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• The Hidden Power Of The Compliment
  Can you remember the first conversation you had three days ago? How about what you had for dinner a week last Wednesday? No? You wouldn't be alone. However, I bet you could tell me the last time someone gave you a meaningful compliment. I'd be willing to bet that you can remember exactly what the compliment was.
  Published 27Apr2012, viewed 34 times

• How Smart Are You With Your Kids' Smartphones?
  Smartphones are amazing. They've changed the World, as well as how we communicate with each other and how we can manage our lives. It's safe to say that they are a marvel of the modern age. All those functions mean that the smartphone gives us fantastic opportunities to be more productive and stay in touch better. On the flip-side, they can cause problems and, in the case of your kids, they can simply be dangerous.
  Published 12Apr2012, viewed 16 times

• Coaching For Life
  Coaches help people through big events and changes in their lives, helping them to do, be, or have what ever it is they want in their lifetimes. Some people call it life coaching, others call it executive coaching, or even professional coaching. Individuals and businesses are using coaches more and more to help clarify success and speed up achieving it. Coaching helps people get from where they are to where they want to be.
  Published 22Mar2012, viewed 20 times

• Instant Irritation - Just Add Voicemail
  What is it with voicemail and its uncanny ability to take the most intelligent, charismatic, and business-savvy people and make them forget every principle of communication the second they hear the dreaded beep? It's not the concept of voicemail itself that drives me crazy - it's how people use (or more often abuse) it. Do you recognize any of these people? Even worse, are any of them you?
  Published 14Mar2012, viewed 29 times

• The Art Of Getting People To Show Up
  Remember the good old days when you sent everyone a reminder letter, maybe stuck a note on a notice board and all your members showed up at your meetings? How about when you gave the date of the next meeting at the preceding meeting, everyone noted it in their diaries there and then, and that was it? Why doesn't it happen like that any more?
  Published 29Feb2012, viewed 36 times

• Improve Your Life In Five Easy Steps
  Improve your life in five easy steps. Sounds too good to be true? Try it - after all, what have you got to lose? Do you live your life, or does your life live you? Try the steps below out for size and see how much more in control you are:
  Published 23Feb2012, viewed 46 times

• How To Trash Your Own Career in 9 Easy Lessons
  We work hard at developing our careers, carefully crafting our futures and growing our experience and skill sets. Too often, we fail to realize how easy to is to undo all that hard work and completely sabotage your own career. Here's just a few popular ways that people do this, to help you avoid them:
  Published 14Feb2012, viewed 94 times

• Does Your Staff Like Coming To Work?
  Most people believe that they would benefit from a recognition culture. Recognition is one of the easiest and cheapest motivational tools in your kit - in fact, it's mostly free! Why then is every organization in the country not using it all the time?
  Published 13Feb2012, viewed 55 times

• Are You An Email Addict?
  You may think that it sounds crazy that you could be addicted to something as simple and everyday as email. However email addiction, or e-ddiction as I like to call it, is a modern epidemic that affects more of us than we realize. We all need email. It's something we use every day. However, there's fine line between use and abuse, and once you cross the line and it starts monopolizing your time, then you may have a problem.
  Published 24Jan2012, viewed 46 times

• Goal Getting Is Easier Than You Think!
  We're rushing headlong towards 2012, and we're approaching that time of year again when people start thinking about making resolutions. We make these with great intentions, but it often isn't long before many resolutions fall by the wayside - think of all that unused and unloved gym equipment people buy and then soon stop using! Here are a few tips and suggestions to help you accomplish great things in the coming year:
  Published 13Jan2012, viewed 79 times

• Gain An Hour Per Day With Email Savings Time!
  Do not lose an hour each day when Daylight Saving Time ends… let's take back an hour (or more) with Email Savings Time. Here's how to do it:
  Published 17Nov2011, viewed 67 times

• The Energizing Power Of Goals
  How much more effective are you at getting projects finalized and your work cleared down in the few days before you're due to go on vacation? Can you imagine what the working world would be like if we were like that all the time? We'd be unstoppable!
  Published 14Nov2011, viewed 118 times

• Build Your Goals On Firm Foundations
  One of the biggest challenges that people have in setting their own goals is that, without an external 'taskmaster' for their own personal or professional goals, they allow their self-imposed deadlines to slide in favor of the deadlines imposed by others.
  Published 07Nov2011, viewed 68 times

• Turning Obstacles Into Opportunities
  You almost certainly know what dreams you have that you have yet failed to achieve, but do you know what the real barriers and obstacles are which are preventing you from achieving your goals? You have to be honest with yourself about what obstacles are truly in your way. Many people fall into the trap of not recognizing the real obstacles, and there are many reasons for this.
  Published 28Oct2011, viewed 133 times

