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Business > Leadership Strategies Leadership strategies: How creativity and communication are key to success: 1 of 4
Every day you get new ideas. They might come in the shower, while you are taking a walk, driving your car, or perhaps even during a meeting! Most days you also learn something that you sense could really help you improve or make progress towards one of your goals or objectives. This lesson might come in a formal classroom set... More..
Business > Leadership Strategies How to coach your work team successfully: 1 of 3
"If I could just get my team really engaged in this project . . .""The problem is that people don't seem to really care. If they were more committed to this work, we'd get better results. . .""You can't get people to really work hard any more . . ."I've heard all of these comments, and many like them, and so have you. You may... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Self-Help (Other) Tips on how to boost your attitude: 9 of 25
How often do you walk into Starbucks, go to the coffee pot at home or work, grab some chocolate or a bag of chips, or buy your favorite caffeinated beverage looking for just a little more juice, something to energize you, or to amp up your day just a little bit (there's even an energy drink named Amp!)?Sure you may like the t... More..
Business > Leadership Strategies How to plan and organize team work: 4 of 8
Tom had some good ideas for improving things at work. He had gathered evidence and background information and was pretty confident his idea would work. But he wouldn't pull the trigger and try it. He was hesitant because he was afraid of making a mistake.Larry listened as his neighbor Tom shared his idea and his hesitancy. La... More..
Business > General Management Managers: How to motivate your employees at work: 22 of 36
Most all of us would like everyone on our teams to be more creative (including ourselves). We celebrate the creative genius, dream of the breakthrough product or service idea, and marvel at those who can make these things happen.As a leader you know that higher levels of creativity can make your teams more successful, product... More..
Arts & Humanities > Meaning of Life Why we dwell on the past: 58 of 89
Many people spend some time at the end of the year working on the New Year. These people typically fall into two groups: those who use the end of the year as a way to be introspective and look back on the past year, and those who spend time looking forward; setting goals and planning the coming year.Actually, there is a much ... More..
Business > General Management Qualities of a successful manager: 40 of 52
Feedback.We all want it, we all need it, but we don't always know what to do with it and we don't always know how to give it.There is much good advice and wise counsel that can be shared about how to give feedback more effectively; however, in this article I want to focus on providing balanced feedback as one way to make it m... More..
Business > Business Strategy Good business management practices: 16 of 20
John wanted to be more effective within his organization and be seen as a leader. Since he always felt that a leader was someone that others followed he thought long and hard about the key factors that encouraged people to follow others. Near the top of his list was "be believable." After all he reasoned, if people don't beli... More..
Business > Management (Other) Managerial decision making and the decision process: 12 of 15
Joanna was a great employee. She cared about her work. She worked hard. And she really wanted to succeed. But after a couple years of hard work and long hours, she felt like she really was just spinning her wheels because she wasn't making the progress personally or professionally that she had hoped she would by now.She talke... More..
Business > Leadership Strategies What is a continuous improvement plan?: 14 of 17
When I worked in Corporate America many people carried steno pads with them everywhere they went, writing their notes from meetings, decisions made, and more. I frequently saw these people reviewing these notes, looking for ideas, clues from conversations, agreements and more. One of the organizations I am currently consultin... More..