What is preventing you from asserting yourself with your peers, manager, team members, prospects, customers and suppliers? Do you worry about being rude or pushy or how others will perceive you? Are you concerned about having a confrontation? Having spent most of my 35 years in business in male dominated environments, I have watched the
Author: Stephaine Vozza Don't be intimidated by a smart staff, just learn how to direct their intelligence and skills. If you think the boss should have all the answers, you might be confused about what it means to be a good leader. As a general rule of thumb, every person hired should be smarter
When was the last time you heard your customer, employee, supplier or business partner utter an excuse? Are you tired of hearing “I can’t afford it”, “I am too busy”, “It is too hard”, etc.? Would you like to turn excuses into solutions? What are Excuses? You have probably heard lots of excuses in your
In uncertain times, teams look for certainty, direction and leadership. They turn to business owners and mangers to create certainty for them and to give them a future direction to be enthused about. In the absence of such certainty and clarity, there is a vacuum waiting to be filled. When a vacuum exists, if the
We’re all trying to get more done but be less stressed out while achieving it, right? There’s a particular item on every too-busy person’s to do list and I’d like to know if you’re happy with it being there, or if it bothers you. It’s that ever-present but always low-down item … you know, the
Author: Carol Kinsey Goman Some years ago, when I was speaking to a group of executives about change leadership, the topic of collaboration came up as a corporate initiative many in the audience were dealing with. On a whim I asked, “How many of you are totally comfortable sharing information with others in your organization?”
Are you frustrated by not attracting enough career or business opportunities? Would you like to know how to stand out from others and get a leadership edge? The best way to gain a leadership edge over your competition is to do something different, and compete on things that are more difficult for your competition to
Have you kept your New Year’s resolutions to stop smoking, lose weight, start a new job/relationship/business? Do you find yourself reneging on your resolutions days or weeks after you make them? Would you like to know what makes resolutions last so that you can achieve them? Below are the five most common reasons why New
When was the last time you stopped to think about and acknowledged your personal and professional achievements and successes? How would you like to be able to stay focused and motivate yourself throughout the year, especially during challenging times? Acknowledging Your Successes The end of the year is a great time to assess how much
“As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts.” – Patrick Rothfuss, The Name Of The Wind A wonderful jumble and organisation of letters creates a single word. A single word; one that can create power, strength of focus, encapsulate
