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- The Empathetic Project Manager - by Submitted on Jul 24, 2019 from Project Management CompanionAre you a project manager who understands your customer, sponsor or stakeholder? Who takes an empathetic approach to their requirements? Understand the effect of the planned change on the organisation and its people. Project Management deals with change that is the outcome of working on the ...
Views: 943(1 vote) - The Inner Game of Management - by Submitted on Oct 24, 2012 from Ingrid MartineUn-Game Principle: Belief creates the fact Who doesn’t love the unself-conscious little boy or girl, the undaunted miniature explorer who moves with unbridled enthusiasm to experience life? This morning I walked to the barn to feed my three horses. I go out sighing and contemplating divorce ...
Views: 1473(2 votes) - What Do I Really Want and How Can I Find It? - by Submitted on May 31, 2013 from Jane CranstonI was working with an executive coaching client the other day developing a strategy for the next steps in her career. For reasons unclear to me, I thought our discussion was off course. Was I not asking the right questions? Not hearing the underlying comments or insights? Influencing her answers ...
Views: 1324(1 vote) - A Work Conflict Deserving a Thoughtful Resolution By Bill Cottringer - by Submitted on Oct 11, 2015 from William Cottringer“Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means” ~Ronald Reagan. The transition from the Manufacturing Age to the Information Age brought is a value revolution. The current values revolution has turned the traditional workplace upside down and ...
Views: 1607(2 votes) - Leaders Anticipate Change, Prepare For Change, and Lead Change - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2012 from Vernon MyersWhat is change? Put simply, change is an effort to improve an organization in some way. This change could take the form of new processes and procedures, upgrades to a new system, changes to the organizational structure, or changes to roles and responsibilities. Leaders understand that the ...
Views: 3791(2 votes) - Commitment to Diversity in the Workplace - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2013 from Jane CranstonOver past decades the issue of diversity has taken a very visible place in the growth and structuring of the workplace population. Whether it was caused by mandates or natural shifts in population, the job sites look quite different. The challenge, as I see it, is not only to continue to push ...
Views: 1625(3 votes) - 7 Character Traits of an Extraordinary Entrepreneur - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2012 from Melanie Benson StrickIn 2001 I discovered I was a much better entrepreneur than I was a corporate ladder climber. As I turned in my 2-week notice at Motorola after 10 years in business, I was ecstatic to finally be my own boss. Over the next 18 months I was broke, frustrated, overwhelmed and doubting my ability to ...
Views: 1268(1 vote) - 8 Obstacles to Public Sector Success - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2011 from Pat LynchIn my experience, public sector agencies and government entities (i.e., cities, counties, states) face eight common obstacles to their success. See how many of these issues you have experienced, either as a provider or a user of public services. 1. Lack of a common “big picture.” The ...
Views: 1039(1 vote) - At the Edge of Business: Falling or Flying - by Submitted on Nov 08, 2011 from Renee BarnowKnow. Like. Trust. These are the basics for doing business, reaffirmed at a recent talk and book signing by Guy Kawasaki. His new book explains how to influence people while maintaining the highest standards of ethics. What a wonderful way to describe the process of delighting your customers ...
Views: 1086(1 vote) - Be the Best Manager with Top Management Consulting - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2013 from Dough peterIf you are a manager or a small business owner who manages a team of workers under your command, then you are certainly a part of the management of the company and that makes you a key role player. Directors and managers often oversee their employees and make decisions which are in the benefit ...
Views: 1329(1 vote) - Budget Cuts: Why Fire Departments and Police Departments Need to Change the Question - by Submitted on Jul 18, 2011 from Pat LynchAs city, county, and state budgets are being discussed and finalized around the country, one thing is clear: those who allocate resources are asking the wrong questions. As a result, recipients of government services are being short-changed because resources are being misallocated. During ...
Views: 953(1 vote) - Deadlines Are Natural, Resistance Is Futile - by Submitted on May 10, 2012 from David SamuelDeadlines are a natural part of the universe. There is no need to get stressed and resist them. In the Kybalion, one of the Hermetic laws is; As above, so below. This is to say that within the larger, there is a smaller version of the larger. The microcosm is in the macrocosm, etc. If ...
Views: 1611(1 vote) - Effects of Management Training - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2013 from Dough peterA lot of business owners have never heard the word management training. They are often confused when someone discusses this term in front of them. A humble effort is done here to help explain what it actually is and how can it be helpful for the business community. What is management ...
