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Refocus, Retool, and Rebuild for 2021 in Three Unique Ways

Refocus, Retool, and Rebuild for 2021 in Three Unique Ways

  • Post author:Karla Brandau
  • Post published:October 8, 2020
  • Post category:Business/charismatic leadership/Leadership Excellence
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Based on the Discretionary Effort Engagement Leadership Model Who knew 2020 would be a year of upheaval, turmoil, and disruption? When I made my goals for 2020 in December of…

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Keep Employees Psychologically Safe …

Keep Employees Psychologically Safe …

  • Post author:Karla Brandau
  • Post published:July 24, 2020
  • Post category:Business/Leadership Excellence/People Skills
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... Accept Them As Is “People will forget what you said, forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou Your employees…

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We Are Not Powerless In The Face of Uncertainty

We Are Not Powerless In The Face of Uncertainty

  • Post author:Karla Brandau
  • Post published:June 29, 2020
  • Post category:Business/Leadership Excellence/Productivity/Time Management
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Despite years of experience managing a wide range of challenges, nothing has prepared any of us for the circumstances of this moment in time. Without a playbook to reference, you…

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Betwixt and Between

Betwixt and Between

  • Post author:Karla Brandau
  • Post published:June 29, 2020
  • Post category:Business/Leadership Excellence/Productivity/Time Management
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How to Align Workers for a Productivity Reboot!Betwixt is an archaic expression. It has survived only because of the phrase “Betwixt and Between.” In our context today, it literally means…

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The Jakie Syndrome

The Jakie Syndrome

  • Post author:Karla Brandau
  • Post published:February 28, 2020
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Knowing how to set goals, and knowing how to set goals that are reachable but not TOO easy is a skill... Realistic and boundary-stretching goals are best.

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Charismatic Leadership: Focus on People Assets

Charismatic Leadership: Focus on People Assets

  • Post author:Karla Brandau
  • Post published:March 21, 2019
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Every company has tangible assets including their capital goods and their product inventories. Inadvertently managers can be focused on these tangible assets, while charismatic leaders focus their attention on the…

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The Power of Positive Expectation

The Power of Positive Expectation

  • Post author:Karla Brandau
  • Post published:February 6, 2019
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Speaker and author Barry Spilchuk writes that he has never met Pete Rose, the famous baseball player, but he taught Barry something so valuable that it changed his life. Pete…

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The Gratitude Challenge

The Gratitude Challenge

  • Post author:Karla Brandau
  • Post published:November 19, 2018
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Gratitude Challenge: Thank at least one person every day for 21 days. It had been a particularly hard week. I don’t remember the details of my problems (you seldom do) but…

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Charismatic Leadership Skill: Listen, Pause, Then Speak

Charismatic Leadership Skill: Listen, Pause, Then Speak

  • Post author:Karla Brandau
  • Post published:October 1, 2018
  • Post category:Leadership Excellence

When it comes to communication skills, the Greek Stoic philosopher, Epictetus, gave us this advice: “We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much…

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Charismatic Leaders and Diamond Performance

Charismatic Leaders and Diamond Performance

  • Post author:Karla Brandau
  • Post published:September 7, 2015
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Charismatic Leaders Understand the Qualities of Diamonds In an interview, comedian Joan Rivers was asked how she stayed so thin and trim and the interviewer said, “Do you do a…

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