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Managing Career Transitions: From Student to Young Professional
The first few weeks after Labor Day always signals change. Sometimes its when cooler temperatures show up but more frequently those “back-to-school” season feelings come to us as our day-to-day weekday routines change. Those conversations about summertime “sun-and-fun” shift to how to juggle time to meet the demands of ...
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Sales Motivation
Our friends at Objective Management Group, which I always call Kurlan, have new data about what motivates salespeople. I find the data interesting and useful in terms of understanding that salespeople are actually human and individually motivated by different things. Here are the highlights of their research: 47% are ...
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What does Human to Human #H2H Mean?
Social business strategist Bryan Kramer comments, “Communication shouldn’t be complicated. It should just be genuine and simple, with the humility and understanding that we’re all multidimensional humans, every one of which has spent time in both the dark and delightful parts of life. That’s human to human.” The heart ...
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Lead by Influence Rather Than Positional Power
Regardless of title or the specific role each employee plays in your organization – everyone has the ability to lead others and impact business outcomes. How? Influence. Are you interested in learning how to “up” your influence game? Here are two resources from communications coach and theorist Nick Morgan ...
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Good Reads on Being Human
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view – until you climb into his skin and walk around in it. – HARPER LEE, To Kill a Mockingbird We hope you’ve launched August with a strong start and that you will continue to be good ...
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Let’s Focus on Being Human
Contrary to what most people believe, trust is not some soft, illusive quality that you either have or you don’t; rather, trust is a pragmatic, tangible, actionable asset that you can create. — STEPHEN M.R. COVEY Communication. Emotional Intelligence (EI). Authenticity. Demonstrating empathy. Let’s skip the buzz words. Let’s focus on ...
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Getting Gritty
Here at Transform we’re committed to celebrating life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness 24/7/365. And, because, this month in particular we’d like to nudge you to do the same! Let’s wrap up this July by celebrating the revolutionary power of Getting Gritty, together. We are here to support ...
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More Good Reads
How’s your summer going? Feels like it was just yesterday when we realized the days were getting longer (and hotter!) and we were pulling together those final touches on our summer vacation plans. Now, here we are, close to the end of July. You know the drill oh so ...
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It’s Getting Hot in Here
A sweltering day in mid-July can sometimes result in one simple wish – for the delivery of a refreshing summer breeze. During the summer, health and fitness professionals share advice on avoiding and/or decreasing the risk of adverse heat-related injuries when we exercise outdoors. They raise our awareness on ...
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