Views: 1306(1 vote) - How To Carry Out Self-Evaluation While Addressing Rework Comments? - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2016 from Emily ParkerWriting an assignment, report, thesis, or an exam can be very challenging for most students. Not only does it put them under a lot of pressure, it also forces them to evaluate themselves as to where they stand, how much they know and how much justice they have done to their work. When a student ...
Views: 1672(1 vote) - Increased Complexities Require a Rapid-fire Component - by Submitted on Oct 21, 2012 from Pat HeydlauffSocial media technologies have dramatically increased the speed of everything be it good, bad or neutral. Change no longer cranks along at a snail’s pace but rather moves on a millisecond scale over the internet. It is the speed and scale of change that is causing chaos within the business ...
Views: 2100(1 vote) - Public Sector Pensions: Why “Fixing the Problem” IS the Problem - by Submitted on Jul 18, 2011 from Pat LynchDramatic increases in public sector pension liabilities at a time when state and local governments have seen their revenues shrink drastically have resulted in an explosive backlash against public sector unions and the workers they represent. At the very time that high levels of unemployment ...
Views: 840(1 vote) - Reducing Staff - by Submitted on Jul 29, 2011 from Mark Marhon JrIn today’s economy, “downsizing” has become a feared term within the workplace. Just a mention of the word within earshot of staff is enough to trigger panic through the office grapevine. It is an aspect of business that every organization would like to avoid, but the truth is that more ...
Views: 935(1 vote) - Resolving The Clash Between Younger and Older Workers - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2013 from William CottringerResolving The Clash Between Younger and Older Workers By Bill Cottringer “Conflict is inevitable, but combat is optional.” ~Max Lucade. Because of today’s economic uncertainty, earlier entry into occupations and delayed retirements, there is a growing gap and conflict emerging in ...
Views: 1744(1 vote) - The "Orbital Effect" for Business Success - by Submitted on Jun 12, 2012 from Pat HeydlauffLeadership was on display as the audience hung on every word uttered two weeks ago in Ft. Lauderdale, FL by Bob Danzig, former nationwide head of the Hearst Newspaper Group and vice president of the Hearst Corporation. For 20 years this industry giant was the epitome of what leadership should be ...
Views: 1467(1 vote) - Today’s Leaders Need Soft Skills - by Submitted on May 22, 2012 from Pat HeydlauffThe new normal, if there is such a thing, is all about the workforce, the client and the consumer – they want to know you have their best interests at heart. They are bombarded daily with an information tsunami via electronic communications but the one thing they lack: personal ...
Views: 1492(1 vote) - What's Competitive Intelligence got to do with Situational Awareness? - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2021 from Graeme DixonThis article discusses what's Competitive Intelligence got to do with Situational Awareness? It uses British Military examples. And breaks down Situation Awareness down to Look, Think and Act. To understand what's going on in our world, we all need to have good Situational Awareness. With ...
Views: 401(1 vote) - How Storytell Improves Team Building - by Submitted on Feb 08, 2013 from Richard HighsmithWhen I first graduated from college, I was hired full time at a children’s home. I had been working there part time as a relief childcare worker. With my degree I was promoted to a management position, Assistant Superintendent, over my former co-workers. I saw my situation as advocate for the ...
Views: 1381(1 vote) - How to identify best B-School in India - by Submitted on Oct 10, 2011 from Manoj Vyas1. Technologies enabled campus. By now, it’s a universally known fact that college students are obsessed with technology. One need only walk onto a college campus anywhere in India to witness the throngs of students typing away on laptops, swiping through menus on tablets, and chatting merrily ...
Views: 855(1 vote) - Leaders Ask Questions to Make Better Decisions - by Submitted on Sep 18, 2012 from Vernon MyersLeaders ask questions to gain clarity, to deepen understanding, and to make better decisions. In fact, questions are a leaders’ best tool for gaining deeper appreciation and increased knowledge of the issues and challenges facing an organization. The better your questions and understanding ...
Views: 1794(1 vote) - Meet the Real Nick Saban – Executive Par Excellence - by Submitted on Feb 10, 2013 from Rand GolletzFor many of us, the name Nick Saban conjures up the image of a cold, calculating automaton – grim, frowning, win-at-all-costs football coach who cares more about the score of his games and the margin of his victories than the development of the young men at the University of Alabama. Until I did ...
