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Customer satisfaction – I’ve heard it… you’ve heard it a gazillion times. Businesses, large and small, striving to fulfill their customers needs and desires. Doing everything they can to meet the customer’s expectations or demands; seemingly believing that as long as they have content ... Views: 1399
Our perceptions sometimes get us in trouble. We might believe someone is thinking something about a situation, only to realize we were completely off base. Communication is the key to determining what someone is thinking, but absolute communication is not always possible. As business owners, it ... Views: 1397
You’ve probably seen the “corporate values” posted on the wall somewhere of the headquarters of an organization, or on their website perhaps. You might actually read them and think to yourself, those are nice.
It might even give you a bit of a warm-n-fuzzy feel about the work that company is ... Views: 1397
I highly recommend Berkshire-Hathaway's annual report for your pleasure, amusement and education, even for those of you who don't enjoy reading business publications. More specifically, I recommend chairman Warren Buffet's annual message to shareholders.
Buffet always educates and ... Views: 1394
Money is a vehicle, not a measurement of value. Today’s culture is plush with unprecedented comforts and luxuries. Yet, it seems the more material things we have the more we want. And it takes more and more money to get the good stuff, what we think is the good life. We need more to measure up. ... Views: 1389
Making a decision is regarded as one of the most difficult things all of us have to do every single day of our lives. It is also one act that defines an individual who has a role of a leader. Although it is given that managers and company leaders are the ones who should make huge decisions, not ... Views: 1388
Pay Now, Fly Later with “Time Frame”
Why your long term business success is hidden in your organization chart
By John Kuypers, Performance Shift Organization Builders
General Motors is in dire straights. The world’s largest industrial corporation was officially one hundred years old in ... Views: 1387
With today’s pressure to outperform, grow and provide value to shareholders, organizations struggle to meet and exceed expectations. Many companies invest significant resources in annual planning and articulating yearly strategic initiatives… and then don’t deliver on them. Despite all of the ... Views: 1384
Looking to stand out with poise and presence in your company? Whether you’re the CEO or an aspiring leader, presenting at the whiteboard is a winning decision. If…you know how to present with skill, executive presence and authenticity.
Many leaders shy away from whiteboard presenting. At ... Views: 1382
How To Regain Your Focus
How To Regain Your Focus – A message from God to you… If what you’re in the midst of right now has anything to do with God ordering your steps, there’s one thing you can be certain of, you will lose your focus. Be it due to the constant struggle, be it due to the fact ... Views: 1381
To build a successful company it is important to map its viability. Is the current product or service that you offer still interesting? Is there sufficient demand for that new product or service that you want to develop? Do you have to tap into a new market for this and do you have the required ... Views: 1380
Think for a moment of a time when you felt truly connected to yourself – you were on purpose, knew what you needed, had a plan to get it, and felt passionate about doing so. Although many of us have experienced times when we felt we were acting from our true selves, aligned with our interests ... Views: 1377
When last did you look forward to getting up for work in the morning? Better still, when last did you not experience that knot in your stomach on a Sunday evening as you began to dread the Monday grindstone?
Is it just me or do you get the feeling that something is wrong with this ... Views: 1371
In the nonprofit field, the development of a new program generally begins with receiving some type of grant award. Of course, nonprofits can develop programs without being awarded a grant, but the money needed to create and implement any type of program will need to come from a philanthropist or ... Views: 1371
Standing out in business presenting is a sure-fire way to get to the top. But it won’t happen if you’re relying on slick slides that don’t tell a powerful visual story.
More presenters these days are realizing the truth: poorly designed slides are not working. The slides that worked last ... Views: 1370
Ever wonder exactly what you say that makes people take action? Ever wonder if there are key phrases and specific words that cause someone to engage with you, follow your advice, thank you for making a difference in their lives?
