TEARS Undermine Your Influence

Manage Crying Response During workplace communications, some of us have a tendency to tear up during tense situations. If your eyes spring a temporary leak – that is, you find yourself caught with your emotions showing in the form of tears, realize two important concepts:… Read More→

EFFECTIVE JOB PERFORMANCE can be enhanced by paying attention to five habits

Efficient is not always Effective. Know the difference: Efficiency is using minimal time and effort to reach an objective. The tool for efficiency is a stopwatch, and the threat of efficiency is possible loss of long-term effectiveness. Effectiveness is achieving an objective so that it… Read More→

‘Busy’ Tasks Shouldn’t Push FOCUS Tasks Aside

Hop Off the Task List Treadmill And Do the Things With Greatest Value Many of us create a To Do list to guide our efforts. As we check off entries on our list, we create a Done list – a satisfying recounting of efforts in… Read More→

Key to ‘Getting There’ is ‘BE HERE!’

Dreaming Can Sabotage Your Dreams Be Here. It’s sounds like an esoteric chunk of wisdom, but it’s a solid foundation for getting what you want: Be Here. As in, don’t be someplace else in your mind while your body is here – Be Here. Be… Read More→

MOMENTUM Is a Team Achievement

Ask Your Team To Support Your Ideas Have you seen a war movie? Remember the scene where soldiers are crouched in a foxhole as bullets fly and shells explode around them – until one person grabs a weapon, yells “Follow Me!” and charges out against… Read More→