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1 Reason Why You Probably Don’t Love Your Job Anymore
Ever find yourself overwhelmed, exhausted and frustrated with a job you once loved? Hoping you’ll find your way back to enjoying your work again, you keep your head down and focus on finishing so you can finally take a breather. “As soon as I finish this project,” you...
The Key To Making Criticism Useful
Ever experience the gut-wrenching sucker punch that leaves you ready to drop kick someone, either literally or with your words? This feeling often comes right after someone tells you what a terrible job you did, how you should have done something differently, or how...
Who’s Borrowing Your Strength?
Think of the person on your team whose actions or inactions are garnering them negative publicity. You know the person—the one your colleagues and leadership team keeps worrying and complaining about. In your mind, you hear yourself thinking— “If they’d just be quiet...
How To Deal With Difficult People
You know those people in your life who drive you crazy—the ones who make promises they don’t keep, defend themselves relentlessly, and who say the exact words that leave you feeling inadequate? Sometimes they are sly with their criticism, using sarcasm to make their...
Ask This Question Before Giving Critical Feedback
Considering the potentially negative impact of critical feedback, it’s not surprising that many people avoid giving it altogether. Or, they give it anonymously, relieving themselves of any potential discomfort instigated by the feedback. But is such an approach...
How To Deal With Fear Once You’ve Taken The Risk
The challenge with building wings after you jump is that you cannot be the one to build them. Overwhelmed with the reality of the free-fall, you must keep your attention focused on the necessities of each millisecond. Unable to grasp for safety, you must remain...
Why You Should Let Go of Your Best Employees
Once you’ve gone through the process of finding, hiring and training a highly ambitious self-starter, the last thing you want to do is let them go. Yet, holding them in a position to make life easier for you may just lead to losing them altogether. Brad, a businessman...
Attract The Best Talent With This Key Question
It’s true—most hiring managers look at work history and education to decide if someone is worth interviewing. It makes sense, though. After all, they want to ensure the person has the right skills and experiences to align with their needs. But what about those special...
How To Increase Your Return On Investment
What happens when things don’t go as planned—with a project, new hire, or even a vacation? How do you shift quickly and allow the plan to unfold for you, rather than use up time and energy frustrated with unexpected challenges. Also, how do you get your team to shift...
How Wise Leaders Keep Their Team Engaged
We know that people who care about their work are more productive, recruit other great people, stay with the company longer, and speak positively about their experience with the company. Yet, few leaders have mastered the skills necessary to keep their team engaged...
3 Ways to Get People of Diverse Backgrounds to Help Each Other
Ever find yourself frustrated and annoyed with the lack of diversity within the higher ranks of your organization? You’ve done the research and know that diversity enhances creativity and innovation, yet you haven’t been able to move the ball forward with respect to...
Can Giving Honest Feedback Alleviate Sexism?
For every one of us who believes in equality for all, please forgive me for a moment. While I know this is not the case in all situations, I wonder… is it possible that in some situations we unknowingly sabotage opportunities for advancement by asking the question—“Is...
A Simple Strategy To Get BIG Results… In anything you want to accomplish
Ever think to yourself—“If I just had some extra hours in the day I’d… …Lose the 15 pounds I need to fit into the shorts I love, …Read the book that’s been staring at me from my coffee table for entirely too long, …Go back to school and get the degree I’ve always...
16 Confidence-Building Habits You Need to Incorporate Into Your Daily Routine
“At ease with herself, the Master puts everyone else at ease.” –Stephen Mitchell, Tao Te Ching Perfectionism and fear of failure have pushed me to sabotage remarkable opportunities in my career. The problem was that I didn’t catch my fear until after I successfully...
The 35 Qualities You’ll See in People That Exude Confidence
“Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.” – E.E. Cummings Fear of failure is one of the things that held me back from doing work I truly care about. Failing to get it perfect,...
The Real Magic Needed To Provoke Greatness in Your Team: An Interview with Lee Cockerell, former Executive Vice President (Retired & Inspired) Walt Disney World® Resort
Want employees who care greatly about creating remarkable results? Listen to this interview! Lee Cockerell is one of the most down-to-earth and transparent leaders I’ve been privileged to interview. Far beyond management and leadership, Lee got to the heart of what’s...
How To Hire The Best Employees
Ever wonder what some companies and leaders are doing that leads to a continual influx of top-notch candidates? If you do, you’re not alone. Even the very best leaders are consistently seeking to improve in the area of recruitment, retention and engagement. There are...
Get Your Team to Stop Arguing and Start Collaborating
Ever find yourself spending gobs of time playing mediator between teams, wishing they would find a way to work together? If they just understood each other, you wouldn’t have to spend so much time and energy helping each side understand the other. You’re ready to free...