TEM15: Mike Nickens of the Green Machine

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TEM15: Mike Nickens of the Green Machine

Mike Nickens (aka Doc Nix) is my colleague at George Mason University and the director of the university's pep band, the "Green Machine". He created a tenured position for himself which is basically unheard of in this day and age. In short, he made himself irreplaceable.

Topics Covered:

• How a tenured position was created for him by the dean

• How networking helped him create a community around the Green Machine

• The thought process behind his image and branding as the group's leader

• The benefits of systemizing goals

• Maintaining relationships in business and in friendship

Links:

• http://greenmachine.gmu.edu/

• Green Machine Facebook

• Green Machine Twitter

• Doc Nix Twitter

Books Referenced:

• Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us by Seth Godin

• Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen

• The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho

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Produced by Austin Boyer and Buddy Deshler of FredBrass