Greetings Leaders! Over the past 10 years, I have had the privilege of knowing and working with some awesome people. Some have successfully started a consulting business, others got started but had to return to the workforce as their business entered difficult times. In either case, you have to applaud people who follow their dreams. […]
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Greetings Leaders! I recently finished teaching a project leadership class and as usual we had some great discussions on what leadership is all about. I believe that there are two facets to leadership: Getting Things Done Honoring others Getting Things Done Leaders must get things done. Period. No excuses. No exceptions. If you can’t get
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Greetings Leaders! I’ve been away for awhile due to a family emergency and recently received grim news from several friends who were recently diagnosed with cancer. I was reminded how fleeting life is and that it is important to live the life we have to the fullest. Here are some things that crossed my mind.
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Greetings Leaders! A student asked me how to “manage up” the other day and I thought I’d give you my thoughts on this difficult but interesting topic. The most critical ingredient for managing up is to believe that you can. In every case I can think of where someone was good at managing up, this
Greetings Leaders! As promised, I’m continuing my tips for job seekers. There are a lot of ways to write a resume, but here are a few very common mistakes that I’ve seen people make recently. Lack of focus. Your resume should target a specific job which means you’re going to have to have more than
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Greetings Leaders! I had the privilege of serving as a coach at a career fair last night and have reviewed quite a few resumes lately. I want to pass on some observations based on common errors that I see people making and will be making several posts on this topic over the next week or
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Greetings Leaders, I was reading a discussion in one of the LinkedIn Groups that I belong to, and a question posed by John Moore, “Does Loyalty Exist in Business? Should It?”, piqued my interest. My thoughts are that it depends on how you define loyalty as it can have several implications: There is the negative
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Greetings Leaders! You read right. Despite furloughs, layoffs and pay cuts, we should celebrate labor day. Why? Because we can. Labor day was instituted to celebrate the accomplishments and contributions of the American Worker. You can read about its history here. I know this year has been tough for a lot of people. It’s been
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Greetings Leaders! In these tough economic times, how do you keep your employees motivated and inspired? My advice would be don’t try gimmicks, but find ways to celebrate real accomplishments, instill hope based on a look to the future and ensure everyone knows that what they are doing is making a difference. Gimmicks are easily
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Greetings Leaders! The video says it all. Although my children are out of high school, this video reminded me what being a father, or a mother for that matter, is all about. All the best,All the time,JT
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