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- Why you MUST be Assertive with Any Boss but Especially a Workplace Bully Boss - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2009 from Kathleen SchulweisAccording to researchers at Northwestern University there may be no such things as a sensitive boss. It seems insensitivity is to power as empathy is to powerlessness. Frankly, the powerful just don’t ‘give a damn’. The powerful are busy taking risks, pushing others to excellence, and ...
Views: 1004(2 votes) - Road Rage in the Office: Are you becoming a Workplace Bully? - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2009 from Kathleen SchulweisIf you spend any time on the road, you know we’re living in a stress-out, over-worked and insecure world. Road rage is up – yelling, screaming, slamming doors, flipping off, and threats are up and so is workplace bullying. Workplace bullying is the road rage of the office with the plus of ...
Views: 953(3 votes) - Waging a Five Step Strategic Counter-Offensive to Workplace Bullying - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2009 from Kathleen SchulweisWhen I am at a meeting and ask, ‘Who in the room has been bullied at work?’ 50% raise hands; adding, ‘Who know someone who has been bullied?’ it’s 100%. Bullies use threats, intimidation, and humiliation to control their targets. Targets of bullying become sick, lose confidence, and forfeit ...
Views: 1272(1 vote) - More on Bullying…What to do when you’re Living or Working in Hades - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2009 from Kathleen SchulweisBullies drain you with threats, and unrealistic or unreasonable demands and makes you feel sick and afraid all the time. Unless you do something productive, drain your life force as we imagine a vampire might. Living or working with a bully vampire is a problem that’s bigger than you are, so ...
Views: 870(1 vote) - Seven Steps for Surviving (and Maybe Thriving) in a Tough Workplace - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2009 from Kathleen SchulweisOkay, you’re struggling, contemplating things that will land you in jail, wishing you could be anywhere but around your caustic, obnoxious, and maybe bullying boss or colleague, and yet, you stay. Why do you stay? Most reasons people stay in such environments are economic but also your ...
Views: 893(1 vote) - 5 Steps to the Art of a Confident Selling Mindset for Professionals: How to help your potential clients become your clients - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2009 from Kathleen SchulweisAre you selling yourself? Then you’re in some trouble. More and more personal services are being viewed as commodities. Our work, our intellectual property, and our gifts to the world are now widgets to be compared with other widgets and purchased at the lowest possible price. If we’re going ...
Views: 959(1 vote) - Eight Tips for Supporting your Sales Person or Sales Team - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2009 from Kathleen SchulweisIf you are in the unenviable position of leading a sales team to victory, there are a few things you can do that can make all the difference for them. When working with sales managers and new businesses, I observe and evaluate before I start any training. And, what I have seen in my practice ...
Views: 987(1 vote) - Confidence Building Motivation and Goals - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2009 from Kathleen SchulweisHow do you motivate yourself for achievement? Are you driven by deadlines? How about gut-wrenching fear? Positive reinforcement? Team support? Shame? Reward? Do-or Die self-confidence? Knowing what motivates you helps you to achieve your goals. That is, if you know your ...
Views: 1203(1 vote) - Get into a Selling Mindset with Confidence Selling - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2009 from Kathleen SchulweisI wasn’t always a sales trainer. Sales training is something that evolved from my work at the University of Southern California and the California Institute of Technology. I found that teaching negotiation and problem-solving skills was like teaching someone to sell themselves and their ideas. ...
Views: 955(2 votes) - Carts and Horses: What Order are Yours In? Business Development 101 - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2009 from Kathleen SchulweisOne thing about business development I know to be true is carts and horses. Yes, that’s right carts and horses. More often I am finding new and seasoned entrepreneurs putting their carts before their horses. When we put our carts before our horses, we cannot expect to move forward. First of ...
Views: 927(2 votes) - Professional Business Net-Working: 10 Guideposts for Success - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2009 from Kathleen SchulweisLike it or not, meeting people face-to-face is a grand way to grow your business. Professionals net-work all the time getting to know one another and thus creating trust. I regularly receive referrals from my friends and acquaintances in all my social networks. That happens because they know ...
Views: 885(2 votes) - Business Building Blunders and How to AVOID Them - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2009 from Kathleen SchulweisPeople are starting businesses every day. In record numbers, hundreds nay thousands, are taking the plunge. And the bad news is 8 out of 10 will FAIL within the first year. And of those who survive 80% will be out of business within 5 years. And the failures have less to do with $$ than with ...
Views: 927(1 vote) - Angel Funding for Women and Minorities - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2009 from Kathleen SchulweisSeveral years ago, I was consulting an extremely bright woman who had a groundbreaking technology for which she was pursuing financing. Melissa appeared to have everything going for her; a solid education and a solid technology, which she was ready to turn into a business. Melissa had secured ...
Views: 1235(1 vote) - Problems And Solutions - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2009 from Kathleen SchulweisNearly 70% of executives of fortune 500 companies engage the services of an executive coach; 50% of CEO’s in the healthcare industry have professional coaches and 86% believe they should have one. Why do these leaders have executive coaching? What do they know to be true about the power of ...
Views: 1156(1 vote) - Getting Unstuck & Removing Your Barriers to Success: Why You Need Professional Executive Coaching - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2009 from Kathleen SchulweisHello, I am Kathleen Schulweis, professional certified co-active coach and owner of http://www.confidenceconnections.com, a coaching and training organization. I am an executive coach with over 25 years of experience helping professionals achieve their personal and career goals working in such ...
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