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Leading Change (Before It Leads YOU!!!)
If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living. —Gail Sheehy I think we can all agree that […]
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Soar to New Heights in the New Year
Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will
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Manage Your Time to Grow Your Productivity
Time is what we want most, but what we spend worst. —William Penn Time management at work is a perennial concern for everyone. Projects, clients,
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How to Survive the Rush to Year’s End
It’s all fun and games till Santa checks his naughty list. —unknown If you can believe it, we’re a mere 7 weeks away from
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How to Get More Done Before the End of the Year
We all aspire to be productive—yet most of us struggle to reach that goal. Now that we’re moving into the back half of 2023 (wait—July
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Running Effective Meetings, Part 2
Meetings get a bad rap, and deservedly so—most are disorganized and distracted. But they can be a critical tool for getting your team on
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How to Run Effective Meetings, Part 1
Has anyone ever said, “I wish I could go to more meetings today”? —Matt Mullenweg If you do an Internet search for “this meeting should
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Building Your Self-Confidence
Throughout my professional life, I’ve had the pleasure of working with a lot of great people. People that I’ve learned from and grown professionally. Some
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Mid-Year Reset: How to Get S#it Done between Now and the End of the Year, Part 2
Part 1 of Get S#it Done between Now and the End of the Year laid the foundation for our plan over the next six months.
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Mid-Year Reset: How to Get S#it Done between Now and the End of the Year (PART I)
The business world has long used “Christmas in July” to motivate people to do holiday-caliber shopping in the middle of the year. If that nudge
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Part 2: Improve Your Time Management and Focus to Improve Your Work—and Deliver Real Results
In my previous blog post, I discussed how to start tackling your time management issues by taking a high-level perspective of the big picture and figuring
Improve Your Time Management and Focus to Improve Your Work—and Deliver Real Results
Read on to learn how rethinking how you use your time can help you become better at setting priorities—and therefore at meeting your goals. In The
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Strategic Thinking: How to Get Better at It
Strategic thinking rarely occurs spontaneously. —Michael Porter The ability to be a strategic thinker is a key characteristic of an effective leader. But one
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