Research into how the brain communicates with itself and with ... Views: 1365
Has it ever occurred to you that you may not be living up to your full potential because you are not giving your best to others including your work, clients, friends or family? Have you taken the time to schedule a lesson, pay for it and during the lesson you hoped time would pass instead of ... Views: 1360
Letting go of the cheese
I am asked, “Can companies keep the annual review while they move to a coaching process and culture?” For those of you who have read “Who Moved my Cheese?” you can’t get your new cheese until you let go of your old cheese, so that answer is – no. This is true for ... Views: 1359
Have you ever thought …
“I’m not sure what action to take first? And I’m not sure the action I take will get the results I want.”
Here’s a question to remedy that issue:
What do I feel most inspired to do?
If you can let go of what you’re “supposed” to do, you’ll usually have a very ... Views: 1358
WHO AM I?
I can remember those dark days back in 1994 that I really did not know who I was. Have you been there or are you at that point today.
I knew the roles that I played, amongst them husband, father, employer, community volunteer, company leader; roles I played on life’s stage like an ... Views: 1358
C.O.R.E. Leadership Workshops
—building leaders from the inside out
Overview
Boiled down, leadership is about getting things done through people. This
requires a delicate balance between inspiring people while at the same time
holding them accountable to performance expectations.
Since ... Views: 1357
• Write all of the goals you truly and intensely desire to achieve
• Find out the hierarchy of importance of each goal you wrote
• Start writing the first and most important goal #1
• Use the future tense ‘ I will ‘ For example: I will start writing my first book on x.y.z
• The goal ... Views: 1356
Are you an individual sole proprietor or the head of a business with multiple (even hundreds of) employees?
As the leader of your own business you need to understand your worth and value to the business in order to determine how, when, who, and why you are making the decisions you are within ... Views: 1355
Leaders navigate via curiosity. Curiosity leads to learning and expands the realm of what they don't know to what they do know. Leaders share what is there AND isn’t. They rely on observations, intuition and inklings to help staff move forward. Intuition and inklings aren’t found in any ... Views: 1354
When you are preparing a presentation, an important question to consider is: Do I really need to use slides?
The answer, of course, is it depends. It depends on your purpose, your message, the time limit, the audience and the technology available. Consider the question carefully before you ... Views: 1354
When I was early on in my private practice as a clinical psychologist some 30 years ago, I kept noticing how so many of my clients suffered from a pattern of anxiety as they pursued a goal that they desired (their frustration with not achieving the goal was usually the reason they had come to me ... Views: 1354
There is so much glitz and glamour that comes with that power word “success”. It says you’ve made it and from here on life is good. Right? Not so fast. The biggest distraction to success is all the stress and anxiety that sits like a weight in the pit of the stomach. It has to do with the worry ... Views: 1353
How to inspire others to motivate themselves in the workplace
Recently more people are asking me how they can motivate their staff to: do more, take more responsibility, care more about the end results they produce, take more initiative and so on. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you ... Views: 1350
My new client, Tony, had some "issues." (Don’t we all?) A superb thinker and analytical problem-solver who astounded his co-workers with his intellect, he also got periodically derailed. When his boss (the CEO) criticized his work, Tony would "shut down" for prolonged periods of time. ... Views: 1346
Change. That word alone tends to paralyze many people. They start assuming and pre-acting about what they think will happen before it even starts and go off on a tangent until they're paralyzed by the mere thought. I'm not going to say "Now how smart is that exactly?" Preconceptions of what ... Views: 1344
The end of the year can either be one of the most relaxing times or it can be hectic. Sometimes it’s a little of both. Preparation for the holidays and travel are only a part of the year-end priorities.
The end of the year is a good time for reflection on what has been and what you’d like to ... Views: 1344
I used to have a bad habit of creating new ways to generate money every month. None of my new offerings had earth-shattering results, but that didn't stop me from trying to reinvent the wheel. Apparently, I didn't notice my pattern of working hard for little ROI.
If you think you may be in a ... Views: 1343
If you are ready to move beyond your comfort-zone and let go of the old, here are few mighty steps you can take:
1. Beyond Your Comfort-zone
When we do something new or change locations and social surroundings, we get out of our comfort zone and into the unknown. We have no frame of ... Views: 1338
Before we can say anything about action or reaction, we need to say something about the content embedded action.
