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Win Big with Small Talk
Have you ever found yourself in a one-sided conversation with someone who is talking on and on? You’re nodding your head and looking at them but not hearing a word they’re saying. You might even be thinking to yourself, how much longer will this go on? They believe you’re listening because your eye contact, head-nodding,…
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As We Near the End of the First Quarter, Pause and Take a Pulse Check
Here we are, nearing the end of the first quarter. How are you doing? Let’s take a first-quarter pulse check! It’s been quite a ride. Are you growing? Is your business thriving? Now is a great time to pause and look at where you are, how you got here, and where the rest of the…
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Are Your Leadership Habits Bringing You Success?
All leaders have a natural style — a combination of personality and values. Some are aggressive, some passive. Some are extroverted, some introverted. No matter what your current style, you do not have to change your personality or lower your values to become a top-notch leader. In one of his best-selling books, Jim Collins refers…
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Manager by Accident or Effective Leader: Which One Are You?
Research indicates that the number one reason people leave an organization is the incompetence of their direct boss. It is very difficult to influence others if you have difficulty leading your own self. Yet, in many cases, leaders often promote people to management levels through MBA (Management by Accident). Every day you choose to lead…
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Creating Leaders Out of Doers: Are You Up for the Challenge?
Every day, individuals are promoted to supervisory or management positions because of their ability to get the job done. They are the best doer — the best technician, salesperson, or worker bee. Great at execution, we promote them to management. If they are lucky, they get a half day workshop on “Everything You Need to…
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Are You Creating a Culture of Success in Business?
Every organization has a culture. It begins as soon as there are people working together, communicating about the day-to-day, vision, and purpose of the organization. Culture can be positive and vibrant with engaged employees, or it can be toxic or apathetic. As a leader, you should be intentional about creating the culture you want, or it…
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Tuesday with Michael: The Shopping List
Last week, I asked you to do a Vocation search and think about what you are talented at and what your options could be. What did you learn about yourself? Were there any careers that you had never considered? By now, you should be convinced that you really can be and do anything that you…
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About Those 2023 Goals You Just Set …
All goals are purposeful, but are they meaningful? A meaningful goal is one that “makes a difference.” Jacking up your income by a few percentage points, while desirable, does not qualify as a meaningful goal. So, what does? You may wish to make scientific breakthroughs, set new standards at Wimbledon, save a rainforest, or a…
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5 Books to Launch Your Success This New Year
If you are like 38 percent of Americans, you set some goals for the new year. Only 39 percent of those will make it through the first month. If you want to be in the winner’s circle next December, now is the time to lay the groundwork for success! Here are my top 5 books…
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3 Words to Start Your New Year Right
Here in the hustle at the end of one year and the beginning of a new, it seems like everyone is talking about resolutions. The Oxford Dictionary defines resolution as “a firm decision to do or not to do something.” Success does depend on deciding to do a thing, but there is more to achievement…
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It’s Going to Be a Great Year. Are You Ready?
Have you clearly defined five key goals for next year? Have you written out your strategy for achieving these goals? Are you writing out your goals every day? Have you identified the one habit in the process chain that you need to improve? If you have done these things, then congratulations! You are well on…
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Vision Plus Strategy Plus Leadership Equals Success
The most important thing you can do for your business is to build a Business Plan. Right now is the time to dust off the old business plan to make sure it is ready for the new year. Begin by writing out the answers to the following questions: Who are you? What do you have…
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Make the Rest of Your Life the Best of Your Life
We are living in crazy busy times — in the fast lane with no slowdown in sight — so we better be focused on what is most significant and important in life. Pay attention to those things and say no to everything trying to derail us. We all have 168 hours per week to accomplish…
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6 Tips to Make New Habits Stick
Your habits will determine your success or failure in the new year. So how do we go about changing our weakest habit? These key principles will help you to alter any habit: Work on ONE habit at a time. Change requires discipline, determination, and willpower. Just like energy, we have a limited supply each day. It is…
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10 Secrets to Creating Your Best Year Yet
Step 1. Get clarity about what your best year would look like. Know what outcomes you want and what you don’t want. Start with “what matters most” so that you can say yes to that and no to everything else. We will always have more goals, wants, and desires than time to reach them. The…
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3 Game-Changing Words to Take Resolutions from Goals to Reality
It is time for New Year Goal Setting and people are taking their resolutions much more seriously than in years past. This is no surprise for leaders in the field of business strategy, productivity, and leadership because we know the critical importance and power of goal setting. There is a lot of optimism that this…
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Are You Asking the Right Question to Lead Your Team to Success?
What really matters most in life, leadership, and organizational development? As we prepare to move into the coming year, let’s take a deep dive into this question. Essentially, is it a question? Or is it a matter of focus? I believe it’s both. In order to focus on your life, leadership, and organization, you must…
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5 Simple Tips to Improve Your Communication Skills Fast
The No. 1 struggle I consistently find working with companies is communication. We have more ways to communicate than ever before: Zoom, text, email, Slack, Chat, and more. Yet, in most cases, we waste a lot of time and effort because of poorly disseminated or misunderstood ideas. A lot of mutual mystification goes on daily.…
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