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Business Performance Coaching Techniques To Create Winners
This may sound obvious, but performance coaches don’t only exist in sports. No, they exist in our business lives too, but (and I oughtn’t to generalise too much) they don’t necessarily look like sports...
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10 Career In Transition Mistakes That Make You Look Dumb
In my job placement business these days we see an increasing number of applicants who are facing a career in transition in their professional career. Their long-time job has disappeared, perhaps their...
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Leadership Qualities: The Most Important Leadership Quality – Self Confidence
Leadership is HOT right now. We all strive to be better leaders, whether in our work, or in our business. If we are not leading, we are following and most people have negative connotations about being...
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How Awe-Inspiring Management Improves Business
According to research published in the October 2012 issue of Psychological Science, people who experience awe: feel they have more time, are more likely to help others in need, volunteer their time and...
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Why Career Evolution Is The Only Skill You Really Need
I work with a number of clients who continually ask me – what’s next? Sort of reminds me of Bugs Bunny asking: “What’s Up Doc?” I usually respond with a question – seems fair since my clients are...
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Who Is Today’s Gutsiest Leader?
Consider the global business community today, and ask yourself: who is the most courageous leader out there? I would vote for Sergio Marchionne, the Fiat-Chrysler CEO. Sergio Marchionne and Fiat Let’s...
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The Lazy Man’s Guide To Leadership Development
There are lots of approaches to leadership development, with most focused on developing the leadership abilities of individuals. You have your options – college courses, leadership development...
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What Google Can Teach You About Leadership Training
Yes, Google. When you search the keyword “leadership training” there are 328,000,000 results returned in 1 second. So, Google can teach you a lot about leadership training, meaning, there are lots of...
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Master The Art Of Employee Motivation With These 8 Tips
Recently one of my leadership coaching clients and I had a discussion about the dynamics of a DISC assessment and its relationship to company leadership and employee motivation. She wanted to...
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7 Ways To Master Managing Change Without Breaking A Sweat
Some time ago one of my leadership coaching clients asked me how managing change effectively would improve her business. First off I needed to understand what level of change management procedures her...
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Want A Thriving Business? Focus On Hiring In 2013!
So here are a few questions for you to consider as we end 2012. Have you bought your parachute yet and are you getting ready to dive off the fiscal cliff? Are you concerned that the European Union...
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3 Personalities To Prepare For When Firing An Employee
For most managers, having to fire people is a low point of their position. Truth be told, the situation promises to be slightly awkward and uncomfortable for each party involved, even more so for the...
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Pros And Cons Of Hiring Consultants
I will admit that I have a visceral negative reaction to consultants. That is probably because I spent 26 years at Procter & Gamble and almost 10 years at Microsoft and both of those companies...
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You Can Sell What You’ve Never Bought
If the thought of starting a new company scares you, then what I’m about to suggest might terrify you: Consider starting a new company in a realm in which you have no experience. Before you run for the...
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Are You Embarrassed By Your Sophisticated Sales Professional Skills? Here’s...
Yes, the role of the sales person seems to have changed over the years, but one undeniable truth remains – not everyone is cut out to be in sales. Often times the observable skills of presentation...
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The Secret Guide To Manager Performance
As a leadership coach I consistently am asked to help improve manager performance with managers in a variety of businesses. Sometimes the request comes from an owner and sometimes it comes from...
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Procrastination At Work And How To Avoid It
Procrastination is a seriously bad habit that most of us have. Productivity in the workplace is hampered by this attitude. Projects and tasks get delayed by this and the efficiency of the workplace is...
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Innovation Can Be Taught
People often assume that innovation and creativity are gifts only some people have. The gods of business bestow breakthrough ideas to a select few, while the rest of us are doomed to a life of...
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Origins Of An Executive Leadership Coach Secrets
I’m not quite sure how it all started. I mean, at some point in my career I realized I was an executive leadership coach. I know I had gone through several evolutions to get there, but wasn’t certain...
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5 Reality Checks To Fast Track Your Career (If You Deserve It)
I’m almost 28 and I love my job. So much so in fact, I refuse to use that terrible ‘J word’. A job is cleaning your room or giving someone a lift to the local town. Hardly inspiring and most likely not...
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