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- LEADERSHIP TOOL: DEVELOPING SUCCESS HABITS - by Submitted on Jan 31, 2013 from Scott HunterAre you tired of the standard practice of developing New Year’s resolutions and then feeling guilty because you have not followed through on them? Many would answer a resounding YES! In Jack Canfield’s book, The Success Principles, he provides some interesting insights and a fresh approach ...
Views: 780(1 vote) - A Time for Leadership - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2013 from Scott HunterLeadership A TIME FOR LEADERSHIP, A SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR THE 21st CENTURY The poor state of the economy and the impact that it is having on virtually everyone is a subject on every person’s mind today. Almost daily, the newspapers report the dismal economic statistics, another massive ...
Views: 1114(1 vote) - Building A Firm Foundation For A Strategic Plan - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2013 from Scott Hunter“Scott, I would like to acknowledge you for the profound effect you have made on our Company and its leadership. The result of … your coaching … is a turned on, enthusiastic, joyous group committed to our new vision … We will double our business in five years as a result of your teaching’s on ...
Views: 1205(4 votes) - Creating a Championship Firm - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2013 from Scott HunterAs I have sweated past play-off series’ involving my favorite hockey team, the Anaheim Ducks,and my favorite basketball team, the LA Lakers, I am once again reminded of my simplified definition of a successful enterprise: A group of enthusiastic, positive, motivated, happy people, working ...
Views: 1057(1 vote) - Creating an Extraordinary Organization - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2013 from Scott HunterOnly six per cent of Americans love their jobs. Stress-induced depression is on the rise and predicted to be the leading occupational disease responsible for more work days lost than any other single factor. And poor communication in the workplace is a leading cause of job dissatisfaction. ...
Views: 1262(4 votes) - Eliminate Your Receivables - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2013 from Scott HunterProfitability Eliminate Your Accounts Receivable, Once And For All ISSUE: Because lawyers and law firms do not discuss their fees and appropriately set up their fee agreements with their clients, most have very high accounts receivable and very often do not get paid for all of the work ...
Views: 1060(3 votes) - Healing Wounded Relationships - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2012 from Scott HunterHow Companies Can Heal Their Wounded Personal Relationships ABSTRACT A crisis is gripping the business community that is deeper and more far reaching than most people realize or even imagine. At the heart of the crisis is peoples ineffectiveness at managing their relationships. The root ...
Views: 1159(1 vote) - How do we get anything done? - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2012 from Scott HunterDo your ever end your day shaking your head wondering how anything ever gets done? Do you often watch people operate at work, scratch your head, and wonder: what must they have been thinking? I’ll bet your answer to both questions is: often! After 23+ years of studying people, both inside and ...
Views: 733 - Is Burnout Inevitable? - by Submitted on Dec 12, 2012 from Scott HunterISSUE: Satisfaction at work, for most people, is plummeting. We seem to be becoming a society of disgruntled people. And in the fact of this, there is much that people can do to be able to really have a successful and satisfying work life and avoid burnout. ABSTRACT Employees can’t keep ...
Views: 946(1 vote) - Is it Time to Rebuild Society? - by Submitted on Dec 12, 2012 from Scott Hunter“When society requires to be rebuilt, there is no use in attempting to rebuild it on the old plan. No great improvements in the lot of mankind are possible, until a great change takes place in the fundamental constitution of their modes of thought.” John Stuart Mill If you look at our ...
Views: 1117(1 vote) - Maintaining Good Client Relations - by Submitted on Nov 15, 2012 from Scott HunterCustomer Relations Establishing and Maintaining Good Customer Relations ISSUE: Customers don’t hire firms or engineers, they hire people. Unless an engineer is willing to appropriately start and then nurture the customer relationship, the customer won’t come back and they certainly ...
Views: 775 - Mission Purpose Statements - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2012 from Scott HunterBuilding a Solid Foundation for the Future ISSUE: In today’s economic reality, the rules have clearly changed and this is the biggest challenge for firms in the coming years. In these difficult economic times, approaches new to business are required to succeed and prosper. Now more than ...
Views: 734 - Successful Interviewing - by Submitted on Oct 31, 2012 from Scott HunterISSUE: The primary reason for the failure of most interviews to identify a truly outstanding candidate is that most interviews focus on the capabilities, background and experience of the prospective employee. This approach ignores the fact that the interviewee is a human being that the ...
Views: 890 - The Art of Being Successful - by Submitted on Oct 26, 2012 from Scott HunterThe Art of Being Outrageously Successful! Prologue: My personal definition: you love your life, love what you do, love who you do it with, you are able to contribute and make a difference in the lives of others, you are financially secure, you get what you want most if not all of the time, ...
Views: 1497 - The Art of Listening - by Submitted on Oct 26, 2012 from Scott HunterHave you ever had a conversation with someone and walked away saying to yourself: “I might as well have been talking to the wall?” Are you clear that there are times people have conversations with you and probably walk away saying to themselves: “I might as well have been talking to the wall?” ...
Views: 780 - The X Factor – Alignment - by Submitted on Oct 18, 2012 from Scott Hunter“It’s hard to celebrate individual accolades with the team and with people, with fans. It’s a lot better when you do it as a team, when you win things as a team, when you become champions as a team. Then everyone can feel some of the excitement that you feel.” Michael Jordan - June 16, ...
Views: 1215 - Top Five Workplace Complaints - by Submitted on Oct 15, 2012 from Scott HunterTop Five Workplace Complaints & How to Conquer Them After 25+ years of working in and observing organizations of every type and size, I have noticed a common theme among all the successful ones; they consist of a group of enthusiastic, confident, positive people who work together on behalf ...
Views: 761(1 vote) - Worry – The Useless Emotion - by Submitted on Oct 15, 2012 from Scott HunterIt is alarming how much so many leaders have accepted worry as a natural consequence of running a business. We worry about our environment, our relationships, our finances, our firms, our governments, and our health. When we have a moment free of worry, we worry that we don’t have any worries ...
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