Take A Break – You Need It

Posted on August 31, 2009 by Eleanor Biddulph

Taking a break is a very important part of your success. You need to disconnect from the office, your customers, your staff, your day-to-day pressures.  You need to relax, refresh and recharge so that you can continue your high level of performance.  Taking a vacation does not diminish your performance, it helps continue it. Taking a break has many [...]

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The Kids are Back in School. Are You?

Posted on August 28, 2009 by Kristi Royse

We live in a knowledge-powered economy. And if we’re not continually upgrading our capabilities we become obsolete. The good news is this: We don’t have to go back to college to gain additional educational. Condensed educational programs have become more available and recognized as an efficient way to gain specific expertise in less time without [...]

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Diamonds: A Leader’s Best Friend

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Karla Brandau

Leadership Questions: Is today’s economic and business environment to hot to handle for you? Is the intense heat and pressure of competition causing your team to strengthen and shine, or is it wilting their performance? Or another way to phrase the question: “With this intense heat and pressure, are you creating diamonds or graphite?” Diamond [...]

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Honesty Four Times

Posted on August 26, 2009 by George Brymer

Nearly a quarter of a century ago, researchers Jim Kouses and Barry Posner asked people a simple, open-ended question: “What values, personal traits, or characteristics do you look for and admire in a leader?” Eighty-three percent of the people surveyed listed honesty as a desired attribute in a leader. No other quality received as many [...]

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Help! I Need Somebody

Posted on August 25, 2009 by Steve Nolan

Many of us are  familiar with these familiar lyrics from The Beatles.  They evoke memories of a time when we may not have needed anybody to necessarily help us. But now that we are older, we are oftentimes somehow in need of help to get grounded again. The Beatles meant these words as a reflection [...]

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Toy Box Leadership

Posted on August 24, 2009 by Eleanor Biddulph

If you’ve read some of my past posts, you know that I enjoy learning and sharing through stories.  I like to take a simple life event and relate it to what can sometimes be complex life and work situations. I enjoy reading fable style leadership books, such as those written by Mark Sanborn, Patrick Lencioni and Steve [...]

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Lead Like a Viking

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Ashley Munday

You know you do it.  You talk at people, rather than with them.  We all do. But is there a better way? Should we talk like Vikings? When we talk at people rather than with them, we are probably trying to be efficient with our communications. We have a clear image of what needs to [...]

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