• Dealing With Performance Issues
  There's no such thing as the perfect employee. No matter how great your staff are, the odds are that, at some point, they won't be performing at their best.They'll go through a tough time, they'll misunderstand an instruction, or they'll just, plain and simple, mess up. It never ceases to amaze me how managers deal with situations. Here are a few examples of bad performance management practices I've encountered.
  Published 20Oct2011, viewed 97 times

• Recession-Proof Your Job
  We must all focus on recession-proofing our careers. Many are worried about their jobs, but most don't do anything about it. Instead of sticking their heads in the sand, people need to make sure they're brushing up on their skills so that, even with so many cutbacks happening across just about every industry, their companies will see them as the valuable assets. Learn some simple steps that people can take to help recession-proof their skills:
  Published 15Oct2011, viewed 67 times

• Your Deadly Inbox
  This sounds like it's going to be a lecture on phishing scams or spam email, but that's not the case at all. This is a warning on the hidden dangers of what YOU do with your inbox, not what others put in it!
  Published 04Oct2011, viewed 78 times

• No One Is An Island
  We all seem afraid to ask for help, even from those closest to us, regardless of whether we need or deserve it. There's something in our society that seems to dictate that we have to do it all ourselves - either a perception that we'll be seen as weak, or just simply pride.This, however, doesn't seem to be true of successful people.
  Published 08Oct2011, viewed 49 times

• Dealing With Performance Issues
  There's no such thing as the perfect employee. No matter how great your staff are, the odds are that, at some point, they won't be performing at their best. They'll go through a tough time, they'll misunderstand an instruction, or they'll just, plain and simple, mess up. It never ceases to amaze me how managers deal with situations.
  Published 07Aug2011, viewed 134 times

• Sour Blackberries
  I'm a firm believer that technology and electronics, when used as intended, can be real assets to our lives. If they weren't, why would so many people have and use them? However, when they're misused, they can be one of the most irritating things out there!
  Published 01Aug2011, viewed 116 times

• The Art Of A Great Apology
  No matter how hard you try to be perfect, I can guarantee that, at some point, you'll have the need to apologize to someone! I find it interesting that a lot of people think that having to apologize is a sign of weakness, when it is really a sign of humility, self confidence, caring, and strength.
  Published 21Jul2011, viewed 198 times

• Face the Fear of Feedback
  Whether it is standing in front of the mirror rehearsing a speech, recording yourself for a presentation or performing in the living room for your family; we all want positive feedback and praise. But what about the feedback we don't want to hear, but often times need to hear.
  Published 29Jun2011, viewed 127 times

• No One Is An Island
  Simon and Garfunkel once famously sang "I am a rock, I am an island".For whatever reason, we all seem afraid to ask for help, even from those closest to us, regardless of whether we need or deserve it. There's something in our society that seems to dictate that we have to do it all ourselves - either a perception that we'll be seen as weak, or just simply pride.
  Published 24Jun2011, viewed 103 times

• The Blame Game
  Have you ever noticed that the vast majority of our excuses apportion blame to an absent third party, or some type of 'force majure' outside our control. Can you imagine how different life would be if no-one could make an excuse for a full year?
  Published 24Jun2011, viewed 93 times

• No One Plans To Fail, But Many Fail To Plan!
  Ever heard of the '5 Ps'? Prior Planning Prevents Poor Performance? Planning your day and your work may seem like a complete 'no-brainer', but you'd be surprised how many of us fail to do so consistently and effectively.
  Published 03Mar2011, viewed 282 times

• Praise Is A Free Gift That Keeps Giving
  I'll bet you could tell me exactly when the last time someone gave you a meaningful compliment. In fact, I'll bet you can remember exactly what the person said that made your day.
  Published 23Feb2011, viewed 232 times

• Good Things Come To Those Who Ask For Them!
  Asking for things can be seen quite often in a negative light. Many people don't like to ask for help, they think it may seem needy, greedy, or weak. Of course, the reality is that asking for help isn't a sign of weakness - but exactly the opposite. It's a sign of strength, and of success.
  Published 16Feb2011, viewed 211 times

• Is Positive Politics An Oxymoron?
  We need to put ourselves in a position where we can make positive opportunities available to people within our organizations, as regularly as possible.
  Published 17Feb2011, viewed 109 times

• Let's Keep It Simple
  Don't we all want a less chaotic life? Learn how leading a simple life can help you enjoy your life.
  Published 30Jan2011, viewed 164 times

• Email Efficiency: The 'Touch It Once' Rule - How's That Working For You?
  We've all heard of the 'touch it once' rule - where smug associates with seemingly empty desks tell you they owe their serenity to never allowing paperwork to touch their desk more than once. Have you ever tried it for yourself and found yourself no better off, if not worse?
  Published 25Jan2011, viewed 214 times

