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Being Prepared Is Good Business Leadership
Last week I found a website on business preparedness launched by the SBA. The website indicates that roughly 40-60 percent of small businesses never reopen their doors following a disaster. They defined disaster as long-term power outages, hacker disruption, fire, earthquake or other catastrophes. I’m …
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Interview Dos: A Business Leadership Skill to Acquire
A couple of months ago I wrote a blog post on Interview Dos: A Business Leadership Skill to Acquire. You can go to the post to see the comments from others. One comment that repeatedly came up was if you aren’t going to hire the …
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Coaching Employees Isn’t for the Faint of Heart
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if everyone we hired came fully equipped with all the skills and experience we needed? And wouldn’t it be even grander if they automatically grew and developed as we needed them to, without intervention on our part? Alas, the leaders who …
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Coaching Employees to Think Bigger
Last week I had a conversation with a client about how one coaches employees to think bigger. Of course, I asked some questions first so I understood what he meant. Let me share the specifics. This client’s company does software development. He said that often …
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Leadership in Business: Managing the Spinning Plates
One of the most difficult tasks for any leader is keeping all the spinning plates going without letting one drop. We teach leaders how to manage multiple priorities and how to keep the plates spinning, but we don’t teach them how to deal with their …
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Executive Career Development Includes Personal Branding
The subject of executive career development is everywhere: what skills leaders need, what companies in today’s economy require in their leaders, how we develop leaders, succession planning for leaders, and more. I don’t argue that these are important topics. I’ve written about them myself many …
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Motivating Performance: Employee Motivation Myths
There is a lot of research on the topic of motivating performance, and I constantly find companies asking me what actually works. Today I want to explode a few employee motivation myths. Some you may know and others you may not. Here goes: Compensation is …
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Try This Communication Skill Exercise: With You instead of To You
Small things make a big difference, and that is so true in communication. A couple of months ago I wrote a post on using ‘and’ instead of ‘but’ in your communication. I learned something from someone who responded to that post. I apologize for not …
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Verbal Communication Skills Required
Isn’t it curious how often we see in employment ads: verbal communication skills required. What does that even mean…verbal communication skills? Does this mean they need someone who speaks (as opposed to signs)? Or does it mean they need to speak English, though the ad …
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