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By Leslie CunninghamRecently published1 topic

***Are you “Allergic” to Making Money With Ease?

"I want to be able to create money easily and authentically, and to have it flow naturally to me, just like my breath does," my client excitedly shared with me. "And yet when I think about making money and identifying a bold money goal for myself I have a disconnect and I start to shut down." We explored her statements further and she realized that she was shutting down because her beliefs about making money and her money mindset told her that it "had to be hard."

Primary topic: Employee Motivation

Employee Motivation

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By Leslie CunninghamRecently published1 topic

*** The 1 thing that is holding you back

I've come to realize that the situations that challenge me the most as a leader and business owner are the ones that bring up a lot of emotions for me. Immediately my internal dialogue kicks in. In the moment it seems like my internal dialogue is simply reporting the truth about my situation or the person I'm upset with. And before I'm aware of it I get caught up in my inner commentary and self-made internal reality and forget that it's simply an internal conversation that I've created about my situation.

Primary topic: Employee Motivation

Employee Motivation

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By Leslie CunninghamRecently published1 topic

***Do You Have a Healthy Relationship With Money?

Do You Have a Healthy Relationship With Money? I remember many years ago having a pretty amazing insight about a client's relationship with money. I was looking at her financial numbers and she had asked me what steps she could take to improve her situation. I looked at her debts and quickly assessed which ones she should focus on paying down first.

Primary topic: Employee Motivation

Employee Motivation

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By Leslie CunninghamRecently published1 topic

The Teacher

An inspiring leadership story This story was originally written in Home Life Magazine by Elizabeth Silance Ballard in 1976 and became one of the most requested stories in the magazine’s history. Several versions of this story have circulated around the Internet.

Primary topic: Employee Motivation

Employee Motivation

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By Leslie CunninghamRecently published1 topic

***The Number One Reason You Are Struggling With Achieving Breakthrough Results in Your Business

Most of us live our lives identifying ourselves as someone who is completely separate and independent of other people, places, circumstances and situations. We have the experience that other people, places, circumstances and situations just "randomly happen to us" - completely independent of us and we are powerless to do anything about it.

Primary topic: Employee Motivation

Employee Motivation

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By Leslie CunninghamRecently published1 topic

***Feeling Stuck When It Comes To Making More Money?

"I don't know what to do - I've been trying to make $4,000 in my business each month and it just isn't happening. I don't understand what I'm doing wrong. I'm very clear about my bold money goal and I even have it written out where I see it everyday. Plus I've designated a clear time frame to achieve it by. But I'm still struggling with making anything beyond a few hundred extra dollars. I'm just not sure what to do!"

Primary topic: Employee Motivation

Employee Motivation

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By Leslie CunninghamRecently published1 topic

***Do You Feel Like You Need to Be More Financially Organized?

I am often amazed at how many financial books neglect to focus on the critical issue of how to get financially organized. So many of us are desperately seeking the one quick-fix step that will turn our financial lives around that we neglect to take care of the seemingly smaller life-changing step of simply getting organized.

Primary topic: Employee Motivation

Employee Motivation

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By Leslie CunninghamRecently published1 topic

***The Secret to Transforming Your Relationship With Money

There’s nothing quite like money to prompt our egos to flare up, get our stomach wrenched in knots and cause us to get instantly reactive and defensive. Some of the ways I’ve seen money struggles arise is when I hear my clients say things like: • “I know I need to be more aware of how much money is in my accounts and what my credit card balances are, but I tell myself I’ll just do it later. That time never comes and before I know it several months have passed and I’m still avoiding gaining clarity around what’s going on with my money.”

Primary topic: Employee Motivation

Employee Motivation

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By Leslie CunninghamRecently published1 topic

How An Extraordinary Vision Can Bring You More Customers

There is a fabulous hot tub retail and service business in southwest Montana, pleasantly named Mountain Hot Tub. It was during one of our monthly team meetings that they officially declared their vision...they would be known as "The Hot Tub Capital of the World". As soon as the vision was proclaimed, the energy in the room sky- rocketed! Employees began talking excitedly about what it would look like to be "The Hot Tub Capital of the World."

