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4 Steps to Develop Your Unique Speech and Voice Brand - by Lynda StuckyCommunication Without Fear - by Lynda Stucky5 Cool Tricks To Increase Your Self-Confidence When You Speak - by Lynda Stucky- How to Create Loyal and Promotable Staff by Freeing Up More of Your Own Time - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2009 from Emma Wortt"There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly"- Buckminster Fuller. Effective delegation is both a skill and an art. Having and using this ability has many significant benefits and is of the utmost importance. It is a vital component in the toolkit of any ...
Views: 1424 - 5 Practical Tips To Beat The Competition - by Submitted on Nov 26, 2012 from Tom BordonSmall businesses often fail because of their inability to take into account the actual competition. The competition is usually tougher in fields where a number of small businesses are jostling for space and have more or less similar products or services on offer. To survive in that ...
Views: 1421 - It Can Always Get Better! - by Submitted on Jan 20, 2015 from Jeanna GabelliniOver a decade ago, my professional organizer asked me why I kept my office supplies in the particular place they were sitting. I had no idea why I put them there. I never thought much about how my office was organized. The only things I cared about in my office were having the best equipment ...
Views: 1419(1 vote) - Five ways to improve your work-life balance. - by Submitted on Dec 19, 2018 from Allison BrightDo you feel stressed and overwhelmed while juggling business, family and personal wellbeing? Creating work life balance is the art of managing your tasks and resources to create the kind of lifestyle you desire, resulting in greater work satisfaction, loving relationships and increased health ...
Views: 1418(1 vote) - Naming and Claiming Your True Niche: What to Release – and Embrace – to Success in Your Sweet Spot - by Submitted on Nov 20, 2009 from Kathy CaprinoPart I: What to Release I’ve had a long, bumpy journey on the road to finding my true niche as a professional. From years of inauthentic (and unappealing) corporate work, to becoming a psychotherapist and coach yearning to find my true “sweet spot,” my path has been fraught with blocks and ...
Views: 1418(3 votes) - What is Executive Coaching Anyway? - by Submitted on May 30, 2009 from Emma Wortt"Executive coaching, which surfaced as a leadership development practice over a decade ago, is now among the most widely used executive development techniques." McGovern, Lindemann, Vergara, Murphy, Barker and Warrenfeltz. 2001. Although coaching is growing at a phenomenal rate in the UK, there ...
Views: 1418 - This Is A Test - Just the Facts - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2016 from Rand GolletzI've often written in the past about decision-making biases. ALL OF US rely to some degree on decision-making approaches that yield suboptimum results. Most of those are unconscious. An example is the human tendency to use past experiences, even if statistically insufficient, to make critical ...
Views: 1417 - Role Of Executive Education Strategy In Organizational Development Programs - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2013 from Sonu ParasharCorporate organizations across the world are turning towards executive education programs offered by reputed universities across the length and breadth of globe, for the development of their business leaders and workforce. Business leaders and executives are able to face greater workplace ...
Views: 1405 - The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - by Submitted on May 11, 2013 from Adam Wallis"Between stimulus and response is a space, in that space is our freedom to choose, and what we choose in that space determines our success and happiness." - Anon I hope you find yourself well as you embark upon reading this blog post for the next 5 minutes. If you’re reading this then it’s ...
Views: 1405 - Strategic Thinking – The Preparation for the Future in Business - by Submitted on Jun 25, 2013 from Tom Bordon“Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” ~ Sun Tzu Strategic thinking is a systematic draft of steps or actions that help company not only sustain its current position but ...
Views: 1404 - Do You Capitalize On Leverage? - by Submitted on Mar 07, 2016 from Rand GolletzIn the real estate world, we read and hear a lot about the power of leverage. Essentially, it means investing a limited amount of personal cash to geometrically increase net worth. Let's say you buy a piece of rental property for $300,000 with a down payment of 20%. You laid out $60,000. The ...
Views: 1403 - Meet Verna Bowen – All Ways Inspired™ - by Submitted on Apr 19, 2016 from Ulrike Berzau MM, MHS, PT, FACHE, www.UlrikeBerzau.comRecently, I had the opportunity to be one of the 17 experts from around the world presenting at the Global Online H.E.A.L. Summit (http://www.healsummit2016.com/). It takes vision and passion to organize such an impactful global event and I had the pleasure to get to know the organizers, ...
