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More Job Interview Confidence Tips - by Doris HelgeLeadership Position with A Hyper-Critical Boss - by Doris HelgeBusiness Owner Blues Require Leadership Changes - by Doris Helge- President Obama's Back to School Speech - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2009 from Barack ObamaI know that for many of you, today is the first day of school. And for those of you in kindergarten, or starting middle or high school, it’s your first day in a new school, so it’s understandable if you’re a little nervous. I imagine there are some seniors out there who are feeling pretty good ...
Views: 757(5 votes) - Want Change? Start With Patience! - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2009 from Cookie Tuminello“Change is not made without inconvenience, even from worse to better.” – Richard Hooker I couldn’t have said it better myself! As you know, I’m all for making changes to better our lives and businesses, but I have to admit that in the past 2 weeks my tolerance levels have been sorely tested. ...
Views: 854(5 votes) - "The World Is Calling" Lyrics & New Music Video (by Paul Hoffman & William Lane - Theme Song for ENGAGE TODAY 2009 Conference) - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2009 from Danish AhmedHey there everyone!! Remember the jingle, "Have you driven a Ford... lately?" My friend Paul Hoffman wrote that. Since then, he's moved into inspirational music, writing songs for stars in the personal development industry like Jack Canfield, Robert Allen, Janet Attwood, Mark Victor ...
Views: 4133(8 votes) - Are You Open - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2009 from Marnie GreenIn a previous article, "Powerful Questions for Powerful Leaders," we began a series of tips designed to build your skills in asking powerful questions. You've heard me say time and time again, "questions are the key to a meaningful performance conversation." We first explored the concept that ...
Views: 770(2 votes) - Learn 5 Key tips for being an effective leader - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2009 from Frank O'TooleAre you the person that goes through life just taking and getting what you get? Or do you want to be the person that embraces what they have worked for knowing what you get is a direct result of the actions you took? According to the World Future Society the essence of leadership is the ability ...
Views: 1526(3 votes) - Influencing the Interviewer to Hire YOU! - by Submitted on Sep 05, 2009 from Debora McLaughlinWant to learn the 5 key strategies to make you the candidate of choice? Too many professionals are not hired because they either don't articulate their top contributions concisely or in a manner that aligns with the current offering and interviewer or they don't have a large enough vision of ...
Views: 1165(2 votes) - Put Accountability To Work In Your Organization - by Submitted on Sep 05, 2009 from Debora McLaughlinIs accountability elusive in your organization? If you're like most leaders, you regularly deal with work force issues that get in the way of your organization's success. Here you have all this talent at your fingertips, yet goals are not being met and your business isn't nearly as successful as ...
Views: 1355(2 votes) - Powerful Questions for Powerful Leaders - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2009 from Marnie GreenIf you've been reading e-tips for awhile, you know that powerful questions lead to more meaningful performance conversations. You can't do all the talking and expect an employee to really buy in to your ideas. You have to engage them in the exchange. For most of us but those highly skilled ...
Views: 781(4 votes) - Tough Questions for Tough Times - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2009 from Marnie GreenWe are facing workplace challenges many of us have never faced before. If your organization is facing layoffs, reorganizations, or other upheavals, you are probably spending your days looking at budgets and planning for a new reality. You are working hard to make the best decisions to get ...
Views: 734(3 votes) - Judgment vs. Feedback - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2009 from Marnie GreenPart of a manager's job is to give feedback to employees to help them meet and exceed expectations for performance. It should be easy, right? Just share your perspectives with the employee and they will improve, grow, and develop. As easy as this concept sounds, most managers struggle with ...
Views: 1734(4 votes) - More Tips for Enhancing Your Personal Confidence? - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2009 from Marnie GreenLast month we offered five tips for building managerial confidence. These tips included: 1. If not you, then who? 2. Build mastery. 3. Model successful people. 4. Practice visualization. 5. Mind your negative thoughts. Those five tips were only the start. Here are five more tips ...
