Month: May 2020
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Your Personal Effectiveness Program (Part 5: Prioritizing Your Task List)
Today you continue your journey to improve your Personal Effectiveness. So far in our program, we have worked on developing skills and honing techniques to make you more productive and more effective in your everyday work and life. In this final article in the series, we’ll review your task list…
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Managers Manage and Leaders Lead, but Coaches Do It All
Coaches are a unique part of work and life. They provide guidance without pulling. They explore opportunities without pushing. They resolve issues without instructing. It’s really quite a remarkable gift to be a good coach. I’ve been a coach for just over 4 weeks now and I can tell you…
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The Most Beloved Leaders Do These Three Things
Coach: “You’ve worked so hard and shown great potential. You’ve earned it.” Cheerleader: “You can do this!” Teammate: “I’ve got your back.” Great words of encouragement from three different people: a coach, a cheerleader, and a teammate. Each one of these phrases hits our emotions in three very different ways.…
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Waiting for the Perfect Moment? It just passed.
What are you waiting for? Just Do It! Let’s face it, Nike has probably the best tagline of all time. And yet, so many of us just don’t do it. We wait, and ponder, and research, and on and on and on. Look, the bottom line is: If you want…
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So You Think You’re a Good Listener
Most of us think we are pretty good listeners. Some of us know we have some work to do in that area. While a few of us actually are really good listeners. But what does it mean to be a good listener? Does it mean being an active listener? You…