Views: 1401 - Millennials, Leadership and the Bottom Line - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2014 from Michael MantellHere is a novel idea if you are a tough boss. Get fair. Fast. That is, if you want to hold on to your employees, especially millennials. Whether your realize it or not, employees expect the American workplace to be a kinder, gentler place in which to work. So tough guy or tough gal, get ...
Views: 1401 - Overcoming the Fear of Being Fabulous is Vital - by Submitted on Feb 14, 2014 from Judith & Jim Sherven & SniechowskiJudith here. Do you or your friends and/or work colleagues struggle with frustration? Anxiety? Insecurity? Breaking promises? Missed deadlines? Puzzling, even maddening behaviors? What’s going on? My husband Jim Sniechowski and I call it The Fear of Being Fabulous™ and it’s the result of ...
Views: 1401 - Releasing Business Shame - by Submitted on Feb 10, 2015 from Jeanna GabelliniWhenever you want to experience a huge breakthrough in your business, you have to start where you are. You may be disappointed that you’re not making more money at this point in your biz. If you’re just starting out you might be on pins and needles because you need to make money ASAP. ...
Views: 1399 - HOW CAN WE MANAGE EXPECTATIONS? - by Submitted on May 13, 2013 from Alan KeyseExpectation and disappointment are often two sides of the same coin but the experience between expectations in our businesses as opposed to our personal lives can be very different indeed. BUSINESS vs PRIVATE EXPECATIONS In business, we actively invite positive expectations from our ...
Views: 1398 - How often do you dialogue as a leader? - by Submitted on May 21, 2014 from Susan FreemanOne of the most important tools for a leader is the ability to dialogue. We often take for granted that when there are two or more people speaking together, a dialogue is taking place. Upon closer inspection however, often what takes place is instead a monologue. According to Wikipedia, ...
Views: 1398 - The Financial Journey less traveled............ - by Submitted on Nov 05, 2009 from SCOTT LIFERToday’s financial economy is such a mystical, un-tangible atmosphere of banking, mutual funds, stocks and bonds and the mainstream 401k that no one seems to know where to turn for answers and solutions that will allow them any sort of stability with respect to their financial picture. We have ...
Views: 1396(4 votes) - What Forward Thinking Leaders Need to be Doing Now: Preparing for the Turnaround - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2009 from Lisa Pasbjerg“Enlarge the opportunity and the person will expand to fill it.” Eli Ginzberg, 1911-2002, an economist who taught at Columbia University for more than six decades, advised eight American presidents and led pioneering research efforts in employment and health care. Recently, I attended ...
Views: 1395(10 votes) - Why BEING GROUNDED is Step 1 for Power & Success - by Submitted on Nov 30, 2012 from Hal WechslerIf You’re Grounded, Your Left & Right Brains Are in Alignment For Winning • 1. Get This: everything else depends on it! Human folk are living in the PAST or the Future (in-their-head) about half-their-waking-hours (46.5%) of the time. “Not-grounded” is triggered by Daydreaming, & ...
Views: 1393(3 votes) - 5 Keys to Unlocking Your Leadership Part 3 of 6 - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2017 from Michele MolitorThis is the 3rd post in my series to give you the Keys to Unlocking Your Power and Presence as a Woman Leader. What’s needed to create better work-life balance and well-being so you can shine more brightly? Here is the second step you need to know in order to expand your power and presence as ...
Views: 1392(2 votes) - Big Little Marketing Lies - by Submitted on Mar 31, 2015 from Jeanna GabelliniIf you want to grow your business and reach your ideal clients and customers you’re going to have to let go of a lot of assumptions about what it takes to fill your pipeline. Let’s start off with a few common myths that may be stunting your growth … 1) I can’t make money until my website ...
Views: 1389 - ***Leadership in Times of Fear - by Submitted on Apr 07, 2017 from Tom KingIn 1933, in the midst of the great depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt said these words during his inaugural address: I am certain that my fellow Americans expect that on my induction into the presidency I will address them with a candor and a decision which the present situation of ...
Views: 1388 - Executive Blind Spots - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2011 from Michael BeckWe all have patterns, habits, and beliefs that limit us. The challenge is that we generally can't see how those thought-patterns and beliefs hold us back and what we can't see tends to sabotage our efforts. Blind spots can severely impact an executive's strategic vision, their course of ...