Views: 784(2 votes) - Tips for Enhancing Your Personal Confidence - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2009 from Marnie GreenA primary goal of our new Painless Performance Conversations workshop is to build confidence in leaders so that they can successfully conduct the tough, yet important, conversations with employees. Here are five tips for boosting your confidence as a performance manager: 1. If not you, then ...
Views: 749(2 votes) - 10 great tips for better communication - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2009 from Richard DennyProbably the most important skill anybody needs today in private enterprise is the one rarely taught in our education system - how to communicate? This is the skill that gets people their first job, helps them get promoted, creates respect and trust from meetings, develops confidence in others, ...
Views: 1780(3 votes) - What Is a Manager? - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2009 from Andrew BaileyIf you are working in a direct sales or a retail environment, more than likely your sales targets for the month are decided upon by someone else in the company. More than likely too, your targets would be emailed to you before the end of the month for the following month. They set the targets ...
Views: 1676(3 votes) - Simple Tips For Conducting a Successful Interview - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2009 from Andrew BaileyUnfortunately over recent years, our society has become very litigious regarding employment related issues especially ones over questions asked at a job interview. Its almost as if you cant ask anything about a candidate for fear of being taken to court. As a manager or business owner, you have ...
Views: 1894(3 votes) - A Note To Upper Management - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2009 from Andrew BaileyGet to know your lower management team. You never know when you will need them! Let me give you an example. About 10 years ago, I was working as a sales manager for a company that employed about 150 people in most states of Australia. We had a contract with a major teleco for supplying mobile ...
Views: 1953(2 votes) - Bad Smells In The Workplace - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2009 from Andrew BaileyHow many times has this happened to you….you are sitting at your desk going about your work. You look up and you notice ‘Harry’ about to walk past you. You know what you are about to cop so you take a deep breath. He says something to you and you have to respond. All you can do is mumble ...
Views: 3866(2 votes) - What really motivates adults to learn and achieve? - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2010 from Ralph BrownWe know what organizations think motivates people. But the research says money isn’t an effective motivator. By the 1960s researchers were showing that paying employees a miserly wage or salary is an effective way to destroy their motivation, but once you are paying them enough, any additional ...
Views: 3643(2 votes) - Re-writing Your Story - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Zoe RouthI've been listening to the Abraham-Hicks's 'Money and the Law of Attraction' CDs. One of the significant threads of advice is 'start telling a new story'. We create our lives from the stories we tell about past, future, and present events. The stories evoke emotion – a vibrational beacon – ...
Views: 1359(5 votes) - Resiliency Differentiates - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Marnie GreenI've heard from quite a few people lately who have lost their jobs, taken pay cuts, or are otherwise in a tough situation. They are struggling, not just financially, but emotionally. For many people, the comfortable stability that we have grown accustomed to has been rocked. We will get through ...
Views: 949(3 votes) - You Have to Have the Guts - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Marnie GreenAs a manager you've probably faced some tough employee situations. Many of those "tough" situations often involve an employee not doing what you expect them to do or not delivering on what they were hired to produce. These situations are tough because they require you to have a conversation to ...
Views: 705(2 votes) - It's Okay to Say "I Don't Know" - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Marnie GreenIt's almost a waste of ink to say these are uncertain times. We hear it everyday. No matter what business you are in, you've probably experienced ups and downs lately and your employees are probably asking or at least wondering: • Is my job safe? • Is the organization financially sound? • ...
Views: 870(2 votes) - Involve, Don’t Prescribe - Performance Conversation Tips - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Marnie GreenI can listen to another person's problems or complaints and tell them exactly what they should do. Can't you? It's easy for us to see what others need to do to fix a problem, resolve a conflict, or find happiness. But for some reason, they don't usually take our advice, do they? Managers ...
Views: 908(2 votes) - Painless Performance Conversations - Focus on Behaviors - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Marnie GreenIs there a conversation you need to have with an employee that you're avoiding because you know it's going to be unpleasant? With the job of supervision comes the task of addressing problems or tough issues even though you'd rather not. We procrastinate. We "wait and see" if the problem will ...
