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Innovation & Change

Two Mental Shifts That Will Change Your Life, Immediately

There’s your life, and there’s the way you process your life.  We all have an outside life and an inside life.  While the events of our life are happening, there’s a parallel interior talk track accompanying them. Here are two mental shifts that will help you experience more happiness,.

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You Did Not Get Divorced Over a Ham Sandwich

My neighbor thinks his wife divorced him because of a ham sandwich.  He’ll tell anyone who will listen about the crazy woman who left him all because one night, instead of having dinner with the family, he made himself a ham sandwich. That one sandwich ruined 20 years of.

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How to Get Yourself in the Mood to Start Anything

Do you have trouble getting started? Whether it’s writing a report, scoping a big IT project, or simply welling up the energy to clean out your closet, many of us procrastinate because we’re simply not in the mood to start. As a writer, I’m well acquainted with the perils.

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Why Participation Trophies Erode Confidence

You didn’t win, but here’s a trophy for trying. Go you! Participation trophies are emblems of millennial entitlement, a well-intended effort to make kids feel special, even when they lost. It’s time to call it a day on this ruse. Kids know when they lose! If you want to.

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Values: Why Most Companies Get It Wrong

Have you heard about the fast growth Houston, Texas company that had their core values etched in stone in their lobby? Integrity was at the top. Still struggling to remember? They became really famous. It was Enron. Epic level value failures like Enron show up frequently in the news..

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2 Reasons So Many People are Reluctant to Be Positive

Is there an incentive to be friendly?   For many people, there are actually more incentives to be negative. Recently, we were working with a client who was trying to improve their customer service.   Despite training, continual prompting and incentives, several team members were reluctant to be positive..

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Who is the Real Leader?

Is it someone with a specific title, a handful of direct reports, or just a lot of experience? As organizational hierarchies fade and teams become more wide than they are deep, the need to lead without formal authority is on the rise. One mistake I see a lot high.

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13 Awkward Situations at Work and How to Deal with Them (Head On)

Have you ever found yourself in an awkward situation at work? We all have, whether it’s what to say when your colleague beats you out for a promotion or dealing with a smelly co-worker. When LinkedIn Learning asked my partner Elizabeth Lotardo and me to create the course:  Navigating.

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When You’re on Your Deathbed, Are You Thinking About Work?

What if your work mattered so much to you that – on your deathbed – you found yourself wishing for one more day at the office? A few years ago, I lost my father. In the months before his death, I had time to reminisce with him about his.

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Leadership: What People Really Want From Their Boss

A recent Forbes article revealed that 65% percent of people would rather have a different boss than a raise. Take that in for a moment: People would trade money for a better boss. Words of leadership wisdom When I was 25 years old, my father shared something with me.

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