Blogs on Personal Growth
Greetings Leaders! Ok. My apologies. As much as I tried, I just couldn’t stay away from jumping in with the tabloids and discussing Jon and Kate Gosselin. Before I go on, I want to make it crystal clear that I don’t know all the facts. I don’t read the tabloids and haven’t been closely following […]
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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’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! 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! I’ve been helping quite a few people review their resumes lately. In this tough economy, some of you may be tempted to change your resume to get noticed. There are a lot of good techniques for doing this, but I want to caution you on getting too creative. When looking for employment, you
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Greetings Leaders! During the project management class I taught last night, I discussed the project management triangle. The basic concept being that if you change any one of the sides, that you must change at least one of the other. For example, if you increase your scope of the project, you must increase the time
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Greetings Leaders! Before revealing the most important leadership attribute, we need to define leadership. There are obviously a lot of definitions out there, but let’s define it this way: Leadership is the ability to lead others in making the world a better place to live for all. It shows no favoritism towards race, gender, age,
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