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Jan142016

I don’t wanna, you can’t make me! A tale of motivation (from the archives)

So, I didn’t get a new blog post out for April. I had previously set a goal for myself that I would post something once a month around the 15th. I didn’t get overly structured, but I had been doing pretty darn well until last month. What happened? The old “I don’t wanna, you can’t…

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Efficiency, Goal Setting, Self-Care, Strengths, Time Management

Jan142016

Finding Balance – a neverending journey (from the archives)

Balancing work and life is extremely challenging. I want to say that again. Balancing work and life is extremely challenging! I am repeating myself because, as I troll through Facebook and self-help spheres, it seems like if you just do a few simple things, you will get it and be forever blissful. Poppycock! (Sorry for the outmoded expostulation. Just…

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Change, Goal Setting, Personal Evolution, Personal Growth, Self-Care, Strengths, Time Management, Wellness

Jan142016

Fight or Flight Explained: Understanding how your natural instincts can help (or harm) your career (from the archives)

As human beings, we have natural instincts that help us to survive. The primal part of the brain (the brainstem, to be technical about it) takes care of these instincts. You know the brainstem is working because you don’t have to think “breathe in, breathe out” all day to remember to move oxygen through your body. A…

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Personal Evolution, Personal Growth, Professional Evolution, Self-Care, Strengths

Jan142016

The art of talking to each other (from the archives)

Communication is one of the things that I believe everyone should get training in. We need to communicate effectively to be successful in our relationships, in our jobs, and pretty much every aspect of our lives. I am not talking about eloquence, I am talking about clearly communicating what you intend to communicate with another…

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Communication, Managing Conflict, Personal Evolution, Professional Evolution, Strengths, Teaming

Jan142016

The 7 Reasons Your Employees Don’t Perform and What You Can Do About It (from the archives)

When you manage others, you are evaluated based on the work your employees perform (by your customers, by your boss, etc.). This can feel like a very risky proposition, if you don’t know how to get your employees to do good work. Here are some of the reasons I’ve encountered that employees don’t perform. You don’t act like…

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Communication, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Leadership, Managing Conflict, Professional Evolution, Teaming

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I don’t wanna, you can’t make me! A tale of motivation (from the archives)

Finding Balance – a neverending journey (from the archives)

Fight or Flight Explained: Understanding how your natural instincts can help (or harm) your career (from the archives)

The art of talking to each other (from the archives)

The 7 Reasons Your Employees Don’t Perform and What You Can Do About It (from the archives)

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