Getting that important message across can be such a challenge. We search for the right words, for that tagline. How can we make this message sink in? How do we make it last past the moment? Sometimes we get so wrapped up in finding the right words, that we forget the importance of visual cues.
I’m fifty two years old today, and the greatest gift I receive is the company, love, perspective and support of people I choose to surround myself with. I choose the people I work with. I look for interesting people that challenge me, and whom i can challenge. I make sure we connect, “click”, so that
Often when we take time to think about where we want to go in our career, in our personal lives, we get hung up on trying to figure it out – and we never really get going with the actions that start us on the path. There is such a thing as trying to figure
When I took on the job of CEO, I had an executive on my team who took all of one day to walk in and tell me how everything my predecessor had done was wrong and that I should pretty much evaluate and change everything. I don’t now what bothered me most 10 minutes into
The mindset you have, the mindset you project determines so much of what is to follow. I read recently about a management coach who studied the difference in attitude that ensued following these two questions: What is the thing you like best about your job? What is the thing you like least about your job?
Getting to that tough decision is a process none of us cherish. Usually it involves taking action with people, or a decision/project in which we are personally vested. Whatever it is, the decision is not the toughest part. Its executing on the decision… All too often we delay, we find reasons to not act quickly.
Our days are filled with so many important things, so many priorities. From the moment we get up, our days, and our thoughts, are filled with things that need to get done. If our life is a forest of accomplishments, then the trees are all the things we do and plan to do. It is a
Illiteracy. One Child at a Time. by Tania Fowler I tutor kids who can’t read. They should be able to, they are in 5th and 6th grade after all, but for one reason or another, they can’t. Lord knows they try. They really try. They look at me with big wondrous eyes and want to
Believe it or not, work doesn’t get done in the meeting room or in your office. Get out of the office. Walk around and talk to your employees. Tell your employees what you are working on. Ask them what they are seeing and hearing little acts of recognition Impromptu Pizza lunches Be seen Listen. Overhear
I had a conversation with a CEO about organizational changes they wanted to make. He was giving more accountability to one of his team members; in essence relinquishing some of his day to day responsibilities – the leader he was promoting would have some of her current peers reporting to her. In addition, some other