Views: 2785(1 vote) - Social Competence and Intelligence - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2013 from Angela Schulz-HenkeWhat are social skills and social intelligence? Social competence is a significant aspect of emotional intelligence. This term refers primarily to the ability of interpersonal relationships, whether it be verbal or nonverbal, constructive, and make all parties satisfactory. The foundation of ...
Views: 2071(1 vote) - The Keys to Being In Charge of The Energy That You Channel For Massive Marketing Results - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2013 from Heather DominickReceiving massive marketing results starts with connecting to your Core Value Offer and creating alignment with what you want to create in your business, your life, the world. Who you are B-E-ing dictates your experience as you are marketing your business. Now, what is a major challenge with ...
Views: 1323(1 vote) - Self Improvement – the catalyst for a better life - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2011 from Ade AdenekanSelf improvement cannot just be a matter of academic exercise by the erudite scholars in the ivory tower but an inevitable phenomenon for anyone no matter the social or economic station of life and whichever way one looks at it this is an inevitable catalyst for crossing the threshold of poverty ...
Views: 1891 - How to Become More Credible And Visible - by Submitted on Dec 19, 2020 from Kare Anderson“The smaller the coffin, the heavier it is to carry,” Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif told CNN host Christiane Amanpour. Then he went on to describe a Taliban massacre where many children were killed. As if didn’t try to evoke an emotion with grand generalizations. Instead he generated ...
Views: 681 - Market Intelligence Professional Vivek Bhalla of MongoDB Answers Our Questions - by Submitted on May 18, 2021 from Graeme DixonThe next in our series of Questions and Answers is Vivek Bhalla, a Market Intelligence professional at MongoDB and former Garner Research Director. MongoDB is the leading modern, general-purpose database platform designed to unleash the power of software and data for developers and the ...
Views: 411 - "Seeing The Invisible, Creating The Impossible" or Mission Possible - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2012 from Nicola BuntingAs Walt Disney said, "It's kind of fun to do the impossible." What's possible for you? What's impossible that you want to be possible? What if you could make the impossible possible? You can...it's an art. I've been thinking a lot recently about what has been called one of the modern ...
Views: 1956 - #1 Success & Happiness Solution: Rubber Band Thinking - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2013 from William Cottringer#1 Success & Happiness Solution: Rubber Band Thinking By Bill Cottringer “I wouldn’t give a fig for the simplicity on this side of complexity, but for the simplicity just on the other side of complexity, I would give my life.” ~Oliver Wendell Holmes. There is no shortage of good ...
Views: 1780 - *** Choices, Lots of Choices by Judi Moreo - by Submitted on Oct 05, 2017 from Judi MoreoWe live in a world of possibilities and possibilities give us choices. Lots of choices. But, many of us don’t see the possibilities and therefore, we don’t realize what choices are available to us. When things don’t go the way we thought they should or when something happens to us that is ...
Views: 2086 - ***5 Tips to Eliminate Negativity By Judi Moreo - by Submitted on Nov 29, 2018 from Judi MoreoNegativity can really affect your life. It can lead to depression, cause health issues, and destroy your connections with others. Here are a few tips to help you eliminate the negativity in your life. 1. First, figure out what is triggering the negativity. Before you can eliminate it, you ...
Views: 1603 - ***Awakening for Change: Spring Renewal by Judi Moreo - by Submitted on Mar 09, 2017 from Judi MoreoThe seasons have officially changed. In the northern hemisphere we are entering spring. For weeks now, there have seen signs of the awakening of the earth. Buds have appeared on trees, green shoots are peeking out of the ground. Daffodils, narcissus and grape hibiscus are springing up and ...
Views: 1953 - ***Being proactive in daily life - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2011 from Mark HarrisonSteven Covey’s bestselling book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effect People, starts off by telling us that the foundation of an effective life is proactivity. This is a term derived from Viktor Frankl’s remarkable book, Man’s Search for Meaning, in which Frankl recounts the time he spent in a ...
Views: 4475 - ***Change Your Habits, Change Your Life by Judi Moreo - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2017 from Judi MoreoChanging self-defeating habits must take priority. You are living today with habits you must discard if you are going to move forward. Remember, bad habits are easy to form, but hard to live with; good habits are hard to form, but easy to live with. You can change your habits if you really ...
Views: 2066 - ***Embracing Change: Stop Letting Fear Of The Unknown Keep You Stagnant - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2018 from Judi MoreoSomething that humans enjoy is having control – we would do just about anything to prevent that terrible feeling of uncertainty… but in life, it’s unavoidable. At times, uncertainty isn’t just unsettling, it’s crippling. However, it’s vital for growth and when you find yourself faced with a ...
