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• Are You Strong Enough To Ask For Help?
  on May 14, 2013 in Careers Learning
  Employee engagement, management engagement, leadership, passion in the workplace. . . These rallying cries fill books, blogs, and backroom banter. The real issue: "How can we get done what needs to get done and create a sense of "we're in...
• Earn Your "Change Chips" Early
  on Apr 29, 2013 in Change & Transitions
  If you want to change an organization, you start by changing the patterns in which people talk together, the things they talk about, the frequency of their contact and the makeup of those who overhear them." --Art Kleiner, Who Really...
• Business or Busyness?
  on Apr 25, 2013 in Leadership Learning
  Recently I met with a corporate Executive VP in New York City. I'll call him Phil. Phil said his division was struggling. But instead of leading the charge to turn things around, he was being called into meetings regularly to...
• Still Doing More With Less?
  on Apr 23, 2013 in Leadership Learning
  Hope you can join us on the Ken Blanchard Livecast:...
• Coaching Builds Commitment
  on Apr 16, 2013 in Coaching/Mentoring
  Did you know that the majority of employees today expect their managers to coach them? At the same time, managers are concerned that they won't have all the answers. That's understandable, given the human condition's need for a sense of...
• Leadership's "Big Three"
  on Apr 9, 2013 in Leadership Learning
  We say we want a mentor, a coach, a trusted advisor. We want to grow and become more effective. We ask for help. For "feedback." This is what you need to make it a success: The patience to listen, the...
• Grow By Subtraction
  on Apr 4, 2013 in Leadership Learning
  Most career inventories and branding activities are additive. They ask you to identify success factors by adding up your talents, hopes, and goals. That's part of the process. One of the desirable ingredients for personal and business success that we...
• Career: Self-Leadership & 3 Key Variables
  on Mar 25, 2013 in Careers Change & Transitions Leadership
  You, Your Boss, Your Organization Shortly after my 27th birthday I landed the ideal job following graduate school: Director of PR for a college in New Jersey. I reported directly to the President, participated in the Board of Trustees meetings,...
• How Many Choices Do You Really Want?
  on Mar 18, 2013 in Decision Making
  The rallying cry of sales reps, product managers and politicians is "Choices! We offer choices!" My observation? We really don’t like having too many choices. It makes us a little nervous. Every option leads to a chance to foul something...
• Persuasion and Sales: Sure You Can
  on Mar 11, 2013 in Communication Influence Sales
  You've heard it: "I could never be in sales." Monitor your conversations for a day. How often are your really trying to convince someone to see things your way? For some reason it's OK to persuade but icky to sell....

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