Have you noticed that some workers receive more promotions and greater pay than do their colleagues? This, despite the fact that they are apparently not even as competent. This doesn’t seem fair. Why should some people get ahead when others who seem to be working far harder, and even longer…
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A Final Lesson On Leadership From Steve Jobs
With Steve Jobs announcing his resignation from Apple, I want to take a look at one of his final lessons. Knowing Steve Jobs, the title may be premature. The man has made more comebacks that anyone can keep track of, but it seems like a good time to reflect on…
Continue Reading....Rich Results – Discover Your Personal Truth
Growing up most of us were taught to tell the truth. Remember: “Honesty is the best policy”. But as time passed we watched adults lie and get away with it. We learned that sometimes when you tell the truth people get upset. And because most people want to avoid confrontation…
Continue Reading....Stay Focused on the Big Picture
A reader of this column sent me an email recently, thanking me for a column I had written on getting outside the box. She then told me how she had lost focus for a while, but had turned things around. She encouraged me to write a column on staying focused.…
Continue Reading....Are You More Or Less Effective Than You Were A Year Ago?
There is a ‘secret key’ to peak personal productivity and performance that entrepreneurs are unwittingly depriving themselves of, to a worsening extent from one year to the next. This subtle form of self-sabotage takes its toll many different ways. Entrepreneurs and sales professionals need ‘resiliency.’ We face opposition, we experience…
Continue Reading....How to Take Smart Risks
One of the best of all exercises, in every situation involving uncertainty, is to assess and evaluate the worst possible outcome. Ask yourself, “What could possibly go wrong in this situation?” Remember Murphy’s Law: “Whatever can go wrong will go wrong.” There are several secondary laws to Murphy’s Law, such…
Continue Reading....What You Need to Know about Your Best Partners.
One of the most rewarding partnerships you can create is with a non-profit organization that can use your skills to enhance and expand their reach in the community. Most non-profits are eager to work with those that bring business skills and knowledge to their groups. Study after study has shown…
Continue Reading....Become the Partner You Want
I’m often asked what it takes to be a good partner to in the business community. To find good partners, you must be one. It makes sense but it’s often easier said than done. I’ve put together a framework I use when I’m trying to identify good partnering opportunities for…
Continue Reading....How to Get the Best Results From Your Team
There are basically five qualities of the most productive work teams that you need to foster throughout the stages of team development. The degree to which you accomplish this before you start working will determine your success as a team leader and the success of the team as a whole.…
Continue Reading....The Role of a Leader
Your ability to negotiate, communicate, influence, and persuade others to do things is absolutely indispensable to everything you accomplish in life. The most effective men and women in every area are those who can quite competently organize the cooperation and assistance of other people toward the accomplishment of important goals…
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