Views: 1388 - Does the world know the real you? - by Submitted on Jan 05, 2010 from Claude WarnerThe world could be described as the community where the human family lives. The question is, how do you live in this world? Who is the you that the world gets to know? Is it the real you, where how you live on the outside is a reflection of you who are on the inside, where your ...
Views: 1386(1 vote) - ***Executive Coaching Breaks the “Don’t Even Think About It” Barriers - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2011 from Sylvia LafairTake a deep breath and join me as we travel back to May 6, 1954 in England where twenty-five mile winds subsided as “the race” began. Soon it was announced that Roger Bannister had cracked the myth of the four minute mile, winning the race in 3:59.4. What was once deemed impossible became ...
Views: 1385 - Emotions, Behavior & the Dynamics of Leadership - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2012 from Anne Dranitsaris and Heather Dranitsaris-HilliardLeaders no longer have the protection of a structure of given authority behind which their vulnerabilities remain unseen. The new social norms have transformed organizations into social democracies where leaders are expected to reveal themselves and their irrational side to their staff, to ...
Views: 1385 - What's in a Name? Business Coach or Business Consultant? - by Submitted on Mar 21, 2011 from Shawn BrodofAs a business coach, I am often mistaken for a business "consultant". I am quick to make the distinction of the stark contrasts between the two professions. Before I dive into the differences between the professions, it is important to note that they do have at least one thing in common: both ...
Views: 1385(2 votes) - Executive Coaching: A Leadership Development Tool for Top Performers - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2006 from Gayle Lantz"Coaching" used to be a popular approach for derailing executives or professionals whose performance needed a lot of work. Got a problem? Get a coach. However, increasingly, coaching is being sought by some of the most successful executives in their field – those who want to get even better at ...
Views: 1384 - Don’t Blow Your Cool - Make Better Decisions in Real Time - by Submitted on Nov 21, 2010 from Mary Lee Gannon,Leaders transform vision into reality by rallying their team around more than just a well articulated idea – by truly engaging them in the strategy to get there. Execution of the strategy is where most leaders and businesses fail because the variables that affect strategy are not static but ...
Views: 1382(4 votes) - Your Money FUNnel - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2014 from Jeanna Gabellini'Tis the time of year to rethink your business model and upgrade. The easiest way to do this is to revisit (or create) your money funnel. Even if you’re a newbie, this is a great way to visually see where you want the money to funnel into your business. And for goodness sake, put the fun in ...
Views: 1382 - It's Just Gravity - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2012 from Rand GolletzPicture this: A light plane goes down in the Arizona desert. A team from the NTSB descends on the scene to investigate what happened. After three months of rigorous study and analysis, they're ready to report. They call a news conference. The NTSB administrator approaches the podium. You've seen ...
Views: 1379 - 5 Tips for Quickly Engaging Your Workforce - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2017 from Ryan AyersWe spend so much time at work, thinking about work, and commuting to work during the week that it’s pretty disheartening to find out just how many people are unhappy at their job. According to Gallup, only 32% of American workers were engaged with their work in 2015. Now, it’s unrealistic to ...
Views: 1375 - Business Operational Process - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2011 from Hugh StewartWhere I see that entrepreneurs lose the most amount of money is when they ask the following question: What do I do next? If you are in the middle of any operational process and you do not know automatically what to do next, you have just lost money. When you hesitate, do not act, or do not ...
Views: 1375 - Gain An Unfair Advantage In Your Whiteboard Presentation - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2011 from Milly SonnemanYou’ve seen the whiteboard advantage—complex problems are made simple. Difficult decisions are made easier. Boring presentations are transformed. Get 6 easy and quick tips to gain this almost unfair advantage. Want to attract business and engage new clients in a whole new way? Most people ...
Views: 1373 - STOP! No "more of the same!" - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2015 from Ulrike Berzau MM, MHS, PT, FACHE, www.UlrikeBerzau.comEvery day gives us a new start and the opportunity of a New You. When you look back at yesterday, last month and last year, you might realize you did not accomplish all your goals, and you might make the decision to try harder. But wait, before you try harder and do more of the same, let me ...
Views: 1373 - You Can Totally Pull Off a Launch (And Success Isn't Dependent Upon Five Or Six Figures) - by Submitted on Dec 03, 2013 from Jeanna GabelliniEntrepreneurs seem to have an endless supply of ideas for new products and services. What they often lack is the follow through to take an idea into a sellable format and the marketing 'know how' to back it up. You may be living this experience right now. You have a pretty good solution to a ...
