Productivity: Stop Work On Time

Everyone longs to leave the office or quite work on time but few actually do. Why? The answer is complex but in my research, reasons for not leaving the office on time or quitting work on time if you are working remotely, ranged from

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Join the 8 Percent

Answer These 5 Questions and Become Part of the 8% That Reach Their Goals Over the many years of attempting to change myself by setting New Year’s resolutions, I am painfully aware of the research that reveals only 8% of people who set goals

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The Stick, Carrot or F2F?

Is Your Management Style a Stick, Carrot, or F2F? Employees can be motivated by a stick. A boss might use a stick, such as warning, “If you don’t do this, you’ll be fired,” in order to speed up results.  The problem is that after

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Magical Conflict?

“Conflict can destroy a team which hasn’t spent time learning to deal with it.” ~ Thomas Isgar Can Conflict Be Magical on a Team? One of my re-read books is The Magic of Conflict by Thomas F. Crum, an expert in the martial art

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Put The Puzzle of Discretionary Effort Together

Excerpts from the book, How to Earn the Gift of Discretionary Effort Great leaders do not sugar coat the truth. When a past recession hit, one CEO of a large manufacturing company confronted the realities and knew something had to change for his company to

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Resilience, Perseverance and Tenacity

At a recent college graduation I attended, the student speaker coined a word I found intriguing: persevacity. Persevacity — perseverance and tenacity — is required to give you bounce-back resilience. We experience adversity, difficult days and rocky times. We all make mistakes. Every human

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Charismatic Leaders and Diamond Performance

Charismatic Leaders Understand the Qualities of Diamond In an interview, comedian Joan Rivers was asked how she stayed so thin and trim and the interviewer said, “Do you do a lot of exercising?” “Oh, my Lord no,” said Rivers. “If God had intended me

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Cut Problem Solving Time

Demand Answers and Solutions, Not Excuses – You’ll Cut Problem Solving Time By 54.9%! Cut problem-solving time with employees by at least 54.9%! Teach employees to BA, Bring Answers, not excuses or Bad Attitudes. Liz, a manager I worked for, had a graphic like

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Ditch Decades Old Life-Balance Information

Is your personal life on the back burner? Is there chaos in your professional life? When attempting to complete every task on your to-do list, have you tried the latest time management tools, stress techniques and mind-over-matter? Are you doing the best balancing act you

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