Primary topic: Employee Motivation

Employee Motivation

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By Leslie CunninghamRecently published1 topic

8 Secrets to Creating an Extraordinary Group

An extraordinary group achieves outstanding results while members experience a profound shift in how they see their world. These amazing groups show up in all sectors… Our stories of these extraordinary groups came from organization leaders, information technology professionals, soldiers, software developers, trainers, managers, small business owners, community college counselors, doctors, nurses, event organizers, health care administrators, insurance executives… Extraordinary groups exhibit 8 factors…

Primary topic: Employee Motivation

Employee Motivation

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By Leslie CunninghamRecently published1 topic

6 Tips to Resolve Conflict Now

Listening is essential to running a successful business and creating a phenomenal team. Employees are inevitably going to have upsets. The real opportunity is to create an environment where they can share their upsets and create new significant breakthroughs and insights. To create a coaching culture in your business, the first step is to coach your employees to listen from the space of being completely present with the listener. In other words, so they are simply listening rather than taking sides (defending against the other person’s story or buying into it).

Primary topic: Employee Motivation

Employee Motivation

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By Leslie CunninghamRecently published1 topic

***Do You Know Where Your Money Is Disappearing To?

Every time I teach money classes or coach one-on-one with clients I am always amazed at how much resistance comes up around gaining clarity about spending. It's almost as if our culture as a whole has a love/hate relationship around controlling their spending.

Primary topic: Employee Motivation

Employee Motivation

1,860 views

By Leslie CunninghamRecently published1 topic

***How to Stop Arguing About Money And Get On the Same Financial Page

The experience that I share in this story occurred eight years ago – I’m excited to share this story with you in the hopes that it will inspire you. “It’s my husband’s responsibility to pay most of the bills,” the voice inside my head stubbornly insisted.r

Primary topic: Employee Motivation

Employee Motivation

1,813 views

By Leslie CunninghamRecently published1 topic

How you can create playful success in your biz today!

In his book, Free Play, Stephen Nachmanovitch writes about the joy of playing. He describes play as a state of mind where we focus on the process – the sheer joy of play, and not the end result. He encourages us to recognize that the act of play in and of itself is the destination. When we play we have nothing to gain and nothing to lose because we have no expectations.

Primary topic: Employee Motivation

Employee Motivation

1,804 views

By Leslie CunninghamRecently published1 topic

A Simple, Surefire Way to Get Results Now!

Lesson 4: Inspire Others With a Future That Creates Their Desired Results getyourfuturestartedI have received many questions from business owners and leaders about how to hold others accountable so they can lead their team to achieve extraordinary results. This is lesson #4 out of six lessons I’ve learned about being a leader who powerfully holds others accountable. I inspire and invite others to create and commit to a future that naturally expresses their desired results.

Primary topic: Employee Motivation

Employee Motivation

1,751 views

By Leslie CunninghamRecently published1 topic

Grow your business through being negative!

At first glance this story might seem like it has nothing to do with building a thriving business. However, as you read this, I invite you to consider where you haven't been willing to "get off it" with someone or something in your business. Getting off it is a willingness to take responsibility for your part in the drama and the story you've been telling yourself about those situations in your business where you feel stuck.

Primary topic: Employee Motivation

Employee Motivation

1,742 views

By Leslie CunninghamRecently published1 topic

***The First Step to Begin Powerfully Managing Your Money!

I remember feeling confused, stuck and burdened when it came to handling my money. My husband and I had multiple piles of traveling bills that I could never seem to locate when it was time to pay them. There were even occasions when I avoided opening my bills for fear of how much they were. And to make matters worse I didn’t have a clue as to where my money was disappearing to each month and how much debt we had.