Views: 1373 - Leadership Attributes: How Do You Stack Up? - by Submitted on Oct 10, 2016 from Rand GolletzOne of the most popular ongoing debates of the last twenty years concerns the distinctions between management and leadership, and the relative importance of each to organizational success. John Kotter of the Harvard Business School once cited “alignment” as the most critical difference. ...
Views: 1372 - Leading Yourself First - by Submitted on Oct 05, 2015 from Ulrike Berzau MM, MHS, PT, FACHE, www.UlrikeBerzau.comWe all are leaders and followers in our personal and professional lives. Most importantly, we must lead ourselves because leadership starts with us. Our attitude, actions, and ability to grow and learn set us apart from ineffective leaders. Exceptional leaders are led from within – they ...
Views: 1372(1 vote) - How Work Is Aging...You! - by Submitted on Mar 13, 2017 from Lance BregerThe process of aging is pretty simple. Live. Age. Repeat. Frightening, I know! Physiologically speaking, it's also quite easy to comprehend. The body's regeneration process is divided into two main categories: one builds the body up (anabolic) and one breaks the body down ...
Views: 1371 - From Paralysis To An Architect Of Change - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2011 from James "Mac" McPartlandPersonal Message Often times it is hard to accept that the only thing holding us back in life is us. How we think, the obstacles we focus on, the external factors that are easily blamed for our circumstances and outcomes are examples of how we can become "paralyzed" on our life path and in our ...
Views: 1370 - The 5 stages of corporate growth - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2012 from Tom BordonJust running a company is hard enough. But building, expanding and enhancing the company and executing a strategic plan toward achieving set targets is much harder. Typically, a company experiences 5 stages of growth and development. Depending upon how the people at the helm handle these 5 ...
Views: 1369 - Ditch Your Suit - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2014 from Jeanna GabelliniI’m a tank top, shorts and flip-flops kind of girl. Suits are definitely not my thing. Yet, back in 1999, every month I put one on to lead a live workshop on cash flow. I hated putting on a costume so that the participants would think I was professional and smart. I totally trusted my ...
Views: 1368 - The Real Way to Sell Your Stuff - by Submitted on Oct 21, 2014 from Jeanna GabelliniI used to hate planning. Why plan, when you can just get into action? Fortunately, and unfortunately, playing that way got me to six figures in my business. I kept doing my business the only way I’d practiced up to that point… * Get an inspired idea. * Throw it out to my tribe. ...
Views: 1366 - Use Google Eyes to See the S.E.O. of Your Local Business Website - by Submitted on May 20, 2011 from Wolfgang BloomfieldNew S.E.O. Website Report by AboutUs.org review I feel that It is necessary for me to point out that I have written this review for AboutUs.org, and their in-depth S.E.O. website report, because I truly believe this to be an excellent service, and you should know that this is my own opinion, ...
Views: 1366 - Committed or Trying? - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2015 from Jeanna GabelliniI often trick myself into thinking that I have a certain end result in mind but upon further examination, I notice that what I’m really committed to is something else. Commited or TryingFor instance, in the past I’d tell myself that I wanted to create a certain amount of income per month. ...
Views: 1362 - 7 Steps For Making Better Decisions - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2012 from Thomas Swank,Anthony Robbins once said that “It’s in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped”. And I completely concur with Tony as your decisions are ultimately going to make you… or break you. In all likelihood, you have not viewed your every day business or life decisions which such ...
Views: 1361 - Franchising……a Retirement Plan or Prison Sentence? - by Submitted on May 01, 2011 from Bernadette BoasFranchisors and Franchisees: there are many conversations, in person and online, that are attempting to determine responsibility and accountability for the success or failure of a franchise. There is now chatter about whether buying into a franchise is a great retirement plan or a prison ...
Views: 1358(1 vote) - What's going to be different this year? - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2015 from Jeanna GabelliniDo you ever catch yourself whining like a five-year-old about your business rather than shining like a rockstar CEO? We all whine, and it usually feels justified. After all, we're simply stating the truth about the reality of our finances, overwhelm and how so-and-so ticked us ...
Views: 1354 - Executive Challenge #6: “I Really Need to Get More Organized.” - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Brenda BenceImagine a life without clutter: No mail piled up in your “in” tray, you easily stay caught up on your e-mails. Your productivity is up, but your schedule isn’t packed. You avoid interruptions, arrive on time to appointments, and leave the office early enough to enjoy quality time with your ...
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