• Stop The World, I Want To Get Off!
  The more change we have to deal with, the greater is the potential for us to feel stressed out. People are, by their very nature, resistant to change. Given the fact that we can't slow the rate of change down, what CAN we do?
  Published 16Jan2011, viewed 247 times

• Goals Work Better On Paper!
  New Year is the time that many of us assess where we are both professionally and personally; and often make resolutions for the coming year.The single most effective tool in making sure your goals last longer than the Christmas chocolates is so simple, but far too few people put it to use: Get Your Goals on Paper!
  Published 11Jan2011, viewed 52 times

• Do You Promote A Culture Of Creativity?
  In today's fast-paced culture of constant change and innovation, organizations that want to grow and prosper need to be flexible and malleable to keep up with the pace, especially if they not only want to stay with the pack, but be leaders in their field. The rigid command andcontrol structures of yesteryear are a barrier to moving with the times.
  Published 28Dec2010, viewed 147 times

• No One is Perfect
  As long as people work, there will be behavioral errors, and situations that need correcting. One of the most popular responses to correcting behavior is to ignore it and hope that it goes away. This doesn't work very often.
  Published 29Nov2010, viewed 183 times

• How Are You at Building Reserves?
  How are you at building reserves? And we're not just talking about money, although the concept is the same. Do you have reserves of time, resources and energy?
  Published 23Nov2010, viewed 161 times

• Get Along!
  Why doesn't everyone just get along? We hear this all the time. Whether it is differing values or conflicts or misunderstandings, some people have a harder time than others just getting along.
  Published 15Nov2010, viewed 166 times

• 10 Ways to Send 10% Fewer E-mail Messages
  Consider the world productivity impact if everyone sent 10% fewer e-mails than their average -- every day from this day forward. Not sure what that number is?
  Published 04Nov2010, viewed 213 times

• Trust Speeds Progress
  Have you ever stopped to think how much time is wasted in organizations, with people "watching their backs?" How many of those emails that you receive are really just the sender's way of covering his or her tracks? How much filing space is taken to maintain the "proof" that something was said or assigned?
  Published 26Jul2010, viewed 166 times

• Three Little Words - The Secret to Making Meetings Work
  You've wanted to know the secret to meeting management success? Look no further... Here is YOUR answer to getting things DONE at alllll those meetings we attend. All it takes is three little words.
  Published 17Jul2010, viewed 280 times

• Remember the I in Leadership
  Leadership is about having a vision and inspiring others. This has been and will always be true, but modern leaders face the challenge of processing information faster than ever before. How do you "self manage" or "self lead in the business?
  Published 17Jun2010, viewed 190 times

• Five Great Ways to Sabotage Your Career
  So many times, people don't realize how easily they can sabotage their careers, unknowingly, they will do or not do things that hold them back. Here are five cautionary behaviors:
  Published 11Jun2010, viewed 192 times

• Say No - Set Your Boundaries, Get More Done
  Feel like you're on a treadmill that will never stop? Too much to do? Too much to get done? You're not alone...boundaries to the rescue!
  Published 07Jun2010, viewed 179 times

• Are You Doing The Right Stuff?
  These days, it seems like we are being pulled in so many different directions. Priorities compete with each other, and it just seems like we can't get everything done, doesn't it?
  Published 02Jun2010, viewed 159 times

• Break the Ice to Get Your Meeting Going!
  Icebreakers are great. When you get people together to work on things, getting them to know each other will spur on other positive results. These are just a few examples of ideas you can use to get you meetings started with the "right" energy.
  Published 02Jun2010, viewed 196 times

• Little Things You Can Do to Greatly Reduce the Amount of E-mail You Receive
  The reality is there are quite a number of things that you can do, personally, to keep your e-mails to a minimum. This article offers a few tips.
  Published 13May2010, viewed 655 times

• If Your Employees Were All Taking Two-Hour Lunches, Wouldn't You Address It?
  Have you ever stopped to observe or consider what your organization's e-mail culture is? How do your employees use e-mail? How do they manage it? How do they send it? How do they save it?
  Published 04May2010, viewed 193 times

• If You're Thinking of Checking that Blackberry in a Meeting, Don't!
  We've all done it. The meeting is going on and on. Your boss is rambling. You "get" the gist of the concept. You're bored. Your mind drifts. Hmmm. Wonder what newfound treasure has appeared in my PDA? Who will notice if you sneak a peek? Your boss will. Others in the meeting will. Don't do it. You could be committing career suicide.
  Published 28Apr2010, viewed 154 times

• Five Tips on Dealing with Change
  Everything is changing so fast! I hear this comment almost daily. And the reality of it is, -- it's true!
  Published 28Mar2010, viewed 563 times

• Email Management: Forget the "Touch it Once" Rule!
  How much time do you really lose due to incoming emails? Learn how to organize and prioritize.
  Published 26Mar2010, viewed 278 times