Views: 1743 - ***Ever feel like everything in your life is out of control and overwhelming? - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2017 from Judi MoreoMost of us have at one point or another felt like everything in your life is out of control and overwhelming. For many of us, it is because somewhere along the line, for reasons of which we may or may not be aware, clutter has crept into our lives. It has stealthily invaded our homes, our ...
Views: 2015 - ***Five Reasons to Keep a Gratitude Journal by Judi Moreo - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2018 from Judi MoreoWhen something awful has happened in your life, I expect you've been told to be thankful for what you have. Research has shown that being thankful is a beneficial habit. Keeping a gratitude journal is an increasingly popular tool used by those seeking to improve themselves. Five reasons to ...
Views: 2029 - ***Greater productivity with the 80/20 rule - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2011 from Mark HarrisonJoseph Juran died on Feb 28, 2008 at the age of 103. He was the man who coined the ‘Pareto Principle,’ named after the Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto, who observed that 80% of income in Italy was received by 20% of the Italian population. We’ve all heard of the ‘80/20’ rule – books have ...
Views: 2672 - ***Habits of successful people: an NLP perspective - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2011 from Mark HarrisonIf you have read any material on personal change or self improvement, you will have come across the idea that they way you think is a vital ingredient of success, and that one of main differences between people who experience success (whatever that means for you - financial, social, career, ...
Views: 3039 - ***Keeping Stuff Just in Case You Need It by Judi Moreo - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2017 from Judi MoreoFor the past 15 years, I have lived in the same house. My house was always neat and clean, so I didn’t realize how much “stuff” I had collected. While cleaning out all this “stuff” in preparation for the move, I discovered that I was not throwing away, I was shifting “stuff” from one place ...
Views: 1823 - ***Lessons from the Sigmoid Curve - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2011 from Mark HarrisonAll things occur in cycles, ebbing and flowing as time goes by. In the west, we often think of things progressing in a linear way, but nature teaches us that this is not the case. Darkness and light, the seasons, the life cycles of plants and animals – all these things rise and fall ...
Views: 3712 - ***P T Barnum on Success - by Submitted on Aug 29, 2011 from Mark HarrisonP T Barnum was a Victorian businessman who is remembered for his traveling circus – the ‘greatest show on earth’ – and the weird and wonderful ‘exhibits’ it contained. For some, Barnum was an exploiter and an opportunist, a man who took advantage of the weak and the vulnerable and who preyed on ...
Views: 1970 - ***Ten ways to develop resilience - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2011 from Mark HarrisonResilience or the ability to ‘bounce back’ after encountering problems is an essential trait. Inevitably, life will throw up some apparently adverse situations, and being able to deal with such circumstances in a positive and creative way is often a measure of how happy and successful a person ...
Views: 2554 - ***What is NLP? - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2011 from Mark HarrisonIf you’ve read amount of self-help material, you’ll be familiar with the idea that the way you think creates your experience of life. It was Viktor Frankl, the famous psychiatrist and survivor of the holocaust who wrote that, 'between stimulus and response there is a gap, and in that gap lies ...
Views: 2453 - ***Why you need direction in life - by Submitted on Aug 29, 2011 from Mark HarrisonSamuel Johnson said, ‘do not suffer life to stagnate; it will grow muddy for want of motion: commit yourself again to the current of the world.‘ Motion, or change, is the one constant in life. We are always moving, whether it be forwards, backwards or in circles. Most of us would, I imagine, ...
Views: 1680 - **Embracing Change: Stop Letting Fear of Uncertainty Keep You Stagnant - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2018 from Judi MoreoMost of us would do just about anything to prevent that terrible feeling of being out of control… but in life, it’s unavoidable. At times, uncertainty isn’t just unsettling, it’s crippling. However, it’s vital for growth and when you find yourself faced with a change or period in your life that ...
Views: 1606 - 10 Tiny Habits To Enhance Your Competitive Edge: Weekly Winning Strategies - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2024 from Graeme Dixon10 Tiny Habits To Enhance Your Competitive Edge: Weekly Winning Strategies Tiny habits can set you apart in the relentless game of market dynamics. Here are ten micro-strategies to gain a significant competitive advantage. To enhance your competitive edge: 1. Scan Industry News ...
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