If you have ever dealt with another person in your life, you have had a misunderstanding. Things like cream in your coffee instead of black or who forgot to set the alarm when you leave your house are issues that can be very easily handled and, after a quick remedy, are put behind you. When … Continue reading Solving a Misunderstanding
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Pride in the Name of Your Career
You come in the office and the coffee pot has exactly one mug left in it. Later your luck continues as you use the last of the toilet paper and the final hand towel in the dispenser. Without a blink, you just go about your day. Now think about the person who followed you in … Continue reading Pride in the Name of Your Career
What You Do Next is the Key…
While watching the Home Run Derby last night, I started to think about all of the players that flamed out after a year or two. Players like Mark Fidrych, Mark Prior, Joe Charboneau, and Dontrelle Willis. They all had tremendous initial success, but were not able to sustain it. This is compared to a player … Continue reading What You Do Next is the Key…
Managing Change
The business world and life in general are full of challenges. How you respond to those challenges makes all of the difference as a leader. Most of your business challenges are brought on by your competitors. To lead your team and beat your competition, you need to do the following: Analyze where and why your … Continue reading Managing Change
When Someone Calls Your Baby Ugly
Have you ever been presenting an idea which you think is great and revolutionary only to have everyone in the room mock it? This phenomenon is known as having your baby called ugly. You feel terrible and begin to doubt yourself. Depending on how long you have worked on the idea, you feel like you … Continue reading When Someone Calls Your Baby Ugly
Disinterested = Distracting = Disrespectful
Have you ever presented and found somebody in the audience to be so disinterested in your presentation that it distracted you? Conversely, have you ever been so uninterested in a topic that you found yourself fidgeting? How did you feel in both of those situations? Chances are it was the same- frustrated. You were frustrated … Continue reading Disinterested = Distracting = Disrespectful
Listen, Process, React
A lot of business situations get blown out of proportion because of misunderstandings or misperceptions. Careers have been destroyed, projects terminated and reputations ruined because people did not interpret what was written or said to them during a tense situation. This is especially true for passionate leaders. People who lead by putting their heart on … Continue reading Listen, Process, React
Five Old Ways That Still Work
The business world that we live in changes instantaneously. Hundreds of new ways to reach, engage and measure are added to your landscape every day. Thousands of business gurus tell you that you need to stop doing things the old way, that old ways don’t work, etc. I agree with that assessment to a point. … Continue reading Five Old Ways That Still Work
6 Key Traits to be Positively Perceived at Work!
If you listen to talk radio, there is a commercial for online reputation management. They clean up unsavory marks against you which of course are undeserved. They do not get to the root issue of why those remarks were made. Just that you can clean them up. There are corporate courses that teach you reputation … Continue reading 6 Key Traits to be Positively Perceived at Work!
Handle Your Private Business in Private
One of the best pieces of advice that I ever received was to handle my private business in private. The message is pretty clear. If you have a confrontational moment with a team member, spouse, child, etc., hold the drama until you are by yourselves. However, it is also one of the hardest lessons that … Continue reading Handle Your Private Business in Private
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