• Think About Networking in a NEW Way...
  If networking isn't about collecting business cards, then what is it?
  Published 17Mar2010, viewed 191 times

• Playing GOTCHA Doesn't Work
  In this day and age of building collaborative relationships, playing "gotcha" just doesn't work. It tears apart relationships. So what exactly is this "gotcha"?
  Published 12Mar2010, viewed 229 times

• The Secret to Motivation: Recognition!
  Recognition and appreciation are not "once and done" events. Learn tips to create a recognition culture both at work and at home. You'll be surprised at the positive results!
  Published 28Feb2010, viewed 167 times

• Life Success: The Difference Between Values and Goals
  Values are the bedrock of your walking the path of life. They support and drive your purpose. How do you clarify your values?
  Published 28Feb2010, viewed 291 times

• Career Strategy: Ask For Help!
  People who have more luck than others aren't afraid to ask others for help. While some might think that this is a sign of weakness, it really isn't. It is a signal of success
  Published 28Feb2010, viewed 235 times

• Do You Play Positive Politics?
  Have you have heard the expression positive politics? Yes, politics in the work environment can be positive!
  Published 28Feb2010, viewed 195 times

• The Top Ten Ways to Reduce Your Email and Reclaim Your Productivity
  Reclaim Your Productivity! The Top Ten Ways to Reduce Your Email and Become Productive.
  Published 28Jan2010, viewed 438 times

• Is Your Email Culture Strangling You?
  Have you ever stopped to think of what your organization's email culture is? A few tips to help you create a positive office email culture and increase productivity.
  Published 25Jan2010, viewed 469 times

• Business Email Culture: Manage it or Watch Your Profits Slide Away
  Have you ever stopped to examine how do your employees use their email? How do they manage it, send it, and save it? The habits they adopt, both good and bad, can be contagious. Learn certain practices you can instill into your employees to create a positive email culture.
  Published 14Jan2010, viewed 269 times

• Is Your "Email Noodling" Adding Hours to Your Day?
  Chances are that you are "Email Noodling". We've all done it. Most of us still do it. It is a habit that has evolved with the growing use of email. It costs organizations and you a ton... in lost or misused productivity, and perhaps even stress. What is it?
  Published 08Jan2010, viewed 311 times

• Seven Tips to Streamline the Handling of Your E-mail
  Yikes, too many emails and not enough time! Learn seven quick and easy tips to streamline the handling of your e-mail.
  Published 06Jan2010, viewed 264 times

• Is it a Goal Setting or Goal Writing?
  Making New Year's resolutions and/or setting new goals? Try writing them down. Sounds so easy doesn't it? The reality is that only about 2% of the people in the world have written goals. I'd like to challenge you to be part of the 2%.
  Published 07Jan2010, viewed 278 times

• Integrity: Intention or Action?
  Why do so many peoples' intentions and actions differ? There are probably as many answers as there are people...
  Published 29Dec2009, viewed 263 times

• Infusing Ethics Into Your Organization
  How valued is ethical behavior in your business? Which approach do you or your company use to promote business ethics?
  Published 23Dec2009, viewed 250 times

• Seven Career Saving Business Dining Tips for the Holidays
  Business dining over the holidays? The way you mind your manners could be a career builder or career buster. Learn Seven Career Saving Business Dining Tips for the Holidays.
  Published 17Dec2009, viewed 268 times

• Is Working Through Lunch Really a Career Strategy?
  Are you a super-achiever who thinks that working through your lunches and eating at your desk, routinely, is the way you will get ahead? I challenge you to "think again."
  Published 15Dec2009, viewed 217 times

• Going to an Office Party? Here are a Few Etiquette Rules to Follow
  Seven tips to ensure you still have a job after your office party! Sure, everyone loves a party. But in the business world, these seemingly innocent gatherings can be a recipe for disaster.
  Published 10Dec2009, viewed 315 times

• Five Tips to Overcome the "Overwhelm"
  "I am so overwhelmed!" "I have so much to do, I don't know where to begin!" "How am I going to get it all done?!"
  Published 03Dec2009, viewed 228 times

• The Value of a Handwritten Note
  Do you remember the last handwritten note you received? Even more, do you remember the last handwritten note you sent?
  Published 03Dec2009, viewed 192 times

• Meetings Can Make or Break Your Career
  Do you dread meetings or look at it as an opportunity to showcase your abilities?
  Published 11Nov2009, viewed 196 times

• How Strong is Your Leadership Bench?
  Many times the coaches with the stronger benches are more successful. The key is to develop the bench, but how?
  Published 11Nov2009, viewed 288 times

• How to Get it All Done...
  So much to do -- so little time to do it all. So, if we can't get it all done, what SHOULD we get done? And therein lies the million-dollar question...
  Published 11Nov2009, viewed 285 times

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