An action contains pain, pleasure or both are an index of moral progress, since good conduct contains in a proper attitude towards pleasure and pain.
We all have these two ... Views: 1338
A well-rounded selection of business attire is essential for any professional. Yet I would add that the right set of business accessories is equally as important in developing a polished image for the workplace. Professional accoutrements combine form and function to give the impression of a ... Views: 1338
Many of my clients have asked me to put together a short outline of marketing strategies that have been taken from my workshops and seminars. I feel that it is important to note that the following plan of action needs consistency in application to move forward in your production goals. ... Views: 1336
I believe 100% in the importance of "mindset" in successfully accomplishing goals. If you believe in your heart of hearts that you either don't deserve success or lack confidence, you simply will not. All of your efforts will be in vain because you are programmed to fail.
How can you tell if ... Views: 1336
I seriously hated the idea of creating a marketing plan the first time I was advised to create one. I didn’t know where to start, it sounded hard and I honestly didn’t know what it meant.
After a few years I changed my mind about the marketing plan and I began creating one every year. As ... Views: 1336
'I have TOO much time!', said nobody ever.
Time...it is by far the most common excuse for why professionals do not exercise, stretch, get to bed on time, eat good food, take breaks, and follow through on positive actions to reach their body, health, and life goals.
Do you also find it hard ... Views: 1336
Purpose and Greatness. These are two very powerful words. These are words that when used in proper context give meaning to us. The question I have for you is: Are you operating in and releasing Your Purpose and Your Greatness?
Your Purpose and Your Greatness go hand in hand. When you are ... Views: 1335
Qatar Airways, rated #1 in the world in 2015 and #2 in 2016, knows how to treat its customers, as do Emirates and Etihad, both UAE airlines, also at the top of the world’s best 100 Airlines.
The Top 100 Airlines of 2016
1. Emirates
2. Qatar Airways
3. Singapore Airlines
4. Cathay ... Views: 1334
Like all educators in the planet, private tuitions have tasks. Hiring a private teachers for the kid must be while using ability of the tutor to meet these responsibilities. The first responsibility is optimizing the time spent with the boy during tutorial hours. Further, it is the ... Views: 1334
This article is about mindfulness-based, not mindfulness. For all it’s heralded and undoubted benefits – for example in the management of stress, the successful treatment of chronic depression and its application in sports (most notably golf, the NFL and rugby union), mindfulness has not made ... Views: 1332
“Could you really turn the desert into a lush green land? Fifty years ago, one man firmly believed it was possible. For Sheikh Zayed the only limit was your imagination. To turn his vision into reality, the Founding Father summoned prominent agricultural experts from around the world to the ... Views: 1330
The powerful leverage a person can access through partnering with a coach
"A decision is not enough"
A new year begins and for some it has already ended.
You have given yourself new tasks to do, take on new challenges and decided that this year things will be different and you are committed ... Views: 1327
There are many parents who believe that children should be taught about the importance of money starting at a small age. If you are among this category, this article will be really helpful for you. Most of the experts believe that as soon as a child starts demanding things, parents should make ... Views: 1326
It felt like a wake-up call the first time I heard the seminar leader say, “Casualness breeds Casualty.”
He was referring to how we treat our goals and the people on our team. When we don’t give them our intention and attention, they fizzle instead of sizzle.
I’ve never forgotten that ... Views: 1324
As an executive coach, I’m sometimes called on when a leader, manager or company has too much going no – people, projects, development, deadlines, decisions – and they’ve passed the tipping point of working to full effectiveness. It’s not a weakness to have said ‘yes’ to so many things (or, more ... Views: 1324
Whenever I discuss my perspective on this subject with others, it stimulates “but what about” questions. “But what about the holocaust?” “But what about Cambodia in the 70s?” You get the idea.
My retort to those people is always the same; their reaction to my retort is always the same; the ... Views: 1322
Dig Deep
My friend Susan became a kind of surrogate mother to a young woman called Kate. When she about 4 years old, Kate’s natural mother died tragically. Susan helped Kate in all ways possible. She was there for her throughout and Kate loved her as much as she loved her own mother. For ... Views: 1320