Views: 1403(2 votes) - Performance Evaluations: What's the Point? - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Marnie GreenPerformance evaluations are one of those things we just do in organizations. And often we don't really know why the heck we're doing them. I recently asked a group of employees why we do performance evaluations. I asked, "Why do we bother to design fancy forms, conduct training, and write ...
Views: 1481(4 votes) - Even Michael Phelps Needs Feedback - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Marnie GreenLike many, I spent hours this summer enjoying the feats and activities of the Summer Olympics, and I was especially amazed at the accomplishments of Michael Phelps. After one race, I noticed something especially interesting from a performance management standpoint: immediately after ...
Views: 871(3 votes) - Give Me a Break - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Marnie GreenIn today's busy world of cell phones, email, text messages, voice mail, instant messenger, and who knows what else, it's easy to get sucked in to being "on call" all the time. When we are available and responsive at all times, we think we are doing the right thing--providing great service to our ...
Views: 790(3 votes) - Downers, De-motivators and Bad Energy - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Marnie GreenThis week my husband Steve and I took a spinning class at our gym. We enjoy attending these high energy, calorie-burning indoor bicycle classes as much for the mental boost as for the physical benefit. The music is loud, the class participants are positive, and the instructors are typically ...
Views: 802(2 votes) - Squirting Motivation into Employees - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Marnie GreenMost of the time I'm pretty motivated and enthusiastic about work. What's not to be excited about? I get to share my passion for leadership with people who truly benefit from my work. I make my own hours and often work with two cute dogs at my feet. I realize, however, that not everyone ...
Views: 964(2 votes) - How To Be A Fearless Leader - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Andrew RondeauTo be a leader means you should be brave and fearless, this however is easier said than done. After all, everyone has their own set of fears and leaders are no different. Despite your existing fears however, there are ways of becoming a fearless leader and a good one at that. The very first ...
Views: 16974(30 votes) - The Power of Morale! - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Richard FlintMorale – the inner positive pool of energy that flows outward through a demonstration of behavior designed to create an impactful presence of value. How important is that powerful pool of positive energy to the environment of any organization? Morale is a larger part of what keeps an ...
Views: 1703(3 votes) - Courage - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWithout question, courage is essential to the work of entrepreneurs and change agents, and anyone Working for Good. The journey to creating something new and changing something old is not easy and continually calls for courage to face the unknown, the uncertain, the never-been-done before, the ...
Views: 1036(6 votes) - Strategic Leadership In Network Marketing - What Does That Really Mean? - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2009 from Herb HunterStrategic leadership in network marketing - What does that really mean? The concept of leadership is one that we’ve all learned about since our youth. Teachers in elementary schools tell children to follow the leader, and they all willingly oblige to get from one place to another. The same ...
Views: 1530(3 votes) - Leaders vs. Losers - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Jim Mathis"Show me a good loser and I will show you a loser." -Paul Newman I have to admit, I am a poor loser. I don't like losing business that I have worked hard to secure. I don't like when my team works ...
Views: 1469(3 votes) - Seeing what you give - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Denise Starrett“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” ~ Marcel Proust The world is a mirror of our state of mind. Positive shifts in perspective will result in positive reflections in our world. As we become more self aware, we consciously choose how ...
Views: 988(3 votes) - Controlling the High Cost of Turnover - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Renee CormierAll companies experience turnover to some degree. Many companies refresh their pool of employees by restructuring their organization every three to four years, and even though the change is sometimes good, it is always costly. Other companies just can’t seem to hold onto people. Sometimes this ...
Views: 1584(5 votes) - Corporate Tai Chi - 7 Elements To Show Why 5-Minute Corporate Tai Chi is Profitable Now - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Diane GoldCorporate Tai Chi is the business application of tai chi, a martial and meditative system of exercise. It holds many alternatives for the corporate world as a stress management tool and an attitude enhancer. For those unfamiliar, tai chi is the slow, fluid movement originating from China, ...
