now sitting at 27. Just Family and a couple HS & College buddies.

This week i unfriended all 27. So that’s where the zero comes from. This is a compromise from the original desire to officially delete the entire account. Once again, time will tell.

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Work road trip

Walt Disney walking on an empty Main Street at Disneyland — Walt. Photographer unknown.

Every day, i continue on a career blogging road trip that was intended to be a moderately short, 100 days.

Leaders value state changes.

Walt walked the Park when he needed to clear his head.

i “walk” my mind, body, spirit, work, and home every day.

Every day since April Fools Day 2009.

Every.

Dang.

Day.

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Everyone cares about something

LinkedIn post about WW3 — As they say, let the crap-storm begin. You know the comments will be two hateful sides arguing with each other until they die. Secondly, it’s looking like a fully-equipped Ukrainian people will not withstand Russia’s air and missile power.

Everyone cares about something.

Mostly we share concern for safety, respect, and efficiency.

There’s a fork in the road.

To the one side is status quo.

To the other side is change as life or circumstances warrant.

The proverbial sticking a head in the ground doesn’t frighten nor stop change.

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Picture’s worth 1,000 words

Disney Customer Service Keynote Speaker trophies — This single picture shares key 30-year Disney Leadership milestones.

Lead by example.

End of story.

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