Primary topic: Employee Motivation

Employee Motivation

1,738 views

By Leslie CunninghamRecently published1 topic

How to be a Leader who holds others Accountable -Lesson 3

Lesson 3: Recognizing That People Want to Avoid Accountability I have received many questions from business owners and leaders about how to hold others accountable so they can lead their team to achieve extraordinary results. This is lesson #3 out of six lessons I’ve learned about being a leader who powerfully holds others accountable. I realize that it’s part of the existing human culture to avoid accountability. People avoid accountability because they are afraid of being punished if things don’t turn out.

Primary topic: Employee Motivation

Employee Motivation

1,713 views

By Leslie CunninghamRecently published1 topic

How to create an exciting biz future!

I've realized that regardless of the current circumstances that I'm experiencing in my business, I have an opportunity to create a brand new future. As a leader and business owner, I have two choices: I can choose to create a future based on my past or I can choose to create a future that is inspiring, exciting and based on pure possibility. To distinguish this, I ask myself 3 questions: 1. What is the future that I've been moving in to? In other words what is the current conversation that I've been living in my mind? This is the default future that I've been creating.r

Primary topic: Employee Motivation

Employee Motivation

1,709 views

By Leslie CunninghamRecently published1 topic

How to be a Leader who holds others Accountable

I have received many questions from business owners and leaders about how to hold others accountable so that you can lead your team to achieve extraordinary results. In the upcoming weeks I will be sharing six lessons I’ve learned about being a leader who powerfully holds others accountable: How to be a Leader who holds others Accountable 1: Clean Up My Own Act For starters, I take the time to reflect and identify those areas in my business and personal life where I have broken agreements or promises.

Primary topic: Employee Motivation

Employee Motivation

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By Leslie CunninghamRecently published1 topic

***What not to do to get things done

I have received many questions from business owners and leaders about how to hold others accountable so they can lead their team to achieve extraordinary results. This is lesson #5 out of six lessons I’ve learned about being a leader who powerfully holds others accountable. I am powerful when holding others accountable. When we think of holding others accountable, we automatically assume it means babysitting them – knowing that they don’t want to do something and that they will resist.

Primary topic: Employee Motivation

Employee Motivation

1,668 views

By Leslie CunninghamRecently published1 topic

How to get unstuck in your business now

As a leader, have you ever experienced times in your business where things were unfolding with ease; life seemed to be humming along just great¦when suddenly and without warning, your good fortune came to a screeching halt and you found yourself feeling stuck and stagnant? So what do you do when you realize that you've lost your mojo? How do you get it back? Remember, every situation is an opportunity to hold an internal conversation of possibility REGARDLESS of the current circumstance is that you find yourself in.

Primary topic: Employee Motivation

Employee Motivation

1,665 views

By Leslie CunninghamRecently published1 topic

The Power of Acknowledgment

I was facilitating an on-site training for a business recently. Several times during the training the request was made by the employees, “for managers and leaders to acknowledge the positive.” I have found this to be a common theme in most every business. Employees often feel like the only time they get attention is when they are doing something wrong instead of when they are doing things right. This is why I intentionally choose to begin my leadership training's by having the owner acknowledge something that they sincerely appreciate about each of the leaders.

Primary topic: Employee Motivation

Employee Motivation

1,629 views

By Leslie CunninghamRecently published1 topic

What is Required to Win Today

I have received many questions from business owners and leaders about how to hold others accountable so they can lead their team to achieve extraordinary results. This is lesson #6 out of six lessons I’ve learned about being a leader who powerfully holds others accountable. I am willing to support team members when they don’t follow through on their commitments or word.

Primary topic: Employee Motivation

Employee Motivation

1,627 views

By Leslie CunninghamRecently published1 topic

***How to Overcome Your Derailing Money Behaviors

I’ve noticed from my own and my clients experiences that money has a way of showing us where and when we’re on or off track in our lives. To understand where you’re off track ask yourself these questions: “What are my primary operating beliefs about money?” And, “What are my consistent money actions or behaviors?” In other words, are you so frugal that you’re practically starving yourself (of important necessities and healthy pleasures) just to watch your savings account grow as much as possible?

Primary topic: Employee Motivation

Employee Motivation

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