Views: 2187(3 votes) - Your Greatest Competitive Advantage - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Renee CormierQuestion: What costs American businesses over 300 billion dollars annually? Answer: Disengaged employees. According to extensive studies conducted by Gallup Management Journal, only 29% of employees are engaged in their work. 54% are disengaged (mentally checked out) and 17% are actively ...
Views: 1249(4 votes) - Tough Messages in Tough Times - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Marnie GreenMany of the organizations I've been working with recently are facing tough times. If they aren't laying people off, they are cutting budgets big time. We all know the slumping economy translates into difficult decisions in the workplace. And how these decisions are carried out impact how ...
Views: 778(3 votes) - Do Your Goals Get Away From You? - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Marnie GreenEffective employee performance management is really all about clear expectations. Many of you use SMAART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Agreed Upon, Realistic, and Time-Oriented) goals to help employees focus on the most important things at work. But can you have too much of a good thing? ...
Views: 764(4 votes) - It's Not My Father's Workplace Anymore - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Marnie GreenMy father, William Finley, and I recently compared views of the world of work. When Dad was the President of SCF of AZ (he retired in 1987) there were certain "rules" that everyone in the workplace lived by. They were the "laws" you followed if you wanted to get ahead. A few of the beliefs ...
Views: 806(12 votes) - Creating Momentum - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Marnie Green2008 has started out strong for me. I completed my first half marathon (13.1 miles!!!), secured some exciting new contracts, and have planned a great vacation for later this year. I'm psyched. And, I can't stop thinking things like: Where am I going this year? What do I want to ...
Views: 740(2 votes) - Read My Mind - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Marnie GreenI wish I would have received mind-reading abilities as a holiday gift. If only I could have an expectation and everyone around me would know what I was thinking and they'd just respond the way I want them to. That would come in handy as a supervisor. Imagine that all you had to do was vividly ...
Views: 821(5 votes) - Are You a Leader - Or Are You a Loser? - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Willie HortonI was recently asked the difference between a "Leader" and a "Manager or CEO". A very important question at a time when those with real leadership qualities will outshine the "normal" people who've risen to a position for which, in reality, they are ill-equipped. Which leads me to the title ...
Views: 1797(4 votes) - Position Yourself as a Leader - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Mark HunterIt's been said that to be a successful salesperson, not only do your listening skills have to be great, but your closing skills have to be even better. However, I believe that while these skills are helpful, they are not essential. In my opinion, to be a top-performing sales professional, you ...
Views: 896(1 vote) - How to Leverage the Law of Attraction in Network Marketing / MLM - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2011 from Joe ScienceGimmicks and overuse aside, the Law of Attraction is the primary force in Network Marketing / MLM. Simply put, growing your downline without attracting others is impossible. So how do you effectively leverage the Law of Attraction in your network marketing opportunity? To increase your ...
Views: 3199(3 votes) - 6 Qualities of a Great Leader in a Virtual Team - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2009 from Josephine RomanoOur world is nothing but an unending cycle of change. We are experiencing change in many aspects and one of those is how to manage employees. Many companies have changed in the way they manage their employees because unlike before, a lot of companies and organizations nowadays are becoming ...
Views: 918(6 votes) - Want Personal Success? - by Submitted on Aug 29, 2009 from Peggy and Leon DavisWant Personal Success? Want success? What is that? “Success” has many different meanings to different people. To some, success is not important. To others, success is everything. The following is for those who desire some understanding or blueprint to success or self fulfillment. Let’s start ...
Views: 568(3 votes) - Leaders Are Readers - by Submitted on Aug 28, 2009 from Dawn AngierLeaders are Readers Reading can be a powerful catalyst for thinking; it has the potential for stimulating wisdom. A long while ago, I heard someone say, “Leaders are readers.” It made a big impression on me, and I never forgot it. I don’t know who coined the phrase, but I must have ...
Views: 2958(10 votes) - Planting Seeds and Creating Connection - by Submitted on Aug 27, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThis past week had me contemplating what it means to be of use. Listening to one NPR Morning Edition program, I began to tally all the problems on the Obama administration's plate: Pakistan, Afghanistan, Supreme Court Justice nomination, lack of US cyber security, the economy, the ...
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