Transformation Tuesday
I Unplug to ____________.
Can you recall the last time you powered down your computer AND smart phone and stepped away from all screens to just rest, relax and enjoy real life interactions with live people such as your family and friends? Unplugging, or living life without computer related devices for one or ...
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Gutsy and Great Sales Management
I’ve been thinking about what it takes to be a truly great sales manager and about the handful I’ve known over the years. The problem is – it’s just a handful. So how does that happen? Maybe a sales manager was once a phenom of a sales rep. Maybe ...
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Strategies for Managing a Sticky Wicket
Great News! We absolutely have the ability to shift our attention…and the caveat is provided we are aware and awake enough and have a decent level of self-observation skills to know where our attention is at any given moment. And I can hear the refrain, how can I be ...
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Resilience is Deceptive
I just celebrated a milestone birthday, and it’s making me reflect on my life so far. This month’s topic is resilience, and looking back on my life, I can see moments that I now know demonstrated resilience although at the time I probably would have said I was just ...
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Flourish or Fold?
Most of us know one. That person—friend, family member, colleague or leader—who continues to emerge stronger and wiser after being “knocked down” by life. Time and again, we see them grow exponentially from their setbacks. We marvel at how they contend with tough situations. Often, the challenges they encounter ...
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3 Ways To Practice Everyday Resilience
One of the most essential qualities a leader can possess is resilience. Regardless of whether it’s facing new professional or personal challenges we are all seeing faster and more continuous cycles of disruption and change these days. An article in Forbes defines resilience as “the capacity for stress-related growth” and states resilience ...
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Look Beyond the Differences: Working with a Multigenerational Workforce
A study of whitepapers, articles, blogs and tweets reveals a plethora of information on the multi-generational workforce today. Many focus on pointing out the differences between the generations in terms of work ethic, needs and wants, ways to manage, and how keep them motivated. Others focus on how to ...
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Six Down, Six to Go. Are You Willing to Begin Again?
We are half way through 2018. Let that sink in. As cliché as it may sound, many of us feel like it was January 1st, just yesterday. Perhaps you started the year by developing a list of resolutions or intentions – things you wanted to accomplish in 2018. You ...
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Integration — Simple, Not Easy
As I sit here writing this on a Friday afternoon, I’m consumed. My best friend in the whole world is about to pass on to the next part of life’s journey. I have sat with her many times recently, including this past Sunday. It feels like it won’t be long now. This week I committed ...
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