My resolve at the beginning of the year to blog on a regular basis has dissolved. I have to face the fact that I’m just not willing to make the time to sit down and write a new post every week. However, I am finding the time to post on my Facebook page, so I [...]
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A survey by home and office product company Brother International Corp. in April 2010 found that an estimated 38 hours per employee are lost looking for misplaced items in the office each year. Does that surprise you? Not me. The following is an excerpt form my April newsletter. If you aren’t getting my newsletter, sign [...]
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I just finished reading an article in the April 4th edition of Time magazine, Go Ahead–Cry at Work. The author, Anne Kreamer, suggests that it’s next to impossible to check your emotions at the office door. After all, we are emotional beings. In fact, brain researchers have proven that without emotions, it is impossible for [...]
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If you don’t subscribe to my monthly ezine, I’m sharing some of what you missed this month. Subscribe for the newsletter using the sign-up form on this site. Do you consider yourself lucky? I do, but I don’t believe in luck in the traditional sense of some sort of random and mysterious force. Instead, I [...]
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In my past post, I wrote about 5 ways to support your team through effective leadership. Here are 5 more ways: Get out of the way. Stop being dazzled by your own brilliance. Let go and trust the power of teamwork. Keep an open mind. Sometimes what looks like insanity may make a great deal [...]
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As a leader, how do support your team? Too often, I see leaders who mistakenly believe they are supporting their team when they do work that a team member could be doing. Rather than helping the team, the leader is cheating team members out of development opportunities. A leader’s job is to ensure that the [...]
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Several of my coaching clients view me as their thinking partner, someone to help them organize their thoughts and clearly articulate those thoughts. We could all use a thinking partner, but entrepreneurs and those at the top of the organizational chart are the most in need. It can get lonely at the top. Who can [...]
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After a year-long hiatus from blogging, I’m back. And, what better day to start again than on 1-11-11? Last year was a bit like a rollercoaster ride for me with some exciting highs and some frightening lows. In 2010, my beloved father passed away and several good friends were diagnosed with life-threatening illnesses. Dark days, [...]
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A few weeks ago I had a customer service experience that blew me away. As a result, I am now a raving fan of GoDaddy. Several of my web domain names are registered at GoDaddy, but I’m only using two of them currently. A couple of years ago, I had asked GoDaddy to notify me [...]
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This blog post is a continuation of my look at women and MBA degrees. Part I looked at women who are currently in graduate school pursuing an MBA degree. You can read the previous post here. Did you know that women account for only about a third of graduate business students in the United States? [...]
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