If you walked into a room with managers, leaders, and even CEOs and asked, how can we build trust as an organization? You’d likely get a lot of team building ideas. There would be retreats, trust exercises with consultants, maybe a survey followed by a very long and loving email from top leaders in the […]
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When you don’t have a plan you, you can’t hit a goal. When you do have a plan, an accountability partner, a structure, and realistic timeframe, you’re pretty likely to hit it. However, what happens when you hit it and you don’t really know why? Well, you’re less likely to actually feel the joy and
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If you, like me, get to the point that you’re crying in the parking lot screaming I don’t work for you in your head, something’s gone off course. If you’re there now, there is hope. Never been there? Read on to be sure you avoid it. To move forward intentionally you have to remember where
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Everyone has their own skills right? We’re not all fantastic at all the same things. That is why making use of everyone’s abilities and natural talents is so very important. Me for example, details are not my top priority. I am much more interested in impacts to the long run. I want to know if
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Recently my kids tried to teach me an entirely new concept. It started with on of my boys telling me about his day at school and saying I’m the fastest in my class but I’m not the fastest in my school. I mean, I’m not the fastest in my school, yet. You’re supposed to say
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Some decisions are small and have limited impact on life. For example, which brand of carrots you buy at the supermarket or if you decided to buy them from the farmers market instead, likely not a game changer. Then there are the decisions that add up. Like when you decide to buy the SUV rather
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I was watching TV with my kids and was struck by something pretty mundane that the plot included. First off, ever since our kids were little, they have really enjoyed teen soap type shows. I don’t know why but honestly, I’m not complaining. I’ll take Heartland over Blippy, Caillou, and Aurthur any day. So anyway,
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Don’t underestimate the power of action. All too often people get wrapped up in their problems and simply spiral around them. It could be frustrations in the line to grab your coffee to the fear you feel when you’re job is threatened. Maybe it’s the panic that comes when you can’t get ahold of your
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Think of the last time you made dinner. It’s getting a little later than you would have liked and you don’t have every exact ingredient you need. Your chicken is kind of dry and your side dish didn’t work out. So, you make an impromptu sauce to cover the chicken. You look in the back
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I have a love hate relationship with networking. I’ve talked about it before. If traditional networking looks like 30 second elevator pitches, speed rounds of random questions, and handing out business cards at your table, I am not here for it. Nobody wants that smarmy salesman feeling when they’re talking to someone new. What you
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